notes re: proper cold weather

[anotheranon]

The temperature stayed below 50F for the first time today. It wasn't entirely unpleasant, but I was reminded of the winter "artifacts" that are so easy to forget during the warmer months but that become progressively more annoying as they keep going on and on through the winter:

• Hands so cold that I have difficulty sewing because I can't feel what I'm doing
  
• Dry skin, particularly the extremities, leading to the "lizard shedding skin" feeling [ick!]
  
• soreness resulting from curling into progressively tinier balls in my sleep to stay warm
  
• Heavier, bulky clothing that makes me feel like the Michelin man :P
  

On top of this, my eyes are itching like crazy!! Isn't everything pollinating supposed to be dead already??