ya know...after reading all of this....i don't feel quite as humiliated for being caught standing in our livingroom (at midnight the day after x-mas) fully dressed and geared up for a night of cold weather fishing at the cape. I mean i had almost everything i would have needed but the rod and reel. new waders from cabelas, korker 5000's from the inlaws(and, yes, I had them fully strapped on), aquaskinz hurricane from my parents, belt w/ assorted accessories, cold weater gloves, head lighter, crappy homemade plugbag, all of the necessary layers underneath...the works! I wanted to see of my mobility was still pretty good w all of that on. (BTW the aquaskinz is awesome...not at all restricting) well..... You should have seen the look on the wife's face as he hit bottom step of the stairs and looked up, rubbing her eyes...she said she heard a clunking noise while sleeping (it might have been me walking around on the old pine floors w/ the korkers) all she said was, "YOU ARE A SICK INDIVIDUAL" and turned around to go back up the stairs.
it's a good thing she relies on my paycheck to pay the bills and feed the urchins...otherwise I think she would have had me committed a long time ago.
Brandon
