adore winter. I’m not even a fair weather winter adorer. I love it when it’s 3 degrees outside, I love it it’s raining and I even love it on sunny summer days. I’m a pretty snuggly person and winter is an excellent facilitator for snuggles. I also sleep much better in winter. Mr Smaggle is made of fire so it’s much more comfortable sharing a bed with him in winter than summer. It’s all just lovely good stuff. I also love warming foods like soup and porridge. It’s such a magical time of the year. I know I’m in the minority here though so for those of you who struggle with winter, here are a few very lovely things to do when it’s chilly outside.
1. Have a doona date with your best mate? Instead of heading out to a chilly restaurant, have him/her over for tea and blanket time? Wear your PJs?
2. Drink red wine by the fire? Play scrabble? Read a book?
3. Go for a cuddly winter walk? Rug up in your toastiest jacket, your snuggliest scarf and your warmest gloves? Wander around your city with pink cheeks?
4. Make flavoured popcorn? Mulled wine? Baked ricotta?
5. Do something you can only do in winter? Go for a drive to see snow? Find a pop up ice skating rink in your city?
6. Make delicious slow cooker food? Stew? Soup? Casserole?
7. Go to a second hand book shop? Take a coffee in with you (careful not to spill it!) and spend some time in your favourite section? Craft? True Crime? Art?
8. Have a lovely long Skype date with someone you love who lives far away? Make it a dinner date? Each cook your own dinner, bring your own wine and meet up for a long distance date?
9. Binge watch a TV show you’ve had book marked for ages? Making a Murderer? House of Cards? Breaking Bad?
I’m actually going to be away in Italy for the coldest part of winter this year (yay!) and I leave in 2 weeks! It was kind of a last minute planned trip so I’m frantically running around trying to patch together a decent summer wardrobe to take with me.
I’m heading to Milan, Lake Como, Rome, Venice and Germany so far – any suggestions for stuff to do? I haven’t been to Europe since I was 19 years old and I did it very quickly and cheaply back then. Any suggestions of where to go? Have you been before?
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Oh and what’s your favourite thing to do in Winter? Any stand by recipes you pull out whenever the temperature drops?
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