Cold nights

Long underwear - or thermal underpants, as they are called here - are most lovely. So are hot water bottles, and duvets. We live in a big wonky old house with three stories and we are really trying to keep heating bills down. It is heated by radiators which are heated with gas. Over the summer I collected used heaters for several rooms, we just turn them on when we go in the room, but that leaves the halls quite chilly. Our bedroom is especially cold. There is this old seventies style built in unit in the bay window and there must not be any insulation behind it because you can feel the cold air coming from both it and the window. Last winter we could see the wind moving the curtains through the cracks in the window casings. Brrrrr! I do have some material to make thicker curtains - but no time to make them! I want to get them done before it really gets cold. I do have this awesome little heater that warms the room up enough to fall asleep, but then you wake up and the room is really cold. That is why that morning cup of tea is so important.
The kids sleep in the attic and it can be very chilly also - but I got them all duvets for their beds and that really makes a difference.

One more thing - last night was Halloween and nobody goes trick or treating in Wythall. No one. On the news they said that more than 50% of parents in Britain were not letting their children trick or treat because it has just gotten too dangerous. The news also said to be very careful about opening your door to people. Crickey!!! Is it really that dangerous around here? It's too cold for danger. We should all stay inside, under covers, drinking tea and watching telly.