Trying to help alleviate the Canadian winter cold our sitters feel while we are away in warmer climates we bought them each a nice fleece blanket with sleeves. 
We also supply plenty of coffee beans for the coffee machine to last the whole time we are away.
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I also love my hot water bottle @Chatsetchiens it’s my best friend on winter sits behind my back on the laptop #uncoololdladiesunite 
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I’d never be without mine. It’s a very well-traveled hot water-bottle that’s for sure! 
Love your hashtag. I must be firmly in middle-aged territory now!
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I’ve never used a water bottle but now I feel like maybe I should pick one up for the winter. lol. I imagine it would feel nice against my lower back.
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Definitely an age thing. Many years ago my hot water bottle was my period pain friend and now it is to keep my feet warm in bed.
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Come on, join the club #hottiesrock
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The last couple of days I’ve been using a microwaveable wheat bag neck wrap for a cricked neck, which prompted me to investigate a microwaveable hottie.
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My mom has one of those. it has lavender in it so it smells good too.
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I love lavender. I always take a lavender oil capsule before I go to bed and rub a bit of magnesium cream on and it’s made such a big difference in terms of me getting a decent night’s rest.
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Mulled wine is the only answer 
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My host on a sit in Glasgow left me a heated blanket, but I didn’t end up needing it. It stayed on one of the leather sofas in the living room and I noticed that the dog loved to sit on it or my jacket, so I spread it out for her, without ever plugging it in. She loved to sit on it together.
During college decades ago, I lived in a super cheap rental without heat. Could see my breath indoors sometimes. Only used a portable electric heater sparingly. I wore layers and sometimes gloves. Taking a warm shower before jumping into bed helped. I also used a sleeping bag instead of a comforter or duvet. Used a hair dryer to warm up the sleeping bag before hopping in. If you have a dog, co-sleeping helps as well.
If you have a duvet or comforter, you could sleep in it like a burrito.
The wool blanket under the sheets, which someone else mentioned, reminds me of a camping thing — you put a camping pad, yoga mat or such between you and the ground to keep the cold from seeping into you through your sleeping bag. You also switch to clean clothes before sleeping, because any perspiration from your worn clothes will end up making you cold. And many campers sleep with their dogs.
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BTW, another camping trick: You roll up your clean clothes for the next day and put them into your sleeping bag with you overnight. When you wake and change, you have clothes already warmed by your body heat.
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Hi @Chatsetchiens
When I’m at my apartment in London in the colder months I swear by heated blankets. I have one for sitting on the sofa and working/watching tv and one on my bed. The feeling of getting in a warm bed on a cold night is amazing!
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I’ve also used hot water bottles as a kid when I stay at a great uncles country house that only had a wood burner downstairs for heating.
I did wake up one morning and as a 12 year old felt a drenched bed and thought OMG I’ve had a serious accident in the night, only to realise I’d not screwed the top on tightly enough on the hot water bottle!
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@Chatsetchiens I’m so glad I’m not the only one using a hot water bottle practically all year round when in Europe!!
By the way- is a heated blanket the same as an electric blanket? I only know about the ones you put on the mattress under the bedsheets.
Sound like a heated blanket is something lighter?
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@Cuttlefish love an HWB for my tootsies at night!! You are right with age the hot water bottle migrates down from PP belly to icey cold feet!
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Yup. You can get them in different weights.
In the UK, an electric blanket tends to be something you can put between the mattress and the bottom sheet, and is less flexible & soft than a heated blanket.
Heated blankets tend to be more soft and cozy, even before they are heated.
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@Lokstar have you come across electric foot warmers? They seem to me to be the ultimate in cold foot cosseting.
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I think what many of us are talking about is a heated/electric blanket that you actually put on top of you, not under you. In fact, most say specifically to NOT sleep on it. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Blanket-Settings-Auto-Shut-Washable/dp/B0D35DGV9G
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