Do I buy a wetsuit?

You know how I sometimes have these wild, flash-in-the-pan ideas that I obsess about for a while and press on ahead with even when it’s obvious that it’s not something I’ll end up continuing long-term? (I refer you to – juggling, magic, Bible studies, etc, etc, etc.)
Well, here’s what’s clogging up 98% of my brain this week: I am thinking of buying an all-weather, all-year-round wetsuit so I can keep going in the sea right through the Winter months.
It just seems like the obvious thing to do, to help alleviate the pain of the awful Summer we have just had; a way to say ‘feck you’ to The Gods Of The Weather by allowing myself to swim at a time when I’m normally stuck indoors by the cold. You think you can stop me having fun by making me wear a coat in August? Well, I shall respond by investing in a climate-proof swimming garment that means I can swim in the sea in February while sticking two fingers up at you and your shitty grey excuse of a Summer.
There are cons to consider, alongside the positive pros. The wetsuit wouldn’t be cheap, and if I end up bailing out of using it, it will be an expensive addition to my pile of impulse purchases. I’m a bit wary of swimming on my own, what with riptides and unseen underwater dangers and so on, and I’m not sure I can persuade anyone I know to accompany me down to the beach in November just so I don’t have to panic about being swept away. And I also have to acknowledge that I have free membership of the spa facilities on each site owned by Gavin, and therefore free access to indoor, heated swimming facilities any time I choose to use them.
But still… you know… I’ve had the thought of it now, and I can’t get that thought from my mind. And it’s oh, so easy to go online and make a purchase that will clear my head and stop me thinking about it every second…. Coz nothing stops the pain of trying to make a decision like hitting ‘Buy Now’ and therefore taking the decision away.
And dealing with the regret and guilt of a purchase is far easier than dealing with the mental torment of choosing whether or not to buy it in the first place.

RC 15-9-21