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The North (But Then Things Went South Fast) Face

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Happy Thanksgiving, guys! In observance of Thanksgiving, Cobb County graciously gave me my offspring for an entire week. What is this about? I'm pretty sure when I was growing up, we had like two days off. MAX. But not here in the land of wonky school schedules. It's me and them for an uncountable number of days straight. Coinciding with their week off, the weather quickly turned from a typical Maine summer day into a Siberian Christmas. I took this opportunity to order my first North Face coat.  I had tried it on back in August when Mr. Yoy and I had visited Boston. Although I'm all about an impulse purchase, I decided to hold out until it was legitimately cold. My coat arrived yesterday. I ripped open the package and immediately modeled it for my kids. They were less than impressed. It was basically like wearing a blanket, which was my goal, but it made me look like a giant box with twigs coming out the bottom. Spongebob. Spongebob wearing a gray coat. Regre