In Winter's icy grip

Winter has us in it's icy grip...a grip on our balls to be exact, and he ain't lettin' go.

It seems like months ago when I last did a ride wearing shorts and a short sleeve jersey, but in fact it's only been a week or so.
For the last few days we've had some colder temperatures(cold for Florida). Today the high topped out at 48 degrees. I needed to get some hours in, but I sure as 'H' was not looking forward to riding in these temps. To be honest, I don't know how you folks from colder climates do it. It took me so long to get dressed I almost said "the hell with it".

Besides the normal gear (helmet, shorts, jersey etc):
Leg warmers
arm warmers
wool socks
shoe covers
skull cap
insulated gloves
fleece pullover/jersey

I don't have to go thru that much trouble to get dressed to go to work. God help me if it ever really gets cold. I was wearing every stick of cold weather riding gear I own, and my feet and hands still suffered.

I was shooting for an hour and a half but I cut it short by 30 minutes...something about losing feeling in your extremities makes you want to cry uncle and go home.