As with so many other things, the price of electricity is beyond the desired scope of a girl on a budget. I do all the things I can to keep it down- all CFL lights, no plugged gadgets or appliances, plastic on the windows, heat on low or not at all. Even though I hail from the north and consider myself fairly cold-hardy (ok, who am I kidding, I'm always cold), it gets rough when the temperature is in the 20s and my apartment is only slightly warmer than that, with big old drafty 7' windows.
What to do? I take advantage of my cat as a living heater (this is the first year she has ever slept on my lap.
I have also broken out the wool poncho given to me by my parents' neighbor back in PA, similar to below:
And now I will drink some hot tea and look out the window at the snow...
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