My love affair with coats probably started while I lived abroad and experienced what cold weather really meant while living in Japan.  It happened that the city I lived in, Shizuoka Prefecture, was known for having mild winters, but for a Southern California transplant they were much more severe than what I had grown up with.  Since then, I have had this…  need I say obsession with coats.  My husband will just shake his head if I bring home a new coat I found at our local resale boutique (BEST place to get coats) and have a look in his eyes like Really?  You need another one? And I just hang…