[happygolucky]

After trying the " plant pot candles "thing and putting on my new long sleeved thermal vest on under my 2 wolly jumpers...( £5.99 for 2)  I wonder what other tips for keeping warm in the house people have as I know we all are a frugal lot!!
We are very warm when we light the fire  but during the day its too much hassled to keep going, infact a full time occupation. I would buy another heater of some description but what are the cheapest most efficient as I do not believe the adverts !
I am fine when I go out for dog walks as I do get very hot walking and then driving home in the car I often do some shopping with the dogs in the back so they can dry off...its not outside that I get cold but inside the house!

[MAK]

That is a tough question given the caveat of not wanting to increase the heating bills. You mentioned dog walking and feeling warm for a while when you get home. If we were talking about pigs then we would probabley say up their feed and put more straw on their bed.
If you are not keen on eating more fats then I would suggest that you go for porridge and winter soups and throw in another walk for the dog.
I guess we all feel the first cold snap of the year more than deep winter. Wet snow here and it feels cold. But we know that we can expect the temperature to be way below zero and not feel so cold when we venture out.  So maybe roll on winter !!

[happygolucky]

I have already up my feed and put an extra quilt on my bed  ...we both get too hot in bed, we always have done 
I think I need to keep popping out on the free bus and browse around the supermarkets when I get cold, there is also a very cosy Library a few yards away

[Fleecewife]

Now that I have major heart problems I get very cold, both outdoors and in.  Like you I don't like to have the heating on during the day, and leave lighting the fire until dusk, except when it's well below freezing, or there's a bitter east wind coming in through the cracks, when we try to keep the fire in for longer.
 
I wear lots of layers indoors, of a variety of materials.  For example, at the moment I have a long sleeved synthetic vest, under a long sleeved, high necked woollen vest which comes down over my bum.  Then I have a polo shirt, then I have a roll necked handspun Hebby jumper.  If it's really cold I would add a sleeveless fleece material bodywarmer over that, and maybe a light scarf to keep my neck draughtfree.
For the bottom half, I wear tights - which get thicker and woollier as winter progresses - under jeans or trousers and, most important of all, thick woolly socks, alpaca or wool if I've done the washing, with trainers.
I haven't given in to wearing a hat indoors yet, but if I had a suitable one I might, as keeping your head and feet warm is the key to being warm - hence the trainers rather than indoor slippers or sandals.  Sometimes if my hands are really cold too then I wear fingerless gloves.
 
Then when I go outside the real wrapping up starts 

[happygolucky]

That's similar to my daytime wear, today I am not so wrapped up, a thermal long sleeved mens vest, then a fleece high neck ski top, then a long thick jumper...my bottom half has pants, then tights then leggings then some cheap fur type slipper boots with nice thick socks, I often wear a scarf as its my neck that suffers too, I had to get rid of a few polo neck tops as the neck was far too tight and I cannot stand that either....what I find funny is I  undress a bit to go out!! I usualy put on a pair of thermal gloves extra and hardly get cold enough for a hat but did buy a peaked waterproof mens hat with ear flaps to put on with my hood up when it rains or snows and with a big scarf around to hold them all on, I am more often than not too hot but do tend to walk into trees!!     I get so many of my best warmest stuff from charity shops!

[Victorian Farmer]

lots of small meals hot i did say that it would get cold the last 2 weeks of November weeks ago but with the winds it will be very hard .We will move all the stock dawn from the hills on Monday. At the mo it looks like it could last a week for Serton .Iv done a Christmas forcast and all seems to be fine frosty day for Scotland and mield dawn south .Whit we dint wont is a blocking to set up next week if this happens it could go on and on .fleecewife take care i have a heart problem naw as well 57 Whit happens i just burn out and the hart do sent slow dawn .Keep safe and warm  folks .

