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AIBU if I buy DH a selk sleeping bag for Xmas?

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mysteryfairy · 21/11/2009 17:56

DH works for himself from home, mostly he is sat working on a laptop.

We have quite an expensive to heat house and therefore I ban discourage him from running the heating all day during the Winter.

I think one of these could be ideal for cold days. sleeping bag with arms and legs

They are too expensive for it to be purely a joke present. AIBU to think he could actually use it to stay warm?

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GentleOtter · 21/11/2009 18:00

Our eldest son lives in an unheated caravan and thinks his Selksuit is brilliant.
YANBU.

mysteryfairy · 21/11/2009 18:04

Ooh Gentle Otter would love to hear more. Does he have enough movement to do fine motor things in it?

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GentleOtter · 21/11/2009 18:08

He sort of pads about like a large yellow bear but manages to cook, interweb, make cups of tea etc.
I'm seriously thinking about getting one for our dd as this house is bitterly cold.

The only downside is that they are unflattering but ds says he does not care as he is so warm in it. He really does have no heating at all.

mysteryfairy · 21/11/2009 18:12

Can imagine any visitors might be taken aback to encouter him wearing it but TBH if he was warm that's a small price to pay.

They are not cheap, don't suppose you know of a good place to buy them?

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GentleOtter · 21/11/2009 18:26

If you go through Quidco then iwantoneofthese then you pay a bit less (you get money back).
We paid about £80 I think although the Selk Shop sells better grades - up to grade three.

Ds wants a waterproof one as he sleeps outside a lot in summer. He also said that the one he has is very light so it does impair moving around. (I want one now )

GentleOtter · 21/11/2009 18:27

that should read 'does not impair movement.

GentleOtter · 21/11/2009 18:31

lippiselk have cut their prices

MinkyBorage · 21/11/2009 18:36

I think yabu. There is NO way I would even consider wearing a sleeping bag or coat in the house to keep warm. Turn all the radiators off except in his office, then it won't cost a fortune to heat the house, or keep the heating off and buy a couple of plug in radiators. Seriously, the poor bloke is wfh, it's just ridiculous to expect him to do it in a tellytun=byy costume.

Obviously unless that is, he would like a sleeping bag, in which case yanbu

mysteryfairy · 21/11/2009 18:44

We don't have the heating on when I work from home (usually only one day a week) either so I'm not asking him to do something I don't do. It can be perishing though. The trouble is our house is large and very open plan so options for heating a small amount of space are limited. I sometimes retreat to our bedroom and heat just that but DH has a large amount of computer hardware downstairs that he needs to be near.

We were looking to move to a house with a detached double garage with its own boiler and radiators which we would have converted to offices. Unfortunately the vendors have just taken it off the market so that has fallen through

He takes the DCs camping a couple of weekends and to Latitude in the summer so could also use it for that...

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MissAnneElk · 21/11/2009 18:58

I'm not sure it's really an option for a Christmas present...
DH is always turning up the thermostat in our house and I am always turning it down. I am at home most days - sometimes working, but mostly not. I don't have the heating on during the day unless it is really cold, so a few days a year. If DH is at home he automatically puts the heating on. He would be not happy, understandably IMO, if I bought him one of these. By all means ask him if he'd use it - but it's not really a Christmas present.

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