I’ve spent a lot of time looking at new jackets and helmets over the last few days window shopping with the hopes that I can get some new gear for Christmas. The only problem is I’m not really seeing anything new that I like. What I really wanted was a new helmet, another Shoei, or an Arai, but I’m don’t like a single design I’m seeing. Is it time to go for a solid color helmet, or should I just give in and have my Shoei painted? I’m starting to think painting is the way to go.

Riding motorcycles may not be a strenuous exercise activity, but Hubby and I have both been joking that we’ve both gained weight because we haven’t been riding the last few months.  We were looking for multivitamins last night when he picked up a bottle of fat burner pills.  I told him he didn’t need those, and he laughed.  He grabbed his belly fat and said at this rate I won’t fit into my leathers by summer.

We both agreed we do both tend to lose weight during riding season, but I don’t attribute it to doing a strenuous activity.  I say it’s because we’re both in full gear in the hot sun sweating like crazy.  I told him to be patient.  We’ve already switched him to a low fat diet, we’re incorporating more exercise, and it won’t be long before we’re back in leather sweating it off again.  Leave the diet pills sitting on the shelf where they belong, and we’ll get ourselves back to a healthy weight the diet and exercise.

A little sweating is a good thought though on such a cold day like today! I’m sorry but negative wind chills just don’t happen very often around here, and this southern girl is freezing her buns off.

I absolutely love Icon’s Field Armor line, and my only regret is that a woman can’t wear the vest. If I could squash my boobs underneath it you better believe I’d have one to wear under my jacket. Unfortunately I can’t turn my melons into nothing, so I have to keep dreaming about that vest instead.

Now I’m happy to say I finally have a Field Armor type option though. Icon just came out with the Women’s Bombshell Vest. It’s a cut down version of the Bombshell Leather Jacket that I’m already so in love with. Sure there are other women’s vests out there, but not with the Field Armor back plate that I want, and that’s exactly what has been added to the Bombshell Vest. You’ll never catch me riding around with just the vest on, but I would definitely love to have it as extra protection under my jacket, especially on days I choose to wear my textile jacket.

It’s definitely going to cost me a pretty penny to pick it up though. The Bombshell Vest retails for $250. That’s more expensive than the home theater furniture Hubby tried to convince me to buy when he wanted to turn the guest room into our own movie theater.

I’ve been trying to save up a little cash to pick up a new laptop, but I kind of blew that yesterday. The local dealership was having a huge sale this weekend, so I ended up spending the cash I had saved on bike stuff. We picked up a new clutch lever for the bike for pocket change, so that’s one more of the small parts down.

Other than that we grabbed stuff for us. Hubby picked up a $90 pair of full length race gloves for $45, so that wasn’t too bad. I also grabbed myself an Icon t-shirt I’ve been wanting for $10. I got it for 50% off, so that was good enough for me! They also had the Icon Shamrock T-shirt I want on sale for $20, but the only sizes left were L and XL. I knew there was no way either of those would fit me (they’re men’s sizes), so I didn’t bother. Sucks though. I would have loved to grab that one on sale as well.