Reviewing Winter Clothes

I've held out for as long as I could because I just hate all that layering up that signifies winter has returned. So today I'll spend a half hour pulling out the winter clothes & checking what actually fits! To put it bluntly, I'm not a physically active person, unlike our sons, & hitting 50 a few years ago, I became aware that I couldn't withstand the earthly pull as various bit & pieces of my person began heading south! It seems as though from season to season, my overall size isn't changing but the way it's all put together definitely is. Now I have two choices, rant & rave or accept & enjoy it as an excuse to begin looking for a few new things to add to the wardrobe. I tend to choose the latter as the former only expends unnecessary energy.
If anyone has any ideas on what headgear a 50+ woman with long grey hair & a larger than average size head should get, I'm all ears. If you think I'm joking, I'm not, because when I tried to rent a hat in Clonakilty for my wedding 19 years ago, we could find just one that had a big enough crown. It put me off buying a hat for years.

Shellshocked me collecting  2014 Blas na hÉireann Award
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