People who live in cold climates

[baratron]

Can you tell me how you dress in the winter?

I'm trying to work out what sort of clothes I need for this Canadian trip, and I'm confused about what to wear when it's -10 degrees C outside and 20 degrees C inside. See, I'd generally assume that when it's -10 degrees, you want to wear thermal baselayers - but I wouldn't want to wear thermal underwear indoors. So I'm trying to figure out what order you put the layers on in.

Also, sitting in a wheelchair, I get colder than people who are walking around. But I'm loathe to get one of those wheelchair-user leg-cosy things in case I need to stand up for some reason.

Comments

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I tend to wear jeans and either a t-shirt or a pull-over indoors (with regular socks and underwear), and then when I go outside I add boots and a winter coat if it's mild-ish and also gloves and a hat if it's less mild. I don't do any kind of other layering or anything. But I also find that I'm more cold-tolerant than most people. I do keep a hoodie and slippers around for the parts of the house that are cold. (Our house is highly variable in climate.)