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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 614318" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Keep your eyes peeled for sales of fleece at Joanns, Hancocks and other fabric places, plus for sales of fleece blankets. Put a fleece blanket UNDER you as a sheet and then one over you. Put a comforter or other blanket over the fleece (or plush but fleece works better) and you won't believe the warmth. Use fleece for sheets in winter and you can keep the temp turned way down and deal with drafts easily. The fleece traps warmth but with-o another type of blanket over it, the warmth escapes too easy. Using the different types of blankets makes a huge difference. Use the same method for clothing, with a shirt of some type over a fleece shirt. I am not talking about sweatshirt fleece, but polar fleece, of course. </p><p></p><p>The cotton 'thermal' blankets don't do much on top of fleece because they are too loosely woven. If those are all you have, put a fleece blanket down, then a sheet and then the thermal cotton blanket. You can get fleece throws for $3 this year, and they will each cover a little one, or 2 will cover a larger child or adult. It will be worth the investment. My folks bedroom is an old garage that was nto insulated at all until a few years back and my parents stopped using the heated mattress pad when they started using fleece under and over them covered with a blanket. It is astonishingly cozy for a room where a cup of coffee will freeze by morning if you let it sit on the nightstand.</p><p></p><p>Sealing windows with the plastic is incredibly helpful. When husband and I got married, we lived in a 2nd floor apt with drafty windows covering every outer wall. Thankfully it was all bills paid because often utilities were more than hte rent for our apt and the business below us, even with the heat kept at 60 in the winter before Wiz was born. After he was born, I did not scrimp on the heat at all, and let the landlord deal with the heat bill. I finally told the landlord that if he paid for window kits of the plastic, I would install them and it would cut the bills. It made a BIG difference, even in the summer with the ac. The windows were drafty enough that for xmas I gave husband a blanket for his couch because it was freezing to sit there. </p><p></p><p>If nothing else, look around after the temps warm up because the window kits are usually super cheap on clearance then. Last year I saw them for under a dollar each on clearance, even for kits that did 2 windows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 614318, member: 1233"] Keep your eyes peeled for sales of fleece at Joanns, Hancocks and other fabric places, plus for sales of fleece blankets. Put a fleece blanket UNDER you as a sheet and then one over you. Put a comforter or other blanket over the fleece (or plush but fleece works better) and you won't believe the warmth. Use fleece for sheets in winter and you can keep the temp turned way down and deal with drafts easily. The fleece traps warmth but with-o another type of blanket over it, the warmth escapes too easy. Using the different types of blankets makes a huge difference. Use the same method for clothing, with a shirt of some type over a fleece shirt. I am not talking about sweatshirt fleece, but polar fleece, of course. The cotton 'thermal' blankets don't do much on top of fleece because they are too loosely woven. If those are all you have, put a fleece blanket down, then a sheet and then the thermal cotton blanket. You can get fleece throws for $3 this year, and they will each cover a little one, or 2 will cover a larger child or adult. It will be worth the investment. My folks bedroom is an old garage that was nto insulated at all until a few years back and my parents stopped using the heated mattress pad when they started using fleece under and over them covered with a blanket. It is astonishingly cozy for a room where a cup of coffee will freeze by morning if you let it sit on the nightstand. Sealing windows with the plastic is incredibly helpful. When husband and I got married, we lived in a 2nd floor apt with drafty windows covering every outer wall. Thankfully it was all bills paid because often utilities were more than hte rent for our apt and the business below us, even with the heat kept at 60 in the winter before Wiz was born. After he was born, I did not scrimp on the heat at all, and let the landlord deal with the heat bill. I finally told the landlord that if he paid for window kits of the plastic, I would install them and it would cut the bills. It made a BIG difference, even in the summer with the ac. The windows were drafty enough that for xmas I gave husband a blanket for his couch because it was freezing to sit there. If nothing else, look around after the temps warm up because the window kits are usually super cheap on clearance then. Last year I saw them for under a dollar each on clearance, even for kits that did 2 windows. [/QUOTE]
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