Stone Mountain Ride...ughh

Fought though traffic on Wednesday to get the mountain at about 5:15pm. Went about 1/4 mile and my cable snapped to the rear derailleur. I decided at least one lap as a fixed gear (12) had to happen since I drove over, spent all that time putting my winter gear and lights on. Bike went to the shop - needed new cables and housing, new chain and cassette. Lucky they could pull the cable head out of the shifter otherwise I would have needed an new one of those as well. The big chain ring is also warn but I'm waiting on that one. It's all 1 1/2 seasons old so its gotten its use.