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Holy hell its cold.!

What have you found that is keeping you warm this winter?

I have been wearing workout clothing to bed. But I think I'm going to purchase a duel zone heated mattress pad.

I'm thankful that my car has heated seats.

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Turn my thermostat up to 70. sleep in a 95 degree waterbed. Wear lots of layers. Wear long underwear everyday from October to May. Keep an extra jacket, Fleece hat, and pocket warmers in my car. Niece made me a couple infinity scarves last year...wear em all the time. Drink lots of hot chocolate and hot tea.

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@@Kindle

Definitely layers..I found a pair of fleece lined leggings. I'm going to layer them under my jeans to work today.

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I live in Florida and I still freeze!! I use a dual controlled heated blanket for my bed, I have a heated throw for the living room and wear lots of layers.

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@@glitter eyes

80 degrees and you are freezing I'm moving to Florida. ;)

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@@glitter eyes

80 degrees and you are freezing I'm moving to Florida. ;)

Ditto. It was 8 degrees when I fed the horses this morning. Gonna be a high of 26 today :/

And the fleece leggings work great! I have two pairs plus one pair wool long underwear and 2 pairs of heavyweight silk long underwear. Insulated coveralls, down jacket, gloves, wool hat and sorels sitting by the back door to pull on when I go outside to feed or shovel or plow.

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I live in Phoenix, Arizona and I'm constantly freezing this year. It's not as bad as right after surgery, but oy! I never used to be cold, but I'm having to wear sweatpants to bed, long sleeved shirts, jackets, etc. just to keep from feeling like an ice cube.

While uncomfortable, I'll take it any day over always being hot like I was pre-surgery and over 100 lbs. ago. :)

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