“A GOOD MAN is hard to find.” This is true, but you know what’s arguably harder to find?

A half-decent winter coat.

You want something that’s stylish, warm and practical. Something that makes you look like a guest star in The Good Wife or Scandal.

Sounds easy, but winter coats are really nothing more than a load of hassle.

First of all, you have to make sure your winter coat doesn’t make you look like Brenda Fricker in Home Alone 2

This is a very real risk if your coat doesn’t fit just right.

But you also don’t want to get stuck with something that’s cute, but ultimately has less warmth than a bin bag

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Unfortunately, the odds of finding a winter coat that’s both toasty and nice is the same as finding €50 on the road

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Sure, it can happen if you’re incredibly lucky, but we wouldn’t bet on it.

Chances are you’ll sacrifice one for the other

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“I don’t need a warm winter coat. It’s fine. I’ll just grow all my leg hair instead.”

Once you buy your winter coat, chances are you’ll have the following conversation with your Mam

You: I got a new coat.

Mam: Great, is it waterproof?

You: … yes.

Mam: Because you’ll be glad of a waterproof coat if it rains –

You: YEAH GOD MAM, IT’S WATERPROOF

Until, of course, you get caught in torrential rain and realise that your coat almost certainly is not waterproof

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You’ll have the following conversation with yourself a few times…

What’s that smell? It smells like wet dog. Oh, right, yeah, that’s my stupid non-waterproof coat.

Your Mam was right.

Don’t even talk to us about this nonsense

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The worst.

Or indeed the risks we all take when it comes to washing our winter coats

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“Dry clean only? I’m sure that’s just, like, a guideline or whatever.”

*tosses in washing machine, keeps fingers crossed*

Despite all the hassle, though, there will come a day when you catch a reflection of yourself in your winter coat and think, “Damn, I feel like Alicia Florrick”

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And you’ll immediately forget about that wet dog smell.

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