Autolycus has a very good tip there. A lot of my sweaters have hoods - they aren't just for decoration. I can leave the house several degrees cooler if I just pull my hood up - and if I didn't have a husband who'd laugh at me, I'd wear a nightcap, too!

For wood stove users: I keep a coffee tin on the hearth filled with bits of birchbark from my firewood. Great for assisting a slow starting fire, especially if you habitually run out of kindling like I do, and don't feel competent to chop any before you've had coffee.

In the kitchen: I have a slant wall in my small kitchen, so there's no sensible place to hang all the spatulas and ladles and slotted spoons and such. I keep all that stuff handy on the counter in a big ceramic pitcher.