As it turns out, I...or my body, picked a great winter to miss out on! I had to have surgery back in December and had to stay home for recovery in January. Ended up missing the whole season last year. Bit of a bummer, but from what I hear, I didn't miss much! And being a mild winter as it was, my heating bill wasn't too bad for the time I had to stay home.
So as you can imagine, I'll be hoping for a snowy winter here in the Northeast!