My current outfit is really quite extraordinary. My top layer,starting with my head is my Sherpa thing combined with the fluffy white squishy warm “plush” bathrobe… Which is worn over my classically styled flannel granny nightie which has frilly cuffs and a frill at the floor. The night he is being worn over my new pride and joy: a blue onesie complete with hood (the Sherpa thing is over the hood), pockets, and most awesome of all: a zipper flap! No feet, though. With squishy mittens.
Somebody needs to make capacitative mittens…
So I guess my fashion statement is “I am cold. And I like jammies.”
And I’d probably be dead by now if I hadn’t been poking around in the garage a week ago and found neatly rolled up and sealed in plastic the most incredibly fluffy comforter I have ever seen… Completely forgotten. Once I thought about it I remembered why this nearly new incredibly fluffy and delicious comforter was all wrapped up and forgotten in the garage: it was too warm for my San Fernando Valley bed. hallelujah! So I’ve been sleeping under that comforter plus the other two that were already on the bed, along with the worlds best hot water bottle, my blue pit Zusje. So if I want to live in my bed I’ll be fine.
As a recent arrival in Santa Barbara, I’m getting my entertainment from watching long-time residents dress as if they’re at about 20,000 feet about to make the final push to the summit of Everest.
Meanwhile I’m still in shorts marveling at the fact that the SUN APPEARS IN WINTER. I came here from Seattle. I forgot that the sun just doesn’t go away sometime in November.
Speaking for myself, it usually takes an absolute minimum of 20 minutes of exercise before my aerobic heat-producing kicks in, and 30 is better. You’re not going to get much warmth in only 10 minutes.
Except in Summer it’s 95 to over 100 degrees where I lived near Culver City. Sixty-eight to 72 (heck, even into the low-80s!) is a temperature range for June through August. That’s one of the reasons I moved up here.
Without a breeze, I’m fine going outside in a T-shirt, PJ bottoms, and slippers when the temperature is in the twenties. With a breeze, that’s fine attire down to at least 40º unless it’s raining. One becomes accustomed. (FWIW, I have the furnace set to 60º and am quite comfortable. Outside it’s 35º. Wednesday is expected to be sunny and 50º.)
Suggestion: try an electric mattress pad and an electric blanket. You can preheat them before climbing in. Also, flannel sheets help.
Around here it’s 35 with a high today of 58. A little nippy. I lost my cold weather skin years ago after growing up in the northeast shoveling snow and learning to drive on the ice.
Heh. Here in the hellish Sonora desert it was 33° when I woke up and put my dog outside. It’s currently 41° and is expected to get all the way up to 51°. I’m miserable. Yes, I have heat, but my gas bill was $50 last month. I don’t want to spend that much this month. I can’t wait till we get out of this cold snap.
I grew up in Seattle. I’ve lived in a lot of places, one of which was San Diego and San Diego county. Yes, it gets down to late spring/early summer temps from Seattle in that southern clime in the dead of winter
After a few years in Vista, then Mission Valley, I too, would get cold in the winter. I don’t know why. When I first moved there I was appalled at the people wearing heavy coats and sweaters when it was in the high 60s-low 70s. After a year or two, I bought a coat.
So, I do understand.
Now, I’m back in Seattle. This morning it’s just about 50 outside, no heat on in the house, but it’s comfortable.
I went for a run this morning, it was 30° out; I was wearing less layers than you are.
You need to go shopping for [url=]these. I have a pair of them but they’re warm enough that I never put batteries in them. They also make gloves, too.
P.S. I’m now wearing shoes, socks, jeans, & my new long-sleeve t-shirt; the one I got from doing a Polar Bear plunge on New Year’s Day. :eek:
A electric blanket is a must for people with inadequate insulation or heating. A lot of homes built in warm climates just aren’t designed for cold temps. My 1950’s ranch is uninsulated. I had the attic blown and the vinyl siding company installed a foam insulation board.
We depended on our electric blanket before getting that insulation done. The house was drafty and cold. Even now, its much cheaper to set the wall thermostat to 66 at night and use our electric blanket. Doesn’t make sense to heat the house when we’re in bed anyhow.
Look on Ebay for vintage electric blankets. The new ones sold today don’t get as hot.
Yeah, my rule of thumb is if it gets into the teens, the dogs typically don’t get a morning run. Unless there’s a good snowfall and no wind, then it’s just so pretty out, and the two bigger dogs love a lot of snow. The small dog, even with her coat on, shivers and Is Not Happy when it’s teens or colder.
I have found that if I go out, properly clothed for the weather, in the morning, I’m then “innoculated” against the cold for the rest of the day. The cold doesn’t bother me much. On days like today, where I haven’t really gone outside yet except to top off the bird feeder, I’ll feel colder when I do go out.
However, the freezing rain has stopped and it’s a balmy 34 F now, so I’m going to get my ass dressed and out for a bit. Then it will feel SO good to come back inside!
