I agree Tim. There are so many worse addictions.
Lynn, we have had to cancel Halloween because of blizzards, but normally get our first big snow in Dec. Then it can vary a lot, but the snow cover is never permanent. Lately we often get some strange warm spell up into the 80's even in Jan. Just very up and down. I think it's all the melting and thawing that is hard on plants. Lost a lot of mums last year because they started to grow in the spring, then we had another hard freeze. Checked the baby semps I planted a couple weeks ago and they seem to be rooting well into the ground.