jacket hangs

you know, to be honest and everything the Superdry jacket was a mistake afterall. See http://tiny.cc/9UrJu. I mean, I know I coveted it, realised it wasn’t waterproof and bought it all the same, loved it for its sleeves with the thumb holes, hated the holes that nearly immediately appeared in the pockets and the triple zip that one of the fobs has fallen off of, but it’s ubiquitous (and I think that’s the right word) It’s everywhere. Everyone’s wearing it and I’ve hardly ever, if ever worn something like that.

Can’t work out if this means my taste is getting better, worse or more mainstream. Was I in at the start of the trend or was I a mug for it?

Either way the time is coming to get a new winter jacket / coat / look and the 2nd hand shops beckon. Or maybe some oddball shop someplace…

or high water

Disregarding flood warnings down Bugbrooke way my folks made it to the Cotswold Wildlife Park today and great time was had by all. Very nice place – particularly since it’s not over-run by touirists (horah for the rain). Arlo went to town (OK not literally) on the train that runs around the park, he pointed at monkeys, he watched the gibbons and he loved the puddles.

We had to distract him from the train with small fluffy goats and chasing my dad who’d run away with the pushchair. Feel breathless just laughing at him let alone keep up with his dashing around.

Yesterday saw Ian and Helen and Brian at the cafe and Arlo was in seventh heaven cos not only did Ian sit next to him as instructed, Ian produced a small laptop computer on whch he could view the In the Night Gardon website. He shoots he scores!

We also went around the Organic market in Bristol while the heavens opened and the rain shot down. I discovered my hat was indeed entirely waterproof while the SuperDry jacket does NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about stopping clothes underneath it from getting wet. However, it did redeem itself by drying out and becoming Superdry in a matter of minutes during a break in the weather. 

NOW I understand…

what it says on the tin

I tried to buy a jacket t5his week that was stylish and good for cycling and general protection against the cold and rain. I thought I’d found the dream ticket made by Superdry and called a technical windcheater. (or some such). Tried it on. The jacket was mine I was the jacket’s, jacket and me were made for each other at some point in the past and our history hjad existed only to bring us to this point of togetherness.

 

And so I took it to the counter threw it before the cashier and said, this sounds like a stupid question but is this waterproof.

 

The cashier said “It’s a style jacket. It’ll last you twenty minutes in light rain, five minutes in a storm. you’ll be OK in drizzle but if I throw a bucket of water over you, you won’t be happy. It does exactly what it says on the tin.”

 

Well, clearly it doesn’t do exactly what it says on the tin. The tin says ‘Superdry’ and this appears to be a little over reaching.

 

No sale. Bring on Peter Storm…