Keep a Lid on It!

Having finally accomplished the feat of crocheting a real (and not bad looking) winter hat, I was thrilled that for the first winter in well over 15 years (maybe closer to 20) I was actually going to start regularly wearing a hat whenever I ventured outside in the coldness. I stay warm on my walk to my car, on my drives to...everywhere, on my winter walks, and on my anything else that requires stepping out-of-doors. Not even my "Babushka Scarf Technique" in the last 5 years kept me as warm as a winter hat does.

I wonder...

• How in the world did I last all those winters without a winter hat?

• Why in the world did I stop wearing winter hats outside when my father would drive home the fact that we lose ridiculously high number% of our body heat through our head and that it's vital to cover our head?

• Why, when I averaged 2 colds a winter, did I not take advantage of this easy better-prevention method?

Then I look in the mirror and see a few new visitors who have decided to grace their presence on my forehead.







And I remember why.