You know it's winter in Grahamstown WHEN...

1. You consider putting on a coat to walk down the corridor to the bathroom.
2. You go to bed wearing long pants, a shirt, a hoodie, and two pairs of socks, your heater is on and you're sleeping under two blankets...and you STILL wake up cold.
3. Cuddle-buddies are not chosen for romantic interest but rather for bodily warmth.
4. You drink endless amounts of tea just to warm yourself up.
5. You consider eating the dodgy-looking soup in the dining hall because it's warmer than your booked supper.
6. Getting out of bed in the morning becomes ten times harder...
7. ...but not as hard as getting out of a hot shower and sprinting down an icy corridor in a towel.
8. Procrastinating in the dining hall loses its appeal because of the cold.
9. When you wake up, it's seven degrees. At midday, it's thirteen degrees. At night, you don't dare open your window to check the temperature.
10. You take a moment to brace yourself against the doorway before opening the door in case the wind blows you away.