My hands tend toward getting cold easily, so gloves are a difficult piece of clothes for me to nail down. The warm ones are bulky and somewhat heavy, but the less bulky, lighter weight ones don't keep my hands very warm.

I didn't mention shoes in my first post, because I just buy new shoes whenever my old ones wear out, so it doesn't seem like new shoes are an equipment change, but I did venture into a new brand and they worked out well for me. Instead of Vasque Velocity trail runners, which have issues around the air chamber under the heel bursting and then dust leaking into the interior through the sole, I bought some Brooks Cascadia 7s on sale and like them very much. Consequently, I bought a backup pair right away.