The things we do just to save a bit of money...

It's the middle of winter here in Oz at the moment, and 9.00pm. I'm sitting here with Strongbow sweet sitting just to the side of my computer monitor, watching Resident Evil on my TV, and my gas heater is off... hang on... daughter just came out...

Ok, where was I... oh yeah, yep, dead of winter and my heater is off. Not because I'm not cold; I'm bloody freezing! I'm just trying to save us a little money. I only have the heater on for a couple of hours in the morning, and not til after 5pm up until the girls go to bed at 8pm. Then I don't go to bed until 10.30 - 11pm. Hubby reckons I'm mad (he's at work at the moment), and said he doesn't want me catching pnemonia, numonia... a cold.

But I'm ok, I've got my cider to keep me warm... well kinda, the cider is bloody cold. Got my Ugg Boots on anyway... although most of the wool has worn out so that when I move my feet my little frozen toes sound like marbles bouncing around. But then I'm wearing a woolen jumper instead of my pj top... but then the jumper is so thin you could shoot a dried pea through a straw, right through it. Hey, I have my goose bumps all over my body; surely all the extra tiny hairs sticking up have to keep me a bit warmer, and my chattering teeth are doing a fantastic rendition of 'Jingle Bells' (Very catchy)... I'm doing alllllright!