Going to college in Oregon, I started out with an umbrella. My hand holding it always got wet and cold, and rain always managed to sneak in under it, wetting my books and notes. And all the classrooms were cluttered with open dripping umbrellas drying on the floor. In frustration, I bought some fabric and a pattern, borrowed the use of a sewing machine, and made a hooded cape that protected everything down to my knees and kept my hands warm as well. Never bothered with an umbrella again.
Going to college in Oregon, I started out with an umbrella. My hand holding it always got wet and cold, and rain always managed to sneak in under it, wetting my books and notes. And all the classrooms were cluttered with open dripping umbrellas drying on the floor. In frustration, I bought some fabric and a pattern, borrowed the use of a sewing machine, and made a hooded cape that protected everything down to my knees and kept my hands warm as well. Never bothered with an umbrella again.