Don't worry about your leather armor, though. Once you get your Bear form you'll notice that your armor is greatly increased whenever you change into Fluffynoodles. All that thick, fluffy fur works just like mail armor on those silly little weapons.
As you reach level 40 and gain the ability to change into the Dire Bear, your fur is like mithril or something (kevlar fur?) equal to plate armor.
I'm wearing leather armor, but I have 13,000 armor in Dire Bear form so no worries.