[john and helen]

normally in winter when we go fishing on the kayaks, its freezing, the problem starts when you stop paddling, and just sat there for hours , so we where these… not very sexy but very warm

http://www.purplemarine.com/dinghy/crewsaver-one-piece-under-fleece.html

yes they are a bit of a pain when you want a piddle, but still warm 

[Rosemary]

Try a menopause 

My best buy was a pair of fleece lined waterproof nylon trousers. They are FAB but I must get another pair - one to wash, one to wear.

[RUSTYME]

Not cold here yet , thankfully . Still have the door open all day .
I only get dressed when i start going outside in the morning , l'd look a right pillock just in wellies !
Normal garb atm is cotton undies , jeans , cotton shirt , and if it is windy and nippy a thin fleecy thing . I only ever wear thin cotton socks , woolly ones are far too hot and bulky .
I have got a woolly hat , but i over heat if i wear it , unless the temp is 20 below , even then i have to take it off when i am walking .
I only ever wear gloves when i am working , logging etc . I wear those cheap riggers gloves , they tend to be more hole than glove usually .
I only wear them to protect my hands , they never get cold . I hate it if i do get cold though , i can't cope with feeling like an ice cube . Thankfully i don't get cold very often .
Ha ha , a robin just flew in the door and sat on my knee . He comes in most days for bread crumbs .

Wind has dropped today , so a bit warmer than yesterday .   

[doganjo]

Not that cold here either.  I just have a normal wool jumper on, but on top I have my fleece lined body warmer my sister gave me last Christmas.  From M & S Wool trousers and socks, and I must change out of my Padderrs into my slippies.

Been out with the dogs, walked back from leaving my car for a check up at Kennet, chatted to the ducks and hens - didn't need another jacket on.

[lachlanandmarcus]

Don't bother with halogen heaters, they may be cheap to run but they are just a photo of a fires :-) I think the electric little fan heaters provide the quickest way to warm you up once you've already got really cold and numb, just a few minutes blast,.

[Ina]

Don't bother with halogen heaters, they may be cheap to run but they are just a photo of a fires :-) I think the electric little fan heaters provide the quickest way to warm you up once you've already got really cold and numb, just a few minutes blast,.

Just bought a ceramic fan heater at Lidl's for £18 - brilliant! Much better than all my other fixed electric panels in the house (including one storage heater) together. Plus I have a good dehumidifer, which supplies most of the heat...

[Fleecewife]

normally in winter when we go fishing on the kayaks, its freezing, the problem starts when you stop paddling, and just sat there for hours , so we where these… not very sexy but very warm

http://www.purplemarine.com/dinghy/crewsaver-one-piece-under-fleece.html

yes they are a bit of a pain when you want a piddle, but still warm 

 
I tried something rather like that under all my winter bike kit once.  Ooh it was lovely and warm, until, as you say, I needed the ladies.  I had to get completely undressed, which is a whole lot of manky layers on a bike in winter         Maybe not quite so impossible for the males of the species.
 
 
 
Instead of eating loads of fat and calories, a nice hot drink will warm you up.  I found some stuff called Vecon - it's in a jar like Bovril but is veggie, yeast and veg extracts.  It tastes lovely and savoury, really warms you up and only has SIX calories per mug 
 
 
The last trick I have up my sleeve, is an electric shawl thing Mr Fleecewife bought for me in Lidl last winter when I was very ill and was always freezing.  It was very cheap but is thick and fluffy and can be used as a person sized blanket.  Hopefully I won't be as bad as last winter, but if the temp drops really low it might come back out of its box.  Not much use in a power cut though.

[doganjo]

I have an old duvet pullover jacket that John had.  Tears in it now, and was washed so not so fluffy,  so not much use as the feathers fly all over the place, but if I was really cold I'd put that on.  Or a duvet round my shoulders.

Fan heaters are extremely expensive to run - even for a few moments - and a few moments is never enough.  A halogen one that turns on it's own axis is economical, especially if they have a few settings, and they are fail-safe as they switch off if knocked over.

[Rosemary]

It's been mild here today - the wind moved round to the west and I was boiling while I was working.

Our heating is on all the time - it's underfloor so is on low all the time, so the house is quite warm.