C-c-c-c-cold

Compared to other parts of Canada, we actually don't the worst winter weather. (It's -30°C in Winnipeg today. -22° in Farenheit.) Here? the wind is whipping out of the northwest, so even though it's only -12°C, it feels more like -21°. But you don't have to see a thermometer to know it's stinking cold out there....
How do you know it's cold?

• The snow squeaks when you walk
• The car doesn't warm up until you're almost at work
• There's no point in taking off your outerwear if you are going out again within the half hour
• The sky is the same colour as the snow
• The snow sparkles at night
• Toby only goes out for a few minutes, once a day. (He WANTS to go out all the time, but when the door is opened and that cold air hits his nose, he changes his mind.)
• Toby runs around like a lunatic for about 40 minutes a day, because he's inside too much.
• All I want to do is read in bed and eat my weight in carbohydrates.
• Your eyelashes stick together when you go outside, and it hurts to breathe deeply.
• The garbage doesn't need to go into the cans, because it freezes before any wildlife can smell it and get into it.
• You put on gloves to toss out the recycling from the back door.
• You can't wash the car, because the doors will freeze shut
• You wear long underwear, even if you're just going out to a movie or dinner
• You look for a grocery cart that's been inside for a while, because a cold cart hurts your hands.
• You walk funny, so the cold fabric of your pants doesn't touch your legs too much
• You can make all kinds of stops on the way home from the grocery store, because the milk won't go bad.