Preparing for winter III

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greenbee, don`t you find that bamboo takes ages longer to dry? I love the stuff but only bought a little because of the drying factor

Does anyone else get a shock if they wear microfleece? I leave dh to switch everything off at night after I stand up as sitting in my dressing gown gives me a shock afterwards

I have a tight wedding ring and a swollen joint so tried to get it off last night :eek:. There is no which way it will move, oil, vaseline, dental floss and all and now I will wait 2 weeks before trying again as I tried too hard and made my finger swell more. I am quietly cutting some foods out in the hope that my finger will lose some weight. I am not having it cut off, no way, it has been on my finger for 41 years but I was stupid not thinking about getting it resized years ago. Honestly my fingers were never going to remain what they were at 22. If there was any incentive for me to lose weight it is that, it is quite scary having a potentially restrictive band that I cannot move

Eenymeeny

Another vote here for slipper boots (they cover that draughty bit around the ankle!), brushed cotton (I'm old enough to remember them being called winceyette!) pyjamas, and I was thinking 'what a good idea to buy a spare dressing gown (dark would be a good idea as OH bought mine for me and it's white!) then I thought 'why, don't I just 'borrow' his as he only wears it if he gets up during the night?' Another money saving tip, and his is thicker than mine;):D
I'm with you on the wardrobe against the radiator thing too. I'm sitting in a draught here as OH has emptied a cupboard as part of our 'office renovations' and heaped up a load of books and wood near the doorway so that I can't close it... rolls eyes!
I used to work for a 'very careful' employer who wouldn't let us have the heating on unless there was white on the ground:eek: I'm now applying that rule to thermal vest wearing... it's such a luxury when you don't wear them all of the time...:):):)
Keep warm everyone and I'm going to search Tango scarves now, sounds very intriguing!

rachbc

our first dg window was suppossed to be fitted today but its been delayed til tomorrow - booooo. Then once that is in I can make a blind for the window. Goodbye 1 cm wide gaps and howling winds in my kitchen. Can't believe how excited I am about a window but we have been saving and saving to get replicas of the original wooden windows made

mardatha

Another minus 7 morning, lovely sun. I like this weather. I love the sound of purple sheepskin boots Is too warm in here to wear nice cosy pyjamas, I always end up taking them off for cool cotton ones. Same with a gorgeous cream wool dressinggown. But I keep them in case of hospital visits (cheery wee sod, me)

Fervent37

kittie wrote: »

greenbee, don`t you find that bamboo takes ages longer to dry? I love the stuff but only bought a little because of the drying factor

Does anyone else get a shock if they wear microfleece? I leave dh to switch everything off at night after I stand up as sitting in my dressing gown gives me a shock afterwards

I have a tight wedding ring and a swollen joint so tried to get it off last night :eek:. There is no which way it will move, oil, vaseline, dental floss and all and now I will wait 2 weeks before trying again as I tried too hard and made my finger swell more. I am quietly cutting some foods out in the hope that my finger will lose some weight. I am not having it cut off, no way, it has been on my finger for 41 years but I was stupid not thinking about getting it resized years ago. Honestly my fingers were never going to remain what they were at 22. If there was any incentive for me to lose weight it is that, it is quite scary having a potentially restrictive band that I cannot move

Kittie keep a close eye on your finger. This happened to my late mother and we had to rush her to a jewellers early one Saturday morning to get her ring cut off - it suddenly went tighter and frightened her. Hers had been on a similar length of time to yours. She was only without it for a week as the jeweller made it bigger for her.

muffin_man_7

kittie wrote: »

greenbee, don`t you find that bamboo takes ages longer to dry? I love the stuff but only bought a little because of the drying factor

Does anyone else get a shock if they wear microfleece? I leave dh to switch everything off at night after I stand up as sitting in my dressing gown gives me a shock afterwards

I have a tight wedding ring and a swollen joint so tried to get it off last night :eek:. There is no which way it will move, oil, vaseline, dental floss and all and now I will wait 2 weeks before trying again as I tried too hard and made my finger swell more. I am quietly cutting some foods out in the hope that my finger will lose some weight. I am not having it cut off, no way, it has been on my finger for 41 years but I was stupid not thinking about getting it resized years ago. Honestly my fingers were never going to remain what they were at 22. If there was any incentive for me to lose weight it is that, it is quite scary having a potentially restrictive band that I cannot move

