Warm Clothes 2

Just as well we bought me a warm coat as Winter has defintiely arrived. The snow that came a few days ago has not melted despite every day being sunny with blue sky. When I got in the car this afternoon at 4pm to go to the shops, the 'outside temperature' thing said 26F. Thats minus 3 celcius! They say the 'wind chill' is colder but I'm not quite up to even considering that as minus 3 is cold enough for me for now. The lady in the shop commented what a mild winter it has been so far. I said 'Mmmmmmmm really?' as I purchased a large 5kg bag of rock salt to put on the front steps so that the postman does not slip (actually they apparently refuse to deliver the mail if the steps are iced up as ours was today).