Is your heating ON or OFF?

shegar

Well muffinman we can say you are trying your best to keep the house and children warm, my offer is there for you, I have 2 brand new water bottles I got still in the packaging......................Its bitterly cold out this arvo, I took dog out and really did wrap up with everything on but it still felt really cold......My hubbys not well and been in bed now for the second day, but I cant grumble because we do have the heating on all day and this place is very well insulated...............

BitterAndTwisted

Muffin man, my own feeling is that if you are dressed in numbers of layers, only the two nearest the skin need to be changed every day. Those warm trousers, jumpers and thermal tops can be worn for days on end before they really need to be washed if they're not visibly dirty. Now that the temps are at or below freezing I'm doing the same so I won't have to dry any laundry indoors until I really must, or the weather changes. Last winter I was wearing thick tights under my thermal long-johns and they made a huge difference and I really don't care who knows it. Got a thermal sleeveless vest? Wear it under a short or long-sleeved one. Even a thin silky scarf around the neck makes me feel a lot warmer. Being and staying warm isn't the hardest part, it's the getting stripped off to get into bed that is. I can do this at lightning-speed now

lostinrates

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Muffin man, my own feeling is that if you are dressed in numbers of layers, only the two nearest the skin need to be changed every day. Those warm trousers, jumpers and thermal tops can be worn for days on end before they really need to be washed if they're not visibly dirty. Now that the temps are at or below freezing I'm doing the same so I won't have to dry any laundry indoors until I really must, or the weather changes. Last winter I was wearing thick tights under my thermal long-johns and they made a huge difference and I really don't care who knows it. Got a thermal sleeveless vest? Wear it under a short or long-sleeved one. Even a thin silky scarf around the neck makes me feel a lot warmer. Being and staying warm isn't the hardest part, it's the getting stripped off to get into bed that is. I can do this at lightning-speed now

I agree,you shouldn't need to wash the inner layers too often. Because i don't go out to work, i frequently just heap the layers on, and keep one set for outside for feeding, dog walking.

For a warm layer i love the cheap fleece pjs the supermarket did this year. I have them in two sizes..the smaller size fits over thermals and under a tracksuit, then the tracksuit gets left at the door if inside is mild enough.

The hilarious thing is though, my house is often colder than the weather is, so i need more clothes, or a duvet in side:rotfl::rotfl:

Its meant to be wed night that it will be coldest here. Having thought about it i will leave alug on heater in the kitchen to avoid pipe burst that night, and the same in the upstairs bathroom.

BitterAndTwisted

I LOVE MY FLEECE PJ BOTTOMS! Got one pair from @sda for six quid and then spotted another in Peacocks for four. Was on the hunt for a third pair a couple of days ago and couldn't find some anywhere. I may pop back to @sda but I draw the line at pink ones with twee little bunnies or teddies on them, even if no-one will see them on me. The ones I have are black and navy-blue/purple. Proper goth-stylee

shegar

I also got a long night shirt from t*escos, its made of flanelette material and its so so warm ive got that under my thick fleecy dressing gown now and thats me for for rest part of the evening, showered and had early tea, the supermarkets are really good for cheap nightwear...........

lostinrates

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I LOVE MY FLEECE PJ BOTTOMS! Got one pair from @sda for six quid and then spotted another in Peacocks for four. Was on the hunt for a third pair a couple of days ago and couldn't find some anywhere. I may pop back to @sda but I draw the line at pink ones with twee little bunnies or teddies on them, even if no-one will see them on me. The ones I have are black and navy-blue/purple. Proper goth-stylee

I hate buying from the supermarket but they make it so easy. Two of my pairs are from asda, red with snowflakes, and so is dh's pair...ladies size twelve i think;) black with stars on. I have another pair from sansburies.

I don't really like bunnies either, but don't mind a bit of pattern. The snowflakes were imo by far the nicest. Sadly, i stood too near the woodburner in one pair and my local asda doesn't have any more of them.

lostinrates

shegar wrote: »

I also got a long night shirt from t*escos, its made of flanelette material and its so so warm ive got that under my thick fleecy dressing gown now and thats me for for rest part of the evening, showered and had early tea, the supermarkets are really good for cheap nightwear...........

I don't like dressing gowns, and minimise my wear if mine, i hate it,but agree long nighties are excellent in winter.

I also have a couple of old evening gowns i wear with long sleeve ts as house/nightwear.h

Kirri

Dropped to 13.7 degrees in here today and as temperature outside is still dropping I've had to give in and put the storage heater on as it would only drop another few degrees by tomorrow so I'll put it on for a couple of days while it's really cold and hope the cold spell doesn't last long. Also my pet's feet felt cold too! (they have fleece bedding too though they could get in if they wanted). The heater is not making a noise at the moment but if it starts later on I'll still have to turn it off or I'll never sleep through it.

I cannot get to sleep when cold so have to wear the fleece pj's in these temps, just glad no one sees me! I got them in Primark for £7. B&T, I prefer the goth style colours you found though!!!

Quasar

Turned very cold here today. I was out and about in the afternoon/early evening it really bit. I have the heating on low now, and a flask full of hot water with lemon juice in it (healthy and warming), and hot water bottle under my feet plus fleece stuff all over me - pants, jacket, socks.

BitterAndTwisted

lostinrates wrote: »

I hate buying from the supermarket but they make it so easy. Two of my pairs are from asda, (fleece PJ bottoms) red with snowflakes, and so is dh's pair...ladies size twelve i think;) black with stars on. I have another pair from sansburies.

I don't really like bunnies either, but don't mind a bit of pattern. The snowflakes were imo by far the nicest. Sadly, i stood too near the woodburner in one pair and my local asda doesn't have any more of them.

I also have the black ones with white stars. If you can't get any more elsewhere just say the word and I'll get some for you and post them off. I was in @sda this afternoon and they have four or five different patterns. No bunnies or teddy-bears in sight.

The electronic central-heating thermostat thingy says it's 11 degrees centigrade in here but I'm wrapped/swaddled so warmly it doesn't feel that cold at all. Another day, another pound not spent.