When it comes to shopping for outdoors gear and clothing, I know that most of my East Coast friends are Eastern Mountain Sports fans. But I’ve always been a die-hard REI fan and will always make the effort to bu from them when I need something. In fact, just this Christmas I got a nice little REI gift certificate from the p-rents. If you are also an REI fan, here is a quick heads up: one of the best times to buy stuff from them is when they have their famous holiday clearance sale. And that sale is happening right now. I’m not trying to shill for them, but figured that folks who are interested or in need of a nice new shell or something could go check it out.