How do you keep warm in the winter?

We use central heating with petrol.It is quite expensive too, it could be a 450Euros for a period of 2 months, and without extreme usage. If for a reason we cannot use it, or when we want to decrease our bill to save some money, we will wear warmer clothes and cover ourselves with blankets like you say you did.

We have 2 heating options in Austin, well three if you live on the edges & have liqued petrolum. Basically you can have electric heat or natural gas. My house is heated by natural gas. It is the less expensive way to heat.

Hi teapotmom, Well, up here in the frozen (Canadian) north, our temperatures are already in the minuses. We have horrific wind chill factors, and it looks like it's going to be a very cold, snowy winter this year. Our townhouse is poorly insulated, and unfortunately, we still have 2 window air conditioners in, from our hot summer. I have a friend who removes these each year, but he hasn't had the time yet this season. One AC is in the kitchen window, and there's plexi-glass there, so it's really cold. The other one, is in my bedroom window, and it's like the Arctic up there. We heat with natural gas, and I keep it turned down at night, and we pile the blankets etc., on, but during the day, I turn it up a bit. We have equal billing, and pay the same amount year round, which is a much better thing for us. It's around $110.00 a month. I hope you get warmed up, although, California weather is sounding good to me now.

Well right now here in NY it is 12 degrees and my heat is set at 71 degrees. I have baseboard heat and it's gas. I keep it on 71 all the time. I like to save money, but I'm not about to freeze all winter. I don't have to layer my clothes. If I get a bit chilly I throw my robe on or my light weight fleece throw blanket.I also only have one blanket on my bed. I find other ways to cut down on my gas bill, such as not cooking on my stove. I will usually cook in my electric skillet,micrwave, george Forman frill and crockpot. I also wash my clthes in cold water. I do however bundle up when I go outside. Right now I have on tights, nylon heavy leggings, socks, jeans and my Tims. Plus a turtleneck and a sweater. This should keep me warm while warming up my car. Wow 51 degrees would be warm here. I didn't know it got that cold in California.

when its too cold already here i just wear 3 sweater 3 jogging pants a glove, headcap and we use thick blanket i dont use heater its very expensive in electrict bill we use charcoal but we take it out before we sleep because its dangerous:-)

I never turn on my house heater...it is dusty from years of not being used. I wear long underwear quite often for 4 or 5 months in the winter. I also have a down blanket that keeps me quite warm at night even if it gets down to 10 or 15 degrees. It never gets colder than that in Western Oregon, and usually not even that cold. If you are getting cold at 51 degrees like you stated somewhere in this thread...that seems kind of strange. Although I guess some people just get cold easily. Good luck and buy thicker and better quality clothes perhaps.

I usually dress in layers to save money. Our heater is gas powered and natural gas prices have skyrocketed. We also have a fireplace and a woodburning stove. We get scrap wood from pallet companies and fence companies for free. Works great!