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Cold blooded

To clarify...warm heart, cold blood. I am freezing. It seems to me that I ought to be perishing from heat. The downstairs house temperature is 64°, which isn’t exactly arctic, and....I have a pair of cotton-microfiber blend long johns on with a cotton turtleneck shirt, wool sweater, and the light-weight poly-filled vest over the top of everything. And jeans. Along with a pair of microfiber socks with thick fuzzy socks on top. And a baseball cap.

My nose is cold. My fingers are about to snap off like icicles. This is ridiculous. As long as I move around, I’m fine. But, you know, I really do have to light someplace once in a while. The minute I do, I’m cold.

Yet, it’s too warm to start a fire. I cannot justify it until the inside gets down to at least 60° or the outside gets below 35°.

So I need some warmer clothes. Maybe starting with the long johns. I wanted some silk ones, but settled for a cotton-microfiber blend. They’re very soft and lovely, but they aren’t warm enough. Anyone have any success stories? Are the silk ones really all that and more?

And does anyone have any experience with Polartec fleece from LL Bean? I’ve been eyeing their Trail Model Fleece pullover (Polartec Classic 200 fleece). It looks pretty thick and toasty.

I need solutions or pretty soon I’m gonna start looking like the little kid with the snowsuit in A Christmas Story

Posted on 11/15/07 at 09:48 PM
 




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