Preparing for Winter V

bossymoo

@betterlife given they spend much of their time in school, I'd be happy to keep other clothes to a minimum. Mine (6 & 4) had loads last winter (well, every winter , not my doing) and didn't wear half of it - literally couldn't see the wood for the trees.

I've recently had a cull, and really pared down, although being the big summer holidays, I am allowing more tshirts and shorts than I normally would.

Personally, I think my eldest would be fine with 3pr school trousers, a handful of shirts and two sweaters, then 3 or 4 playing outfits and nice one for parties etc. he also has his Beavers uniform.

My little girl however has at least 8 dressing up dresses :eek:

But then we have a granny who shops. I rarely buy anything beyond essentials (what do little boys do to their socks???) myself.

It's a very personal thing.

For winter stuff I like mine to have thermal long sleeve and long legged undies for the coldest of days, and preferably waterproofs for playing out in the snow if they are lucky enough. They also like cuddly onesies - they tend not to sleep in them, but change into them after a drenching on the way home from school.

Rummer

We don't tend to buy too many clothes for winter and instead layer the summer clothes with a cardigan or a sweater over the top for my DD and ourselves. For my toddler DS we have two all in one waterproof suits one that is unlined and one snuggly warm one so that he can play without getting wet.

betterlife

thank you guys, after posting and seeing the post above mine with regards to millets online sale, I had a little nose, and got a few essential bargains infact as a 1st timer to there site got a futher 10% off sale prices, so was chuffed to bits to get 4 t-shirts, 2 fleeces, and 1 pair of waterproof/windproof/breathable storm trousers (with pockets) for my daughter, and 2 t-shirts, 1 fleece, 1 pair of waterproof etc trousers (as above) and a pair of merino base layer longjohns for my son, all for £70 including p&p! have got there waterproof coats, all have wellies, so maybe a trip to primark for jammies/onsies and should be done. I still need school clothes, and do agree with not getting too much winter clothes, but we still get out alot in the winter, as we go for loads of walks in the countryside, and beach combing etc, so we always try to keep a bit of outdoors clothes x

nicki_2

I bought and fitted another new letterbox cover yesterday, lets see how long this one lasts before someone breaks it. I also bought some wood filler as there is a crack in one of the panels on the front door which opens up when its dry, so of course it's raining and now I can't find said crack :rotfl:

We're off to run errands today to get the blinds etc that we were meant to get last week as well as uniform. Ideally I want to get all the errands run today, but I have a horrible feeling we won't. Now I just need to decide whether I'm buying a day ticket (£4 a time), or a weekly one (£16 for 7 consecutive days) then its either £2 for a day for DD or £10 for a 7 day one

nattykins

Hi all!!!

I was popping on here to see if any of you have any winter prep tips for our first winter with a baby (currently 3 weeks old).

Any hints and tips will be greatly appreciated!!!

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hello all, I am back in action now, having reached the calm stage of acceptance . I am in throes of sorting my store cupboard, making room for the extra stores needed for winter, having been snowed in for 6 weeks in 2010. I have enough clothes, bedding etc and some stove fuel but will be building up the 10kg bags of pellets until I have a good 1/2 tonne stored all over the place so it is easily accessible

One of the main things for me is to have a variety of good hobbies, books, dvds and chocolate. If 2010 happens again then I may as well enjoy it

Doveling

Nice to "see" you back Kittie :)x

I was popping on here to see if any of you have any winter prep tips for our
first winter with a baby (currently 3 weeks old).

I'd make sure I had a room thermometer for where baby sleeps. Mine slept in grobags in the winter, so were very cosy.
If funds are available, try to get a couple of weeks worth of necessities in so you don't have to go out if the weather is awful.

The list at the beginning of the thread is very useful in general terms. HTH

alice-mary

Really good to see you back on here Kittie!

Alice
xx

shanks77

nicki wrote: »

I went out to work this evening in a hoodie & my baseball cap. I was actually chilly! :eek:

Tomorrow I'm off to run errands which will include getting new blinds for the kitchen & bathroom, a curtain rail for putting a curtain up over the kitchen door, a shower curtain rail & shower curtain, and lots of little bits & pieces for me to sort before winter gets here. I'm hoping to hit some summer clearance sales, but I think it may take me bribing DD with some form of take out treat to get all I want done with her in tow to bounce ideas off We're also buying the dog a new bed, so he's further off the floor ready for the cold weather, and a furminator for grooming him as I'm sick of dog hair EVERYWHERE!

Hi not sure if you have already bought the furminator but I have found it makes not the slightest bit of difference. Yes it pulls out tons of hair but my dog casts twice as much. Having spoken to a few other dog owners they have experienced the same problem. My dog is a boxer/collie cross if that helps. It may help if you could borrow one before you buy. xx

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Thanks for the welcome back . I am on the way up, so all good.

I second that about baby supplies, living in a village without a shop in the lakes in 1977/78, we were badly snowed on and baby needed an urgent prescription. I went out on a snow ploughed lane and met an oil tanker who could not stop, I had no where to go and my car was a write off. So hence the very sensible thing to do is to have plenty of supplies in and if harsh winters don`t materialise, then hey ho, we look on the bright side and have a few cheaper weeks of using the stores. At least many of us stay off the roads that way and make room for the essential workers to be safer

Just saying that we have a few harvests in the area that probably will not get harvested. They are ripe and ready and if they don`t get taken in the next two days then they will rot on the fields. Anyway I own to starting to build my stores. Just taking my allotment for example, squash will fail as will several other more `exotic` types. Potatoes and tomatoes will likely get blight. Cabbages are good but far too advanced. Currants are ripe but the wind and rain is making them fall and rot. This is food production on a small scale and large scale will fare no better

My stove flue is being cleaned in 2 weeks and my wood pellet stove is being serviced then. I feel like having the stove on now tbh but it is ridiculous in july. It feels just like autumn