Be thankful for the cool temps.  I live in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and after I shower, I feel like I have to take another one because of the heat and humidity.  The A/C never seems to shut off anymore.  Electric bills are keeping me broke.  As soon as I can sell, I'm moving up north.

Also, putting a scarf around your neck, even just a decroative light weight one, warms u up!

Here in Iowa i grew up in the late 70's time were super tough then to I can remember my dad paying 18 percent interest, that taught me to be super conservitive! Now as a parent and head of the house hold I keep the tempature at 60 degrees! They all *** that i'm a tight wade but its all economics!! We probably have around 6 to 10 fleece/fuzzy blankets. We dress in sweat shirts, fuzzy socks/ slippers, and fleece pants. That keeps us very warm!! My dad says its not just the high cost of fuel it's also the high service charges that come along with the fuel bills! 50 dollars a month for natural gas and 50 dollars a month for electricity is quite a burden to every family!!

I keep mine at 63 degrees during the day and 66 degrees at night. Some may say this is backwards, but I have 2 kids, a 3 year old and a 18 month old.  The 18 month old always throws her covers off, so I have to keep it higher at night.  It will be lower when she is able to keep the covers on at night..lol  If it was just my husband and I, it would be at 60 all the time!! lol

I'm a bit spoiled because I live in California, but I have to ask Cozy what kind of service are you getting for your combined $100/month?

We live in a twelve room, 1793 house, which would cost thousands of dollars to heat if we were to approach it in the traditional way...BUT we keep the thermostat at 58 day and night, wear layers of clothing, use a small space heater in the one room where we sit to eat and watch the news in the evening, have lowered our water temp so that the highest setting in the shower is just right and we no longer need to turn it down, have stuffed the chimneys without dampers with insulation...one fireplace is still useable in the "new" wing (mid 1800's) but that one has a damper... use one alternative down comforter one size too large for the bed so it hangs down to the floor, with one antique very heavy quilt over it, and in general just have learned to enjoy the "crispness" of the 58 degrees in which we live from November 'til April.  Frankly, I truly believe that we are healthier for having the temp. so low!!!!!!

we have a wood burning stove in the basement.  makes you feel warm and cozy.  we can also cook on it if the electric goes out.  

I keep my heat around 58-62 all the time. Another thing I do is to make sure all the blinds are open during the day and letting the sun warm the rooms. When the sun gets low, close the blinds and curtains for that little extra insulation.

We've been doing most all of the suggestions posted. Dryer vented into house. Baking meals & leaving the door open afterwards. Wearing warm clothes (actually big fluffy robes at all times. Not venting the bathroom & using the heat from the shower. Keeping blankets in the living room. Keeping active. Using zoned programable thermostats. Using the pasta water. In addition, we've had insulation blown into the walls & ceilings. Everyone that has posted comments must be tougher than we are, since we are still cold when the thermostat is set at 70. The thermostats are accurate, but this seems to be a peculiarity of this particular house. The good news is that there is little need for air conditioning in the summer. It's not an age thing either.

Kudos to everyone who can keep their thermostat at 60. We're getting killed with heating bills.

Use one gal. milk jugs to sleep with, fill them with hot water just before going to bed. I use thick heavy `` Mink Blankets`` from Korea, I cover them with sheet or light blanket. Also you can use 3 yards of ``Polar Fleece``as a nice blanket. A hair dryer will also heat up the bed nice & quick, gets rid of wet spots too. ( For the man with cold hands & feet. ) Try drinking a 50/50 mix of chopped Habnaro peppers & ginger boiled as a tea.( You may want to dilute it with water until you get used to it.) It improves the circulation. Grapefruit pectin is said to be #1 in removing plaque from the veins. It is the white part between the peal and the fruit, chop or blend it, eat or drink it. Cut the toes out of tube socks & use them as leg warmers, or buy used ones from the goodwill store. Cardboard boxes connected in to tubes will draft the air from a heated room to one with out, if a fan is installed or hung in the heated room side of the tube opening. You can install 4'' PVC tubes in the corners of a room, 12'' from the ceiling and 18'' off the floor. With a small fan at the top to blow down the hot air to the floor. Window tinting works as well as plastic over the windows. Turn the heat down or off at night. If you can afford a programmable thermostat great.The heating oil man is wrong it cost a LOT more to heat the house at night per month. Use heat tape on the pipes, and insulate them. You can use the heat tape in a strait line tape it to the bottom, insulate over it. be care careful with plastic pipe it can melt. But it can still be insulated. Running a trickle of water through the pipes will keep them from freezing, when the electronic company shuts off you water.(Plastic pipe does not freeze as easily as metal pipe, but once frozen it may be harder to thaw out.) Go around the out side of the house and close all the foundation vents, then block them with insulation. Blanket insulation first, covered by sheet insulation works well, cut a little big for the opening. Even closed the vents leak air, when the wind blows it is even worse, you may feel the breeze as far as 12' away. This helps a lot.