Get your permit online, which I've done in the past to lessen the impact on my pocketbook, and I don't have to walk across a vertigo inducing trestle to the community center to get my permit. Although, our lodgelord this year said she would get permits for us. 
Riding boots. I've been pining for a pair for a long time and I just got a pair for Christmas. Hopefully, they will break in quickly.Boot dryer.The only thing I hate more than the service at Billie Anne's is cold, soggy boots in the morning.
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