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ok - so having just got back from a very chilly weekend camping I'm looking for ways to keep warm.

1st night we were in a double (2 singles zipped together) sleeping bag - with a fleece blanket over me.  DH was warm enough - I was frozen.

2nd night i changed bags back to 2 singles - neatly lined mine with a fleece blanket, and was still cold, and had a slight panic attack after a couple of hours couped up in a single bag (had forgotten how much this freaks me out )  then wrapped myself in fleece blanket and opened up my sleeping bag and draped it over me - and was surprisingly warmer than i was before (although still not as warm as i'd like)

My dilemma is this - sensible option would be to buy a 3 season double bag - BUT my warm blooded DH would then be too hot - won't buy a single bag for reasons above.  So - should I:

a - buy one single 3 season bag and zip it to one of our current 2 season bags to make a double (would this work?) 

b - take duvet from home & make myself a fleece liner type thing to sleep in so that i don't wriggle out of it in the night.  Could put one opened up single bag under fitted thermal fleece sheet on airbed to keep chill out from underneath.

I was wearing thermals, pjs and a fleece jumper - base layers not an option as I'm a "larger lady" and they don't come in my size

I'm leaning towards option B - any tips on making my fleece liner (am thinking a bought one would be more expensive and too claustrophobic)

sorry for rambling - I just want to get some sleep next weekend - and how my 3 year old slept through all my nighttime shannanigans I have no idea

Wolla

You could buy a few metres of fleece, take the measurements from your original bag and add extra width. That would be easy to make and even add a toggle round the top to ensure it doesn't come over your shoulders? fleecey fabric can be around £6 per metre i'm a size 12 so would buy around 2 metres (just to see if thats cost effective).

My daughter and i were reading in bed whilst camping we had bags, duvets, fleece liners, pyjamas you name it we wore it, and hubby comes in the bedroom pod in just his undercrackers we both stared open mouthed and went whoooaaaaa you're hard lol so i know how you feel i just couldn't share with him.

Alternatively primark sell fleecey pj's and they are really baggy maybe that would be better so you won't feel closed in?

They are selling fleece sleeping bags in primark for 3 pounds you could sow 2 together !

Also M & S sell thermal underwear up to  xxl long johns, vests etc or i wear leggings .

Thanks everyone.

Had plastic backed picnic rugs on floor, then airbed, then sheepskin type mattress cover, then sleeping bag.

I'm thinking then that a homemade fleece liner is the way to go - i've got way too many fleece blankets lying around at home so could easily use that to make one.  on the 2nd night, i did feel with the blanket wrapped around and open sleeping bag over me - only prob was when blanket/sleeping bag fell off, so this should solve that.

will also pay a visit to primark to have a look at their fleecy pj's.

Debbie - yeah, I had lovely fleecy thermal socks on and feet were never cold (at home i always sleep with feet out of the duvet as i can't bear them getting too hot)

thanks again - looking at the forecast for the weekend I'm going to go to all this trouble and then end up too warm, but i'd rather be prepared - lol.

I find a hat and hot water bottle works lovely too.