A women's opinion

“Ok, winter is coming, or here, as is your birthday, and the wonderfully thoughtful man in your life decides to buy you a down jacket.
Would this one be good?
http://www.patagonia.com/za/PDC?OPTION=PRODUCT&merchant_rn=7385&cgrfnbr=366118&sku=84611&ws=false&promo_cat=&promo_cat_id=”

“It is expensive, so yes.”

“Looks good to me, expensive of course, you still tryin' to get some?”

“trying????? ;op”

“How serious are the two of you? It's a great gift if you have some history together but not a great gift if it's only been a little while. IMO.”

“yeah, that's hot! i thought i hated Patagonia, but the last couple things i got from them were awesome.”

“And that is coming from someone who is a little bitter right now so don't listen to me.”

“It's a great gift if that's what she wants.”

“It's a jacket not a ring wolfie ;o)

Nice ambiguous answer there twig :o)

Well she keeps stealing mine when we go out at the moment, which is like a dozen sizes too big for her.”

“very pricey when there are others out there as good and cheaper. Of course what do I know about buying women gifts.”

“LOL...she might like wearing yours...I used to steal my b'friends slippers all the time, even after he got me my own.”

“Note to self: never gonna get Patty-gonia from Ewker. Ewker never gonna get "patty" from Wolfeyes. LMAO!”

“patty cake ?

y2, at least your jacket is not too small for her.”

“Is this the equivilent to buying a woman a fur coat? Pataguchi? Somebody better be gettin' some oral sex out this!”

“Well convenience is a factor, I've left it late and there's a patagonia store ten minutes walk from here :o)
Also her birthday comes just in time for her to decide what to get me for Christmas :o)”

“Well that's cool, too, I also looked at this one, but I think she needs warm rather than light.
http://www.moonstone.com/d_insw.asp?id=084723”

“Come on Bison. Campmor says "Thanks but let's just be friends.". Patagonia says, "#&%!$ me santa! #&%!$ me santa! #&%!$ me santa!". LOL!”

“Hey! I doubt Y2 wants some fat jolly elf doin' his girlfriend :)

Besides it's Mtn. Hardware and she wouldn't have to know where it came from.
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“lmao Nigal - I think you've just sold me on the Patagonia ;o)”

“I like the shape of the first one better (not that yukky blue color though)
The stitched patterns in the others are not cool...”

“Good man! Be sure to put a condom in one of the pockets just in case she may not fully realize the extent of her commitment when accepting said gift. Practice your surprised face and repeat, "Now how did THAT get in there?".”

“purple sage I'm thinking - maybe getting "approved by the women of TT" sewn in.”

“Nigal, yeah, but the jacket was a Mountain Hardwear Phantom. How's she going to know where it came from? To me, a MH Phantom screams !@#$ me now.”

“Nigal, you are a huge goober, LOL!

the Patagoochie one is definitely the girliest!”

“y2 - If you want to see a really shocked look on her face when she opens it, be sure and tell her that you want to see her in this - and nothing else...”

“While you're out buying gifts for women, I'd like a few of these
I can't buy one for myself, cause I already have too many!”

“purple sage is a nice color!”

“Patagonia is one of the more ecologically responsible companies. Plenty of their stuff is made right here in the USA. Lots of it is either organic or recycled.
The few things I have that I could afford of theirs are top notch.
A friend has 20 yr old Patagonia long johns that have been worn & laundered hundreds of times and they still look and perform like new.
Sometimes you do get what you pay for.”

“I like the purple sage Patty too. BUT, if you go for one of the cheaper ones, you can buy her more stuff with the additional money you would have spent on the jacket. More gifts = more lovin'. :)”

“Note to self:....”

“oh she's getting a few other bits and pieces too. Some fresh stuff I think. That'll do it I think.”

“bits & pieces ala Austin Powers? LOFL!”

“As in naughty bits?”

“what is fresh stuff?”

“ok, that seems a little weird that you know what fresh is and I dont??? lol!”

“what are you saying Em ;op”

“You're just not that girly honey.

(just saw y2's post)ha ha...
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“I noticed you edited that one huh Bison”

“Bits Pieces
The Dave Clark Five
1965(?)”

“Patagonia makes really high quality stuff. I don't really care for the looks of the particular coat you've chossen but I know it'll be warm and well made and last for a long time if it's anything like the patagonia stuff I have. She may not appreciate it fully right away but she will in the long run for sure! It'll make a very nice gift.”

“"She may not appreciate it fully right away," this is not a good sign...lol.”

“Yah, it's no help to y2 if she realizes what a great coat he got her a year after they break up.”

“Maybe I need a plan b.”

“Shiny stuff works amazingly well.”

“looks good to me!!!”

“take her on a nice weekend getaway vacation.”

“Well, She probably won't realize how much it cost or how much thought you put into it, or that you didn't just click "buy it" on the internet thinking that it just would do. She just might think "oh, a coat, how nice" not realizing how very nice it is. Is she gear slut enough to know that patagonia is diamonds not czs?”