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Visions of Mission Plum Dancing in My Head

So I have this chic co-worker and she's becoming my friend. We talk and laugh a lot and take daily crossword lunch breaks. We have much in common: we are both neat and organized, we both hate raisins, and we both find office drama simultaneously fascinating and absurd. Also, we are both unmarried, and it is nice to add a single woman to my social circle. (At this moment, all of my other friends are either married or attached.)

My co-worker recently relocated from the West Coast, and she is still adapting to the hideous darkness and frigidity that characterizes at least 60% of the New England climate. To this end, she sports a North Face Metropolis Parka, a garment that is quite sporty for her look (she usually wears classic tailored clothing in neutral colors, and tasteful stiletto heeled boots).

However, she loves her (black) North Face Metropolis Parka, which is warm and light and (apparently) of exceptionally high quality. My own coat was falling apart, so after doing a ton of unsuccessful coat shopping (I wanted a long-ish coat that is not black and does not incorporate fake fur - seems impossible to find.), she convinced me to invest $279 for some metropolis action.

But I didn't want a black coat, so I called the North Face stores in two different shopping centers, called their headquarters, and checked out City Sports, Macy's and Eastern Mountain Sports in search of a colorful alternative. I scoured the web and FINALLY found a random site that sells metropolis parkas in the very desirable Mission Plum hue.

My parka arrived yesterday and it is filling me with joy. Behold (noting that I generally look cuter and less disheveled than this - this pic was taken at the end of a long day):

Posted by Dori at 9:49 PM