misosouper, a shopping blog

My mother-in-law called looking for Christmas gift ideas for my husband. He is notoriously tough to shop for, so I decided to spend the week combing the web for things that he might like. So let’s kick off the 2010 MisoSouper holiday gift-guides with Stuff for Dudes. Pretty much anything from Patagonia is a sure bet, and I am loving the red zippers on this rain jacket. Practical, stylish, and won’t even break the bank!

True story:  as I was rushing to a client meeting in NYC, I lept over a puddle of melting snow, breaking a stiletto heel and–wait for it–ripping my favorite pencil skirt beyond my nether regions.  I ducked into an office building and begged safety pins off a sympathetic secretary, but had to keep my coat on all through lunch, then wobble–up, down, up, down–home.   Bereft and mortified, I decided this was the last straw in a job that I never really liked; the next day, I gave two weeks notice, never to work in corporate America again.  (This all really happened, cross my heart, almost 5 years ago today.)

And to think:  if I had been wearing a pair of these rain boots, I could have stepped in that puddle; my skirt would not have torn, my heel would never have flopped.  I might have stayed in that job, and I might have been promoted from underling to super-vice-lackey.  So by my calculus, Plueys can change your life.

From now until September 15, take 10% off your Plueys order with the discount code Miso10.  (One use per customer.)

If I spied these well-priced rain boots splashing down the street, I might just have to bend down and touch them, creepy foot fetishizing notwithstanding.