Preparing for winter III

MarilynMonroe_2

It's 17 degrees inside today, the lowest it's been so far. Horrible outside, wet and windy.
I can't go out, unless it's in my sandles, as I still havn't got long pants to wear with my ankle boots eek.

Gettingtherequickly

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

, unless it's in my sandles, as I still havn't got long pants to wear with my ankle boots eek.

Well, it dress code never seems to bother those men who wear socks with sandels and shorts, so why worry?:D

Thanks to all those who gave handy suggestions about clothes for my weightloss trip

maryb

Hello Mrs Doom:wave:

I thought you had a year's supply?:rotfl:

Mrs_Doom

maryb wrote: »

Hello Mrs Doom:wave:

I thought you had a year's supply?:rotfl:

Indeed Maryb

Lavandula

Mrs_Doom wrote: »

Holy moly!!!! I had not started to prepare for winter, but thanks to you lovely people on here I now have gone and bought the following items that will ensure I am ready to face the vicious winter conditions that will be hitting Bognor Regis this winter:

skis
snow boots
yaktracks
poles
sledge
snow shovel
avalanche transievers
sleeping bag (-20 to 10 degree)
waterproof and windproof backpack
small daypack
pack rain cover
3 months supply of food
gas stove (fuel pump, accessories)
fuel for stove
two Nalgenes
cooking pot(s)
enamel pots and pans
thermal underwear/long underwear
socks, inner and outer
extra socks
more socks
even more socks
fleecy pyjamas
thermal jacket
balaclava
waterproof jacket
Waterprrof trousers
thin inner gloves
mittens and/or wool gloves
winter hat and/or balaclava
ice axe
crampons
carabiners
slings (chest, prusik)
seat harness
(hard hat)
(avalanche cord)
climbing rope
folding scissors
All the over counter medicines in Boots
cold medicine
diahrea medicine
cough drops
antacid
assorted bandages (strip, fingertip, Steri-Strips, butterfly, etc)
flex guaze
roll bandage
first aid tape
first aid cream
bandanna/cloth
alcohol swabs
burn cream

waterproof matches
extra flashlight bulbs
extra batteries
candles by the van load
stove maintenence kit
sewing kit (w/heavy duty needle, thread)
thick fleeces to line all my curtains
extra duvets
extra blankets


Jesus...I've forgotten thermal slippers...

Is that all I need folks? Am I goin' be OK? I love Money Saving.:)

:rotfl::rotfl:

Popperwell

Confuzzled wrote: »

this is why, even though my knees don't like the stairs much in the depths of winter, i still like to live on the first floor!


i have fire/solid fuel stove envy now. now even more than a decade since we moved from skye, since we've had a fireplace, i still see deadfall trees and stacks of logs and think ohhh how lovely that would be for our fire :rotfl:

I feel that way too about not having a fire but apart from when I have a meal to cook I live upstairs which always was warmer, if I could afford the CH more it is better because not only have you the radiators but the pipes that feed them are under the floorboards so that warms upstairs too.

I'm so cold today I think I may have to put the thermals on...

mcjordi wrote: »

weather is awful today wind and rain.
been round shop and put my spare few quid on the gas and electric keys.
underlay is down and it feels a little warmer underfoot.

Glad the move seems to be going ok, its a horrible day.

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Thanks to all those who gave handy suggestions about clothes for my weightloss trip

Hope that goes well. I wasn't fat but eating less I have had similar problems to you...At present a belt has helped keep my trousers up:rotfl:

annie123

Mrs_Doom wrote: »

Holy moly!!!! I had not started to prepare for winter, but thanks to you lovely people on here I now have gone and bought the following items that will ensure I am ready to face the vicious winter conditions that will be hitting Bognor Regis this winter:

skis
snow boots
yaktracks
poles
sledge
snow shovel
avalanche transievers
sleeping bag (-20 to 10 degree)
waterproof and windproof backpack
small daypack
pack rain cover
3 months supply of food
gas stove (fuel pump, accessories)
fuel for stove
two Nalgenes
cooking pot(s)
enamel pots and pans
thermal underwear/long underwear
socks, inner and outer
extra socks
more socks
even more socks
fleecy pyjamas
thermal jacket
balaclava
waterproof jacket
Waterprrof trousers
thin inner gloves
mittens and/or wool gloves
winter hat and/or balaclava
ice axe
crampons
carabiners
slings (chest, prusik)
seat harness
(hard hat)
(avalanche cord)
climbing rope
folding scissors
All the over counter medicines in Boots
cold medicine
diahrea medicine
cough drops
antacid
assorted bandages (strip, fingertip, Steri-Strips, butterfly, etc)
flex guaze
roll bandage
first aid tape
first aid cream
bandanna/cloth
alcohol swabs
burn cream

waterproof matches
extra flashlight bulbs
extra batteries
candles by the van load
stove maintenence kit
sewing kit (w/heavy duty needle, thread)
thick fleeces to line all my curtains
extra duvets
extra blankets


Jesus...I've forgotten thermal slippers...

Is that all I need folks? Am I goin' be OK? I love Money Saving.:)

Not bad, but you forgot the toilet rolls :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:;)

Confuzzled

today we baked seeded granary rolls and cinnamon hazelnut rolls and some chicken for tonights dinner, wanted to fill the oven before committing to using it but oh the heat was lovely with the gale blowing outside

we have slow cooker coconut rice pudding going right now for after dinner. whilst things were cooking we used the foam draught proof strips in the bedroom windows in the warped wooden frames, the window in my room has gotten so bad that we had to use nearly a full roll!

we also bubblewrapped both sides of the glass door at the top of the stairs (in a masionette so the stairs are unheated) and i put the curtain up on the inside of the door that i use for that little bit of extra insulation. we tried bubble wrapping the individual glass panes of glass in the front door downstairs but it was just being so uncooperative and it's fairly obvious so i'm sure our newish persnickety and dare i say rude neighbours would complain so we gave up on that, i think i may remove the lace curtains and replace it with a fleece blanket for down there.

we'll bubblewrap the bathroom window later, my daughter is now heavy enough she'll need her dad to give her a boost up into the window ledge so she can hang it up for me. we only have chairs that roll so not good for climbing on and i'm not sure they would even fit through the bathroom space anyways.

it's been sooo windy here but it was very helpful with putting the draught excluder up as we could tell precisely which areas still needed doing!

Fruball

annie123 wrote: »

Not bad, but you forgot the toilet rolls :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Poor Mrs Doom has a lot to learn

fuddle

Yey, Mrs_Doom has come out to play! You'll not fit that lot in your underground shelter