Every winter, I seem like it has gotten colder than the year prior to. Possibly it is since every year, I get older and my metabolism slows down. This year, I chose to figure out how to stay warm in bed. My blankets are not any warmer and I didn't want to alter blankets so I chose to try other ways. Here is what I attempted and what appeared to work for me.

The only thing was that I didn't get to feel the softness of my down blanket against my body - something that I really take…