Only Just Beginning

Happy Halloween!  I kind of can't believe the No Heat November challenge hasn't even officially started yet.  I think the end of October was testing us.  The last couple days have been filled with snow storms and below freezing temperatures.  However, the beginning of November calls for much more reasonable weather.  It was like a teaser trailer for what's to come. 

Kelly and I have been getting by with a lot of hot tea and down comforters.  Last night was the worst yet - we sunk to an alarming level of frump, with under armour, slippers, and fluffy bathrobes.  This is the unsexiest challenge in the history of challenges.  And I'm including pie eating in the list.

Snowy Weekend

WHAT.  For those of you who don't know where we live, we're in the 1-3" area.  I suppose we're getting off easy.  But apparently this winter is not messing around. The snow heard us taunting it with our little No Heat November game.


Jes gets to miss the fun and hang out in London until Monday, where it will be a balmy 60 degrees on Saturday.  Hope you enjoy it while you can, Jessica.  We'll have your shovel ready for you.


I had dinner with my mother last night, during which she asked me just what I was thinking.  She asked me if we couldn't afford to heat our house.  And then she told me I was nuts, and would be the first person to crack.  It was an informative 20 seconds.  No matter!  We CAN afford to heat our house.  We're just choosing not to.  It's different.  It's nuts.  She's right.


Here's hoping that wherever you are, you're getting less snow than we are! (I don't mean that.  I freaking love the snow.)

Kelly Sets An Example

The cold came to New Jersey today!  It was 40 degrees this morning.  I know this, because I spent it standing outside the DMV because I'm a doof, and it was about time that I lost my wallet again.  Today's chill burned off, but it led me to discover that our house stays about 10 degrees cooler than it is outside.

Kelly learned this too, but was prepared.

She then immediately went out and got a haircut to avoid the freezing, after-shower hell that I just can't bring myself to think about.

Bring it, November!

Prepare Yourselves

It starts.  No Heat November is officially going down in Highland Park. 

Backstory:

There are three of us living in an old, drafty house with two large, loud dogs.  We're all pretty recent college graduates with varying levels of not-so-forever jobs, so you can imagine that we do pretty much anything we can to lower our cost of living.  So, when we heard about No Heat November, we decided that it would be a great, torturous, kind of terrible way to save some cash on our heating bill.  But mostly, this is a showdown between unhealthily competitive roommates.  

Allow me to introduce the cast, in order of most likely to crack:

Jes - Perpetually freezing.

Me - Mostly always cold.

Kelly - Never cold, ever, never.

German Shepherds - Will be used as unwilling blankets.

So, I'm just gonna go enjoy what's left of October and not think about how this isn't going to be as much fun when we're all huddled together in one bed for warmth.