Winter pants
a girls advice: in the winter i have a couple of combos i wear:
depending on how cold it is i may wear a pr of silk liners, a mid-layer in either mid-weight or expedition weight breathable lg underwear & top layer of fleece pants. this is great in really cold weather w/ lots of snow (not really wet out)
another choice is the silk base, expedition weights and gortex/waterproof outer layer. i wear this if it's snowing out or at all wet & not too cold. add the fleece layer under the gortex if it's really cold but wet.
and lastly i have some nice body snug nils ski pants that are lightly insulated, waterproof and stretcy. this is my favorite cuz it's the lightest of all combos and great for pretty cold weather but not frigid sub zero, they keep me warm and i like the stretchiness and i luv not having to wear a bunch of bulky clothes!
all items i got heavy discounted - as i say all the time. i got my waterproof gortex from sierra for $60 (cloudveil snaz pants really nice). cabela's has 300 weight fleece pants that are very nice for $50 or less, and many sites have all kinds of great base layers for cheap.
snowboard or ski pants also work well and are often insulated and waterproof.
i always try to get an idea of what i want or need then search and search until i find the best darn deals out there. hey, i'm a good shopper - give me your sizes and i'll find you what i can!
here's a few things:
waterproof pants:
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.46384/dept_id.L2~380/qx/product.htm
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.46418/dept_id.L2~380/qx/product.htm
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.38160/dept_id.L2~195/qx/product.htm (they also have the regular pants , these are "liners" but i'm not sure what the difference is.
here's some diff long underwear in lite-mid& expedition wght. if you can find terramar silk underwear it is really nice and comfy as a base layer:
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/dept_id.L2~163/qx/prod_list_display.htm
these are just a few from sierra but all the sites have great sales now. ck out northern mountain killer deals, cabelas, mountain gear, campmor, etc