I Would Not Like To Do It In Minus 45!

The heating is still off, although I have had it on once, this week.

I washed my lovely warm dressing gown recently; it was given to me many years ago from Meghan. It would take a few days to dry on the landing, along with warm knitted trousers that I wear in bed and the two longish tops.

I had to find an alternative, and I remembered that about four years ago I had bought in the sales, a large tartan pyjamas, bright red and a fluffy gray onesie with a large hood. The gray hoodie that I’d also bought in the sale, was huge, so that I could wear items underneath it too.

Around the same time, I had bought from another shop, also in the sales another onesie, it wasn’t fluffy nor did it have a hood, it was also a larger size than I am, so great thought was put into it. These three items were for when the time was very cold and to wear either inside the home or for outside.

I hadn’t planned to wear them on their own but to have items over them, so that they wouldn’t be seen, IF I did wear them outside.

I went into my wardrobe drawer, as I knew all three were in there, and I took out the thinner gray one. It still had the tag on, it had been reduced to £7 a bargain, really for warmth when there would be no heating on, in the house, with just a hot water bottle, a cup of hot chocolate or tea, to keep my hands warm and a onesie on under my warm dressing gown.

Sunday night, I pulled of the tag and was getting ready for bed. I had worn my other onesie, before the hooded one, that one had a long zip from my neck to my belly button it was very easy to get in and out.

This one however, didn’t have a zip, but six too close together, little buttons from my neck down. It was then I realized it was very badly designed!

I put a T-shirt on first, for a remembered that when a onesie is removed, I then become topless and freezing, so a T-shirt was essential!

However, because there were only six tiny buttons near my neck, there was not enough space for my shoulders to get into it. I managed to get one in but then was unable to get the other arm and shoulder in. What a daft designer, not enough, thought was given to what is also very important, getting in and out of the thing!

I wished I hadn’t removed the price tag, for I could have just put it in the bag for the charity shop, and count my losses.

I was determined, for I had bought a bigger size than I am so I had to think of a way to get all of me into it.

I tried again, I got one arm and shoulder in, and with great difficulty past my bangles I got the other arm and shoulder in!

It was a great length nice and baggy but not too much. I got my two hot water bottles one my foot and one for my body. I was snug and soon nice and warm, job accomplished.

Sometimes, when I get into bed, I think, I want the loo again, usually I would get up again but I had to quickly dismiss that thought! It was too much hassle. I went to sleep.

Yesterday morning, I knew the cats and dogs came first, so popping to the loo was out of the question, as I didn’t know how long it would take to get out of this onesie.

I saw to the animals their needs, food and put them outside. Trying to make sure that Celtic, wouldn’t bark and wake the rest of the house up.

Then I went to the loo, one shoulder and arm out, and with much difficulty, the other shoulder and arm, trying not to rip off my bracelets, in the process.

I tucked the arms inside the onesie and because I had the T shirt on, I wasn’t freezing.

I know these are a great invention and not new, for I have seen old westerns films, of men wearing them and old photos of kids and babies with them on.

Last night my pyjamas that I had washed along with my dressing gown, they were still damp. So, I would use the onesie again, I was now more experienced in getting it on, but when I get my other night clothes again, this onesie, won’t be my, go to one! It will be the emergency one.

I am glad I didn’t take my gray onesie to the North Pole, or life could have been lost, trying to get into to it, or out of it. I’m assuming they don’t use them there; it would not be practical, you’d need to keep your upper body warm at all times, and not half exposed to the elements.

This morning it was lovely to get up and put on my  snug, lovely warm clean hooded, dressing gown, will be wearing my knitted trousers, tonight that I’d also got from the sales, and my two tops.

The badly designed grey, no hoodie onesie, will be washed and put back, with the other two nightwear. In time when I go through, for my second bag of charity shop items it might still get put in there.

Keep warm, snug, and happy, this coming Winter. xXx