Help me keep warm?

SpikyHedgehog

Layers are your friend as you can take them off when you go in warmer parts of the building. I'd try two approaches - get the temperature checked to be sure it is at the minimum required by HSE; keep yourself warm. I wear a long sleeved t shirt under my uniform polo shirt & thick tights under my work trousers, fleecy socks inside furry books, & a fleece body warmer under my work fleece jacket. At home, I drape a fleece blanket over the computer chair before I sit in it to reduce the drafts.

whiteguineapig

don't forget a scarf for round your neck

Ballymackeonan

I sympathise - one of the places I work has no heating, but since I'm self employed they think that the workplace regulations don't apply to me (btw, the workshop is warm, it's only the office where I work that's freezing!)

One tip I got is to wear a pair of silky pyjama trousers under your trousers - warmer than lined ones! Thick tights with a woolly skirt are good as well, especially if you wear boots.

I layer up with thermals under jumpers - or charity shop cashmeres which are even better than thermal vests.

Fingerless mittens help as well, leave you free for a keyboard.

And I've been known to wear a fur coat in the office when it was particularly cold - do you think the taxman would accept it as protective clothing?

Dozey_crow

I have a mini hot water bottle for work and it really helps. Other than that is there a power point and can you have a heated throw?

Winter_Phoenix

If the floor of your office is cold, keep a sizeable piece of double-thickness bubble-wrap (or a very large padded envelope) under your desk to put your feet on.

And if a radiant/fan heater near your desk is not allowed, consider a miniature oil-filled radiator - you can get ones which are about sixteen inches high by ten inches wide, they are unobtrusive and they're terrific in a small space such as underneath a desk.

i.love.baking

hot drinks, and more hot drinks!
thermals and layers- fleeces are quite good. I had a placement in a school that used to be an old farm house building in the lake district in january. the room only had 1 small heater and it was freeezing. I wore a fleece jacket over what I was wearing and that kept the chill off a bit.