Summer is officially over...

Yesterday it was only 20 degrees (Celcius) in my room and my fingers started cramping up. So I turned up the thermostat by 1 degree for 5 hours and my gas bill rose to a full euro more than an average summer day. When in bed with the central heating turned off again, I got so cold my joints were hurting when I woke up, so I have established that my environment needs to be 21 degrees minimum 24/7, and that using central heating to accomplish that isn't affordable when it gets any colder outside.

So I went into the city today and got myself an electric blanket, and a small electric heater for underneath my desk so I can sit right in front of that and stay warm without heating the entire room. So far that works!

I wasn't the only one who apparently can't afford central heating anymore though. There was a literal queue in front of the shelf with electric blankets. 😕