I often meet up with my friends and there children or just friends and I’m amazed at how many people don’t have appropriate winter clothing or check the weather. The amount of times I’ve met up with friends and it’s rained or raining and they don’t have a rain coat or umbrella. Recently during a cold spell after Christmas one of my friends mentioned how cold she was but she had ankle length jeans with trainers thin top and light coat. I also had another experience recently of meeting friends for lunch on Tuesday and then popping off to an animal farm after if time allowed. after lunch I put my toddler in a puddle suit and wellies she asked if it was muddy. I did state it’s a farm and we’ve had non stop rain all week it’s most likely going to be muddy so she didn’t come as the child only had leather shoes and thin coat. Friends will also arrange to meet up in town for coffee but last minute suggest re arranging as it’s raining. When the weather is cold enough I always wear a thermal vest I keep a rain jacket in the bottom of my buggy with gloves and I check the weather in the morning. It’s rained so much where we live recently that I’ve been wearing wellies when out with my toddler as the parks are so muddy and wet. I have a decent cheapish pair of warm shoes for when cold. For 99percent of my friends money isn’t an issue they could afford a vest or rain coat and one friend has recently bought a rain coat to match mine after getting wet while I didn’t. Is it that they are trying to be fashionable still