Jenn, going with your gut is important sometimes, yes. Especially if the item feels really wonderful. It doesn't photograph well but it works in my life.
Angie, no Seattle for me this trip, alas, but likely in the Spring.
The weather here is glorious. Not 30 maybe, but 29 or so. Beautiful and comfortable for me.
But I am chuckling at the "heat wave" reference. Compared to what we were experiencing in Ontario before we left, this feels cool and breezy. Our temperatures in Ontario were the same or lower, but -- you know I've said it before -- it's not the heat, it's the humidity! Back there, 29 (or even 24) feels completely different -- much, much hotter than it feels here. And it never cools down at night, which is another difference here.