Buying Winter Clothes For Steemfest in Bali

I went on a treasure hunt today for winter clothes!!!

Don't try to fight me and say they're not a treasure.

When you hate cold weather as much as I do, ANY warmth you can get is a treasure.

Wasn't sure how much like I'd have finding anything warm here, considering the weather is tropical and hot 90% of the time.

I knew I'd at least find tennis shoes, socks (not thick warm ones, though), a jacket (not winter coat necessarily) and pants because I've seen locals wear them.

But, there isn't a ton of shopping around where I live.

No malls or big box stores within an hour driving distance.

I have zero time to drive an hour, so I just drove around and popped into little local second-hand type stores.

I found everything I wanted except for a winter scarf and boots!

Ok, maybe some thicker pants would have been REALLY nice...

...and all I found was a pair of some used ripped jeans and some semi-thin red pants.

BUT at least they're pants!!!

I didn't have ANY pants before going shopping!

Can you believe I walk around pantsless all the time?!?

Haha, just because I only have summer dresses here to wear. And flip-flops and no socks!

So here's what my shopping looked like.

I got most of my stuff from this store, which has no name as far as I know of.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but it's basically just a bunch of used clothes in there, which was perfect.

Oh, and here was the traffic outside:

Here's another random side-of-the-road store where I saw some socks:

Yikes. I don't know how I feel about my socks giving me a camel toe...

but in desperate times... 😆

Luckily, they had about 3 pairs that were normal, so I just bought them.

Glove choices:

I hate how everything is individually wrapped in plastic. Just seems like a needless way to add trash to the environment. But I needed something, so I bought a pair anyway.

The last thing I had to go find was shoes.

I hadn't seen any shoes yet that weren't just flip flops.

Then a lot of stores aren't legitimate shoe stores, so they really only have a few sizes, and none of them fit me.

Took me several tries and lots of driving around aimlessly...

But FINALLY found some shoes.

And on sale!!!

I was too lazy to take off my helmet to try them on:

Super happy that I found some things and I wouldn't be condemned to die of hypothermia immediately upon landing in Poland:

My finds:

• 2 pairs of pants- I guess incase I pee myself. Not sure why I got 2. Backup pair because one of them was only $4
  -2 pairs of gloves - $.50 cents each, $1 USD total.
  -4 pairs of socks - Uh oh. Just realized I'm going to be re-wearing socks like a McNasty. Oops!
  -2 zip up hoodies that I plan on layering because seriously I get cold
  -1 hoodless sweatshirt with an owl on it
• A hat that was $1.60
• Pair of shoes that 80% fit me, but it's good enough. - $5USD 'cause I got lucky and found a sale!

Total I spent: $46 USD. When I was doing my raffle, I guessed that I'd need about $50 USD for winter clothes, and I was almost right!

Things I Couldn't Find

❄️Boots
❄️Jeans that didn't have holes in them
❄️Scarf
❄️Warm socks
❄️Pants that are thicker than leggings, which some may argue aren't even pants

Things I'm Borrowing For Sure

❄️Winter coat from @guchtere which I'm very excited about!

:) See you guys soon!