The Hiker

I had some ideas for what to wear in the woods, but I needed some good hiking boots. I hit marketplace and came across a pair of boots by Crave. Not only that, they came with a matching outfit too! In my haste I bought the outfit thinking it included one of the 3 boot 'options'. I was disappointed when I realised boots weren't included at all, but that is what the advert on marketplace said, so I can't complain.

I felt the combined price of outfit and boots was a bit steep to buy unseen, so I visited the in-world store to see if there were any cheaper alternatives or models. PROTIP: If you like the outfit, BUY IT IN-WORLD! Don't get it from marketplace, its almost half price in the store! I snapped up a pack of boots to match my outfit, as well as registering for the midnight mania and grabbing the free group gifts (It really is worth visiting the store).

Once I put the items on, they were really well made and worth the money, only drawback is they still use invisiprims! fortunately I could just ignore them and use a foot alpha from another set of boots.
Another issue - and this is one of my pet hates - is that the leg cuffs aren't resizable. Now, in SL terms, I'm a little on the plump side. This means if a designer assumes that all avatars slide the 'fat' and 'muscle' sliders right down to 0 (along with breasts and height at 100), their stuff won't fit me. If you can resizie it - no problem, but with this outfit, no matter how much I adjusted the positioning, part of the cuff would clip into my thighs. I know I could just adjust my shape, but damnit! I like my curves! (It's worse for male avatars though, god luck finding something that fits if your shape isn't 'The Terminator') Fortunately the dark brown of the shorts helps hide the problem.

I paired the outfit with my 'sunkiss' skin ( was going outdoors after all) and tied my hair back into a ponytail.

I was dressed (which is just as well, since the park has a no-nudity rule lol) but I wasn't ready.
I grabbed a pair of binoculars by Catboy Qunhua  and a backpack by Magi Take (which was tinted to match). I also added a Moonlit Designs baseball cap and pair of shades from JubJub  to protect my eyes from the sun. A bangle (to mask the ugly wrist joint on the default avatar mesh) and necklace from LoveCat's fallen completed the look and I was ready.