What To Pack CLothing Wise for those up North

All I can say is I'm very glad I don't live up north! Today's attire for me was shorts, a tank-top and flip-flops! And my tan is coming along spendidly, thank you very much! 

Just so you know, I'm blowing raspberries in your general direction.     

I disagree with Jewlz about everyone wearing Uggs here - some people do wear them, but some people are like me - Ugg = Ugh!    We tease one of the girls in my office about her & her smelly Uggs (not Jewlz, the girl in my office).  

Mr MLG calls them Ugglies......  

All I can say is I'm very glad I don't live up north! Today's attire for me was shorts, a tank-top and flip-flops! And my tan is coming along spendidly, thank you very much! 

I live up north and it's been in the 60s today and supposed to be 60-70F tomorrow.  I'm wearing a tank top and capris with a fan blowing and I'm roasting.   

Mr MLG calls them Ugglies......  

 

I live up north and it's been in the 60s today and supposed to be 60-70F tomorrow.  I'm wearing a tank top and capris with a fan blowing and I'm roasting.   

60s is "I'm thinking about taking off my coat weather" for me. 

Julie.bug - I see you are moving from Oklahoma.  I am originally from Kansas, but then I moved to Tampa Bay, Florida and lived there for 6-7 years before I moved to northern England (not as far north as Scotland, of course).  I am always freezing now, since I got quite used to Florida weather - lol!

Anyway, you just don't have the temperature extremes here that a person used to living in that Kansas/Oklahoma area would expect.  It very rarely ever gets blistering hot (90-100F), and it very rarely ever gets bitterly cold (0-20 F or less) - well maybe closer to it in Scotland, in the dead of winter.  Year-round temperatures in the main generally only range from about 32-75 F, and narrower still - probably most of the year in the 40-65 F range.

When it does get chilly - well I found the cold in the Midwest/Plains states is frequently a drier kind of cold, but here the cold is damp & wet - so even though it's really not that cold, it feels colder to me.

So I agree with the advice about layers - you just never know what you're going to get really, and that helps you to adjust throughout the day.  

Excellent advice! I moved from Clearwater, FL to Reading, Berkshire and found the same to be true. It just depends on what you are used to. I brought all of these shorts and strappy tops only to have the majority of them sit in a closet (which, by the way, we had very little closet space to accommodate but that's another topic)

Layers, layers, layers and just bring your favourite summer clothes. Purge, girl!

Plus you'll find really cute, lightweight jackets in all the stores here to help with the layering look! (I'm always looking for a reason to shop  )

For my boys, I've donated most of their shorts and I'm sending them with jeans, a pair of slacks (just in case), my 4-year-old's little tux from my neices wedding (couldn't part with it), and a mixture of long-sleeve and short-sleeve shirts.  Okay...Maybe I should ditch the tux, but it's so adorable!

Suggestions?    

I would suggest not getting rid of ALL of your warm-weather clothes. You never know when you'll go on holiday to a warmer country or just to the South of England Plus, for example, if you like wearing skirts, but worry about the low temperature, I find that pairing a skirt with tights makes it perfectly warm and wearable in the winter. Get creative is what I can suggest

Layers!  Definitely layers!

Anytime I asked my friends in the UK what to bring to wear the answers were always the same:  layers.  Season didn't matter - it was always layers.  I've found that fleeces are very useful.

Another friend told me not to put my "woolens" away until after May becasue it can be a swing month!

I am from northeast Ohio.  I am used to cold.  Last May in the UK it was about 70-72 degrees.  I was outside working in the garden and the villagers who saw me said it was just too hot to garden.  My thought was huh?  It's what you are used to.

If you are leaving the US on Monday, I wouldn't be too concerned about clothes.  You'll figure it out once you are here for awhile. (Are you bringing the adorable tux?)

Congratulations on receiving your visa.  I think many of us who watch this board were holding our breath for you.  Please don't disappear from UK-Yankee after you arrive in Scotland.

Well if the daily weather down south in Edinburgh is like way up northern Scotland way, you'll want many different clothes to wear all in the same day.  We get 6 seasons in 1 day- though I wasn't around thanks to volcanic ash, I am told from all my friends that a few days ago it was snowing, raining, hailing, sunny, gale winds, and cloudy and ran from freezing to warm. So...   

Another friend told me not to put my "woolens" away until after May because it can be a swing month!

There's an old saying for that:  Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out.

'Clout' from an old English word for cloth or clothing, apparently - although the person who first explained it to me said the saying refers to your warm/winter undergarments (like long johns, I guess).  The first person who said it to me said it was an 'old Yorkshire expression'.  Then someone else said, no it's an 'old Norfolk expression.'  So I reckon it's really an 'old <insert wherever you're from> expression.'  

Well if the daily weather down south in Edinburgh is like way up northern Scotland way, you'll want many different clothes to wear all in the same day.  We get 6 seasons in 1 day- though I wasn't around thanks to volcanic ash, I am told from all my friends that a few days ago it was snowing, raining, hailing, sunny, gale winds, and cloudy and ran from freezing to warm. So...   

Sounds about right!  It didn't happen right in Glasgow, but BF works 15 minutes just outside Glasgow and his 45minute walk home was in the snow/hail/sun.

'Clout' from an old English word for cloth or clothing, apparently

Interesting!  At ancient holy wells in Cornwall people tie little bits of cloth to surrounding trees.  The cloth bits are called "clouties".  You tie a bit and ask for healing (many wells are associated with healing of different body parts or ailments.  As the cloth disintigrates the healing is taking place.

Interesting!  At ancient holy wells in Cornwall people tie little bits of cloth to surrounding trees.  The cloth bits are called "clouties".  You tie a bit and ask for healing (many wells are associated with healing of different body parts or ailments.  As the cloth disintigrates the healing is taking place.

That's an interesting tradition.    And much better than something else that Tin and I have been seeing tied to trees around the country. 

A scarf is like an American Express card--don't leave home without it.  Treat yourself to a cashmere scarf or a wool pashmina--they are super to wrap around your neck on a chilly day. 

That's an interesting tradition.    And much better than something else that Tin and I have been seeing tied to trees around the country. 

Oh dear!  I don't think I want to know!