In this week’s installment of my ongoing plot to lure you into using my Amazon links for your holiday shopping, I’m focusing on the comforts of home.
Specifically, the warm comforts. It’s only mid-November and I don’t know about you but I’m already sick of winter. As I sit here typing this my fingers and toes are cold and it’s been raining so long I wouldn’t be surprised to see an ark floating by.
So yes, I’m thinking some warm stuff would be welcome under anybody’s Christmas tree this year.
For instance …
How about some delicious flannel sheets? One of you lovely readers bought me a set a couple of years ago and it’s so nice to slide into their comfort instead of shivering through those first icy seconds with standard cotton sheets.
Or how about a cozy comforter to go over them?
Another personal favorite for my dogs and me is our mattress warmer. Yes, we spoil ourselves and you can spoil somebody, too. Maybe even yourself.
But of course you can’t just lounge around in bed all the time. Sometimes you have to get up and go to the range. For that, you (or your shooting friends) need fingerless gloves.
Or wool socks. They’re the sort of item that always feels a little pricy when we go to buy them for ourselves, but high-quality wool socks still make a reasonably priced gift.
Warming doesn’t have to come from outside, though. How ’bout some fancy Irish oatmeal to keep you and your loved ones warm within?
Or gourmet coffee? Or gourmet bacon (or at least something deliciously bacon flavored)?
A portable heater goes well this time of year, and one with an alternative heat source, even better.
Then there are alway DVDs and Blu-Ray movies made for some cozy snuggling. Speaking of warm things, Warm Bodies is, believe it or not, a perfectly delightful zombie chick-flick comedy to share with a special someone.
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Well, I think that gives you the idea. The main idea — the great master scheme behind my entire holiday plot — is for you to please use any Amazon link you find on this site. Shop that way and you’ll help keep this blog rolling and keep the Wolfe dogs in kibble.
This is what I bought myself for the holidays. http://www.amazon.com/Lochcarron-Royal-Stewart-Tartan-Lambswool/dp/B004MM67RW/ref=cts_ap_2_mltfb_5504021011
It’s not my family clan plaid, but I like it so much better. Nobody will know I’m flaunting the Royal Stewart tartan. LOL
Ooooh, pretty. And lambswool, too. I promise not to tell that you’re committing Lèse-majesté. 🙂
Here’s a blog Amazon link for it: Lochcarron Royal Stewart Tartan Lambswool Scarf
For those middle of the night trips…
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Brondell-LumaWarm-Heated-Nightlight-Round-Closed-Front-Toilet-Seat-in-White-L60-RW/203434470
Oh, indeed, dsc. An obvious MUST-HAVE item. 🙂
On Amazon, the round version:
Brondell L60-RW LumaWarm Heated Nightlight Round Toilet Seat, White
The elongated version:
Brondell L60-EW LumaWarm Heated Nightlight Elongated Toilet Seat, White
And for those who also need a bidet version with heated water, remote control and … erm, separate “massage and pulse” features:
Brondell L60-EW LumaWarm Heated Nightlight Elongated Toilet Seat, White
A heated, massage and pulse bidet? OOOOH. Not a good idea for me, actually. I spend too much time in there to start with. LOL I’d never get anything else done.
My Scottish grandparents glued squirrel fur to the seat in the outhouse. Sometimes they forgot to warn visitors, and my mother was one of those on her first trip to the ranch. She said it was very nearly the shock of her life. 🙂
Oh, and the lamb’s wool plaid scarf is made in Scotland too. It is supposed to come Tuesday, and I can’t wait. 🙂
Delicious, eh? What does it taste like? Mint?
Yea, I’m being a smart*ss. ; P
Double down on Warm Bodies. I saw it in the theater, and bought a copy when it came out.
(From Hastings) [hangs head in shame]
Dunno about the NorthWet, but down here we swear by HotHands.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hot+hands+hand+warmers&sprefix=hot+hands+hand+warmers%2Caps%2C256
Yep, HotHands are pretty popular around here, too, especially with hunters, but also with anybody with “cold blood.” I almost put them in the list but I was running out of steam. So thanks for that.
Amazon link here:
HotHands
And LOL, there is no requirement for buying everything in the universe via my Amazon links. I’m just glad to hear somebody else liked Warm Bodies. I also own a copy and when I reviewed it in my monthly exchange with webmaster Oliver, he went for it, too. (But then, he’s a sucker for a good chick flick, which I’m usually not. For me, the lovable zombies made the movie. Oh well, that and the balcony scene. And the makeover. And …)
Oh yeah, foot warmers, too. 🙂
These things are the cats meow for keeping just about anything warm:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/191-7169967-6278155?url=search-alias%3Doutdoor-recreation&field-keywords=zippo+hand+warmers
And if you use this instead of lighter fluid they end up being cheaper than chemical handwarmers.
http://www.amazon.com/Klean-Strip-VM-P-Naphtha-Quart/dp/B001G9TGQI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447699941&sr=8-1&keywords=naptha
Josh — Thank you! Actually, a Faithful Reader sent me a Zippo hand warmer a year or so ago. Last winter was nice enough that I barely needed it. This winter … looks like it’s time to pull it out and put it to use.
The naptha seems a good trick.
The blog Amazon links:
Zippo 12-Hour Hand Warmer
VM&P Naphtha, Quart