Trico makes some excellent wipers.
Yes they do. I've been running the same set of Trico Force blades on the Firebird going into my third winter now....great blades!
I think the OP is off to a good start, I find so many people do absolutely nothing to prep their car for winter until they find themselves stuck, in an accident, or with a damaged/rotted out vehicle.
I am running a little behind this year due to moving, but I have new winter's order for the firebird for next weekend, gave it a good coat of wax a couple weeks ago and will get all winter driven vehicles Krown'd...Hopefully before we get any snow.
I also usually lay down an extra set of floor mats; I usually have a set of carpeted mats with rubber floor mats (I like the MotoMaster ones) on top.