To recommend this to keep warm inside..and ask for others

[daretodenim]

This has been on my mind for a few days with the rising heating costs and so I'm posting here for traffic, as maybe it can be useful for others.

I have my heating very low during the day and I'm often at home sitting - and get cold easily. Decathlon have cheap ski base layers. I use them to keep warm and they're great. I only use the tops but I have the leggings too and rarely have used them when there's not snow outside. So I'm not recommending those as a first step, unless your legs are always cold. They are really warm though! I often wear the base layer top under a jumper or sweatshirt, jeans and warm socks and it makes a really big difference.

The adults costs £6 and kids ones are £4. They're also quite thin so dry quickly.

There are also merino ones and other brands that make higher quality ones, but for the purpose of staying warm at home, rather than concerns about staying warm and dry on a cold piste, these do fine.

www.decathlon.co.uk/p/women-s-base-layer-ski-top-100/_/R-p-302806?mc=8510031&c=GREY

Anybody else have good tips?

@LeakyKettle

Heated throw was suggested on one of these threads. I got one and now so has everyone I know 😁

Same here. I've been raving about how great they are to anybody who will listen, and they've all bought one now. It's amazing.

I work from my bed

All snug and warm!

Did as you suggested and purchased decathlon ski tops and leggings. They arrived very quickly and really do help me stay warm as a layer beneath my sweater and jeans
Thank you for the recommendation

Dunelm have loads of teddy fleece on sale at the moment, could be good for next winter. Fake ooodly things for about £8, teddy duvet covers and pillowcases heavily reduced. Definitely worth a look!

Electric throws cost a lot less than running my radiators and means I dont heat any rooms I'm not using. For bed we have a mattress heater that goes on 5 mins before bed at full temp, then off or on low for the night.

Use a slow cooker to make your dinner (very cheap to run) and if placed in the room you are sitting in it acts as a little heater and helps keep the chill off a bit, especially in smaller rooms with doors kept shut.