Retail Therapy

Updated that gear yall!

http://www.rei.com/product/747894
Mountain Hardware Ultralamina 15 degree synthetic bag. HUGE upgrade from my first bag, which I traded in for store credit. Not only is it a full 5 degrees warmer than the first bag, it's several ounces lighter, much more compact, has tons of cool zippers and foldy pockets, but it's prettier. Hopefully this new bag combined with some extra sleep layers will keep me a tiny bit warmer at night.

http://www.rei.com/product/763953?preferredSku=7639530018&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-7639530018&mr:trackingCode=1E827AF1-E390-DE11-B4D4-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
Big Agnes air core sleeping pad, tons more comfortable and way warmer than the thermarest. The only lame thing about it is it takes a few minutes to blow up. I don't have much of a problem with that though.

http://www.rei.com/product/718308
In black, a nice new precip jacket. :) with plenty of room for an insulation layer. No sense in getting soaked.

All of this stuff being heavily on sale, PLUS my 10% thruhiker discount (so legit!!!) came out to be a pretty reasonably-priced shopping spree.

I really can't wait to get out and test it.