Now that the weather has turned cold again, and people have drug out the winter clothes and actually donned them, it's interesting to note that when you live in a state like Texas, that has a very short winter season, winter clothes last a long, long time.

I'm lucky if the clothes I wear in the summertime make it through a couple of years without showing the wear and tear and stylish decline. But my winter clothes I can wear winter after winter without showing much wear. After all, if we're lucky, we only really have a few days of winter weather at most to snuggle into sweaters and coats. Because of this, these clothes just last forever!

Unfortunately, the styles don't! I can find a sweater in my closet that has that horizontal stripe of colors so prevalent in the 70s and early 80s. I can find the sweater dress that we loved to love in the early 90s. And both look as good as new! How can I possibly find it within me to throw them out?

And then there are the shoes...the boots I wore in winters of the late 80s.

Truly, I think you'll all agree that to find a styling dude in winter you need to visit New York or Minnesota or our Canadian neighbors to the north. If you want to see stylish winter clothes, don't mess with Texas. We just wear those clothes year after year and they never wear out...not with our 2 or 3 days of winter each year.