Things To Do In Winter
[ 24 May 2007 ]
For those of us dealing with temperatures which just keep dropping…
Hunt out the best hot chocolate in the city.
Go out for steaming bowls of Italian food (lasagne, spaghetti bolognese) & cups of espresso.
Buy a new duvet cover for your bed — something cosy & lovely — & a slew of mismatching pillowcases for ultimate indulgence.
Get a massage every Friday afternoon.
Make a list of books you want to read, reserve them at the library, then collect them & soak them up.
Quit smoking — huddling outside in a storm trying to light a cigarette is no fun!
Conjure up an interior design concept & go out looking for treasures in markets.
Make an effort to leave the house (other than to go to work). Take a jewellery-making class, learn hula hooping, go to one art gallery a week, or take a creative writing class.
Buy Lush bath bombs (my favourite is Fairy Jasmine) & spend hours in the tub.
Round up a group of friends & go ski-ing, snowboarding, tobogganing or just have a fondue party in a wood cabin.
Walk around with a great umbrella & waterproof boots.
Make a big bowl of apple crumble & eat it every night for dessert.
Decorate your bedroom with fairy lights.
Learn how to layer your clothing (without looking like a crazy bag lady).
Buy a pair of motorcycle boots & wear them everywhere — with pearls.
Drink lots of water — most people’s skin gets incredibly dry over winter because of all the heating — lots of orange juice (for vitamin C), & if you need it, try wearing a slightly heavy moisturiser.
Stock up on winter necessities: a scarf, a hat & gloves — here are some of my picks from the beginning of the year.
Learn how to buy a winter coat.
Go out for insanely good Indian meals.
Convince your boss that you can work from home!
Spend lots of time in bed with someone who will let you put your cold feet on them.
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Some of those sound like so much fun…spring is slowly coming back to my little corner of the world (Nova Scotia) but now I’m inspired to make the most of the cold weather that’s still sticking around…
I recommend making your own hot chocolate – it’s so easy! My recipe involves cocoa, sugar (both organic and fair-trade), milk/soymilk/almond milk, vanilla extract and some maple syrup. You can also make it all trendy with peppermint sticks, orange flavouring, or cinnamon and cayenne pepper. These additions are really good in the dead of a Canadian winter, when you’ve just spent the day sledding and having snowball fights like a bunch of rowdy eight-year-olds and you need something warming, yet sophisticated to make you feel like an adult again.
“Fly somewhere hot”- try Texas!! It’s heating up here. Do you have any tips for people who are now entering Summer?
Sassytortuga — That sounds incredible! I bought some chocolate drink mix yesterday actually, but we don’t have a microwave so I have to heat my soy milk on the stove. Very antiquated! Melbourne has an amazing range of chocolate cafes where they do mind-blowing drinks (& desserts), I think I should travel around them & rate them!
Bailey — Hundreds! Keep your eyes peeled :D One of my great friends lives in Austin, is that where you are?
Fräus Crêpes & Chocolat make the thickest and most devine hot chocolate, and it goes great with one of their mint slices. They’re in Victoria St North Melbourne, just near Errol St. Totally worth the stroll.
Also, there is an umbrella stall at Vic Market that reminds me of you each time I walk past it, cute little umbrellas everywhere. I wonder if you’ve seen it?
Lovely list. :>
Hee, when I went down to Rotorua for the weekend with my friends & my boy we had a fondue party in the kitchen of the backpacker’s that we stayed in, and drank too much champagne & beer in the spa pool. Two very good ways to keep warm on a winter holiday…
Expensive-but-worth-it hot chocolate in Melbourne (cafes always crowded to prove it): Koko Black, Collins St and Lygon St.
Thanks for the layering tips! Melbourne autumn is always idyllic, and there’s soemthing very atmospheric about winter rain-frost-and-sun that always makes me feel like I’m in a movie- but weather does need to be planned for, especially if you get around by bicycle and work odd hours..
Sorry! Just saw Koko on your Guide to Melbourne article- I really should read things properly. Egg on my face :)
i’m down with sassytortuga’s hot chocolate recipe – i’ve had homemade rice-milk hot chocolate and fairy cakes for afternoon tea twice this week already!
That truly is the ultimate test of whether someone really loves you – letting you put your cold feet on them to warm them up! =D I’m glad you have found a foot warmer just for you!
Kat — No, I’ve never seen it! Which area of the market is it? I am a bit of an umbrella fiend ;>
Samantha — That sounds fantastic! I really want to go away for a little roadtrip with my boyfriend, I’m dying to explore outer Melbourne.
Nonsequitania — Haha, thank you for the suggestion anyway!
On Fridays I have classes from 7:40 AM to 5:40 PM :/ And today it got so cold so suddenly that it just doesn’t feel right considering I’m in Brazil lol So I decided to skip my Theory and History of Architecture and Urbanism class to go to my favorite cafe and have a cappuccino (sp?)! :D Now I’m here freezing on my computer. Wishing my boy was by mny side so I could put my cold feet on him.
You know, being located in the northern hemisphere, I didn’t appreciate this post last May as much as I do now in January! I’ve linked to it today, so hopefully others that are currently struggling through winter will find it and be cheered as I was. Thank you, Gala!
I refound this article from your latest Cupcake message. My boyfriend and I have definitely been doing those things. Our latest indulgence has been Indian food.