when my ex took me to choose a ring in the summertime the jeweller tried i ring on it fitted but wouldn't come off he had to get a little bowl of cold water dunk finger in 5 mins later bit of movement but not enough he then added some ice my fingers were so cold but it worked ring slid off n icey he asked if we would take it i said onky if you've got it 2 sizes bigger to allow for fingers swelling in the heat no luck but any time fingers would swell out came a bowl and the ice worked for me i don't wear any rings now my fingers are always cold and they fall off:rotfl:hth and well done on 41 yrs:T my nan and pop celebrated their diamond anniversary pic in paper many years ago

winter wise its been -1 here overnight the frost stayed all day in places inside was down to 9c:eek: this morning can't put the heating on only got 60p left on gas:( need that for cooker roll on wednesday heating will go on if its still this cold so for now i've got four layers on top two on bottom 2prs socks can't find me thermal ones and a big throw folded it's quiet warm under it after about ten mins if i ever get to stay under it that is don't think it helps we've got mould on the wall by the skirting boardin l r it's an outside wall council coming out tomorrow afternoon it was just a bit before xmas so i just made up a bleach solution and washed it all off i thought it might be cause unit we moved was trapping the cold in that alcove but sincewe moved xmas tree it's back and much worse i've lived here 28yrs next month and have only had this problem twice once when we had leak in roof and behind washing machine same outside wall just 3 different rooms fingers crossed they sort it soon

greenbee

kittie wrote: »

greenbee, don`t you find that bamboo takes ages longer to dry? I love the stuff but only bought a little because of the drying factor

the thermals are the viscose type bamboo rather than linen type so dry quickly and go in the TD on low (well, like fleece, they don't admit to it, but they're fine in there). I prefer the linen type, which dries much as cotton and hemp. I don't find it a major problem, although at this time of year the condensation probably adds to the layer of ice on the inside of the window

mardatha wrote: »

Another minus 7 morning, lovely sun. I like this weather. I love the sound of purple sheepskin boots

they are these ones http://www.celtic-sheepskin.co.uk/footwear/sheepskin-boots/celt-sheepskin-boots/ not cheap but ethical, durable, comfy and last for ages. I did very well out of their sale this year too... Lots of nice tops and socks at bargain prices

Justamum

kittie wrote: »

Does anyone else get a shock if they wear microfleece? I leave dh to switch everything off at night after I stand up as sitting in my dressing gown gives me a shock afterwards

I only get a shock from it if I don't use conditioner and/or I dry it in the tumble drier.

kittie wrote: »

I have a tight wedding ring and a swollen joint so tried to get it off last night :eek:. There is no which way it will move, oil, vaseline, dental floss and all and now I will wait 2 weeks before trying again as I tried too hard and made my finger swell more. I am quietly cutting some foods out in the hope that my finger will lose some weight. I am not having it cut off, no way, it has been on my finger for 41 years but I was stupid not thinking about getting it resized years ago. Honestly my fingers were never going to remain what they were at 22. If there was any incentive for me to lose weight it is that, it is quite scary having a potentially restrictive band that I cannot move

A few years ago (about 15 now - not long after we got married) I rubbed my hands raw with rubber reins when I went riding. My finger got quite swollen - the throbbing pain woke me up in the night and I could see, even in the dim light, that my finger was turning black so my DH cut my wedding ring off. I didn't fancy losing my finger. He had to do the same towards the end of my first pregnancy when my fingers swelled.

BitterAndTwisted

I whipped off my cosy fleece PJ bottoms last night which I'm wearing as house-trousers and nearly gave myself a heart-attack with the static. I'm sure if the light had been off it would have been like a firework display. It's the thermal undies that are doing it, I reckon. And they are not coming off. Not till spring has arrived. Nope.

Another hooray for the old granny-style slipper-boots. I got some on special from Lidl a couple of winters ago and they're as warm as toast. Still, I live on my own and no-one sees them, so I just don't care.

I saw a rather fetching leopard-print onesie in Peacocks this afternoon and I was sorely tempted. Very sorely, not being a fleece dressing-gown owner. I had a feel of some gowns in Sainsbugs sale at Christmas and they were soooooo soft and lovely. I resisted, silly me.

I'm really rather cross with the energy companies. All this modest price-drop business just feels like a load of window-dressing to me. The price reductions won't come in until the worst of winter is over I hope). And they're only dropping them because this winter hasn't been as harsh as the last two so far, so no-one's buying enough. Grrrrrrrrr!

Pooky

I always suffer with static from fleecy clothes but really suffer when it's frosty/snowy, I had an acrylic jumper on yesterday for about an hour before the shocks drove me crazy and I had to change......I've got very fine hair too so it makes it stand on end......whilst I love the cold and frosty mornings I could do without the static.