Yesterday, I spent pretty much the entire day soaking flippin' wet. I had set off with an umbrella but, possibly because it was free with a magazine, it died a horrible death in a gust of wind and had to be thrown away. Since this "extreme" weather seems like getting worse before it gets... catastrophic, I think a good umbrella is a good investment.
And this one from Umbrella Society is not just practical, it's pretty too. Costing $39, I'm not sure it'll make me, as they claim, "look forward to the rain", but it might make me a bit less fed up.
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