Brrrr - What are you doing to keep warm

I left the cooker on all night on slow - deliberately....and this morning realised that I had left the living room gas fire on as well - not intended and wasteful, but I was glad of the warm room as I was up early as often happens.

I'm wearing three layers on top and two on my feet, socks and extra socks.

My house plants are in the passage at the side of the house and I spent some of yesterday blocking up draughts there with bubblewrap - it seems to have worked because the thermometer hasn't gone below 1 degree.....

I'm just getting out the bowls of cold water. Hot porridge at one end, freezing cold water at the other. How's this gonna work?!

Jess thanks for the tip, will try that tonight.
When we thought about replacing the old boiler, a large well-known organisation wanted a silly amount of money. We could have bought the same make of boiler much, much cheaper online. I suggested to the Salesman that his company, with their huge buying power, could have negotiated a better deal. He said that was what they had to pay. It put us off.
Fulgonis in Porthcawl yes! Parisella (sp?) used to come 'round in a van in Anglesey! They used to squirt red goo on cornets ( dread to think of the 'E' numbers). Swansea market for lovely Welshcakes, eggs and veg, but Neath market for Faggots...... in the nicest sense, of course!

Llannelly for tub butter!

Ginger wine is very warming. It's snowing here now.

So is a tot of home-made sloe gin!!

Only one's not enough

Great big log burner belting here and keeping our 450 year old house warm. Later will be microwaving my home-made barley wraps to take to bed - I love them.

It is supposed to be snowing here in Kent tonight but it's very odd - no sign of it yet! Sure it will come, though. Nice and warm and stocked up, and nowhere important to go. So we'll see.

I know we have an amber warning Ariadne ...but think the temperature is too low for snow. Fortunately there wasn't enough moisture in the air for a frost this morning either ...long may it stay like it!

But I'm staying in tomorrow ...just in case!!

Yes you can still get that butter in Swansea market too jeni. Lovely.
Revived a very warm jumper I knitted about 30 years ago today. Remember Kaffe Fassett and his poppies. Looks warm as well as being warm with the mohair wool looped across at the back.
And possum fur scarf. DS1 slaughtered the little blighters himself.
(they are an incredible pest in NZ and have fantastic thick fur)

We have about 2" of snow so far. Seems a bit warmer.
Wish I had a big log burner - but I'm warm.

Just starting, Jacey!

It's been snowing on and off since midday. Off at the moment and the temp is -1 at the back door, so colder away from the house.
JessM, I have a wonderful cardi made of a mixture of merino wool and possum fur. It's warmer than any microfleece.

Possum fur ...couldn't understand why - as they are such a pest - anything knitted from their fur was so expensive in NZ

We've got about two inches, and it's still coming! Garden looks lovely.

Why is snow still so exciting?! (for the first day or two, anyway)

Fixed the problem in 1979. Moved to the sub-tropics!

Oh

I guess it is the processing jacey But the hard stuff - ie the skins is very cosy round my neck. guilt free fur.

In Hampshire , snow has disappeared,for weekend visiting Mother in Law who is unwell, but have to drive back to Norfolk later today. There looks like plenty of snow at home, glad we left the dog with friends! I would have hated being stuck anywhere with an old Lab freezing in the back.
Son and Grandson in Essex, excited to be building a snowman, as they have lived in Dubai for 3 yrs.

Hi Ladies, I'm new to Gransnet but am enjoying reading all your views/opinions. I've been keeping warm by wearing leggings under my jeans and two pairs of socks (one pair of towelling sports socks covered by a pair of hubby's socks!) and thin layers of random clothing. I hope I don't get involved in an accident and end up going to hospital - they'll be cutting through this material for days. (I've got nice pants on though)
I've also bought bags of carrots and sweet potatoes (59p per bag, courtesy of Aldi!!) and have been slurping my way through Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup (to be fair, it's lasted for days in the fridge - I might have to eat if for breakfast at this rate but it's yummy!). I've also plastered my face in moisturiser and my lips in vaseline (over my lipstick!). I think I might be ready for the cold spell now....!

Hiharleygran
Are you any relation of biker
Come to think of it, haven't seen her lately!
Well come. Are you one of the 'serious' or the 'zany' types?
Either way enjoy.

Have contemplated possum fur conundrum (so many blooming possums, such expensive knitwear) while tramping round snowy woods with camera. (Very good exercise)
The possum fur is short. About 2 cm and very fine. In contrast, silkworm thread is 300 or more Metres long!
It - the possum fluff - has to be removed manually from the skin i believe. It then has to be cleverly blended with some kind of longer wool or other fibre as you could not possibly make a yarn out of it on its own.
If any of you Australian grans would like to get over there and round up a few milllion of the little critters there would be many kiwis and Kiwis who would be very grateful.

Hi Jeni - Thanks for the welcome.
No I don't think I'm related to biker and we're neither serious nor zany, more like 'sunny weather bikers' - it's just a great way to see the countryside and discover the coffee shops along the way (on a nice day of course!). My hubby's always had a motorbike (always been three of us in this marriage!) so we're gonna keep enjoying the ride until old age sets in........hopefully not for a long while!

My possum socks have only about 10% possum wool, but they really are comfortable for walking as they have a double sole. They are very expensive though - I got a second pair from my daughter when I was in NZ at Christmas.
Lap top on knee certainly gets very warm - and I still have the odd hot flush 20 years after a hysterectomy, so I wear cardigans rather than jumpers because they are easier to take off.
Too cold to snow here in Switzerland now - beautiful landscapes and blue skies.
I didn't get very far with learning to do cross-country skiing because I was just too cold. My friend and I are off to Sharm el Sheik in June to do some snorkeling on coral in warm waters - the sea should be 25C. The air temperature will be around 40C so it will be a relief to get in the water. Just thinking about it makes me feel warm. (It was -13C here yesterday).

Did you see any merino sheep when you were in NZ Greatnan?
I was surprised when I met my first ones, how different they look.