Actually, I say bleak winter days, but miraculously in the past few hours, England has started to resemble something outstandingly close to spring. Which, to be honest, really does ruin the whole point of this post. Oh well, you'll get over it, and this is England so we can be certain that it won't last long.
Today I am going to be talking about how I have been keeping cosy this winter!
I am very much a home comforts kind of person, and I just love to be warm. Having cold feet and cold fingers and cold ears and just generally being cold does not really appeal to me. Having said that, I don't know how many people leap out of bed in the morning, desperate to get out into those sub-zero temperatures and feel the life slowly drained from various body parts, but they must be out there.
And of course, being a teenager, it is on the verge of being socially illegal to wear a coat to school. I mean, a coat! For me, I don't not wear a coat because I'm too cool, I don't wear a coat because it is frickin' impossible to find any to fit over a school blazer! Also, on the few times that I have taken a coat into school, I have left it there, once or twice over the Christmas holidays - believe me, that lead to an awkward discussion when I got home.
And I know that there must be people like me out there, stuck in the same situations, and I thought that I would share with you my outstandingly unhelpful pearls of wisdom.
First up: mittens. I don't know what it is about mittens. I love them. More than anything else on earth. They just make me so happy because they're so cute and cosy and cuddly (now that's how to alliterate). Wearing mittens just makes me want to post pictures of them all over Tumblr because they're so ineffably (yes that is a real word... I think) adorable! I have a pair that I wear all of the time, and I couldn't have survived without them. Yes, I may have been laughed out a couple of times when I have been unable to press the button to cross the road or when I haven't been able to get my keys out of my pocket, but I know that those people were really just jealous.Actually, I have just reminded myself of my other favourite type of gloves: convertibles! You know those ones that can be mittens or can be fingerless because they have a flap? They are perfect for people who want to look as cool as I do in mittens and for those people who actually occasionally use their fingers. I had the most amazing pair of fox ones (called Ben and Jerry), but then I left Jerry at the dentist so... we don't talk about them anymore.
Next up, my beanie. I think I mentioned this in a Primark haul before I went away to Amsterdam in October, but I bought my first ever beanie! (Though there has been some dispute as to whether it can be called a beanie if it has a bobble on top - leave your opinions in the comments!). I have never owned one of these before, but I think that they actually really suit me and my hair and my face shape and I have had a fab time wearing it. Plus, this burgundy
colour has literally been the colour of my year! They say that you loose 40% of heat through your head (a statistic which I never really believed), but since I've been wearing a hat, I have definitely been keeping much warmer.During winter, I have one drink only: hot chocolate. I have no idea how many gallons of milk I have taken in this winter in hot chocolate form, but considering that I don't eat any other calcium, that is the only thing that has stopped my teeth and bones crumbling to power. So, really, it's healthy. Ish. I just love hot chocolate, I never really get tired of it. I find it so comforting and like a sweet little treat if your a bit peckish but don't really want to eat anything. Also, I'm not really good with hot drinks, so mine always last for ages because I have to wait for them to cool down!
During January when my dad was away, my mum and I got into a bit of routine with our hot water bottles. We normally went to bed around the same time, so while she went around the house, putting the washing machine on and turning off the lights, I would go and collect our hot water bottles and bring them down to her. She would then ma
ke them while I brushed my teeth and then delivered it to me in bed - have to say, I definitely got the better deal there! It actually got to the point when the first night I didn't have a hot water bottle, I felt so lost and empty that I couldn't sleep!
Another thing that has been keeping me very warm in bed is my throw. I originally put it on for decoration, but it made my bed so much warmer that I literally cannot take it off. it's really big and cosy and just so of permanently lives on my bed now. I also love the colours, pastels are perfect for spring!
My favourite method of keeping warm is actually one that I save for only very special occasions. You know, when you've had a terrible day and the radiators broke in all the rooms you were in and none of the other strategies have worked... well then it's time to bring out the comfort jumper. Mine is supposedly a size 10, but there must have been a mistake in the machine that made it because it is at least size 20. It is huge. I can genuinely fit my entire body in it and do so on a regular basis when I need to escape everything else. It comes down to around my knees (and I'm quite tall), and my family know to just not approach me when I'm wearing it. However, it works like a charm, because that comfort jumper (along with Jaffa Cakes) have helped me out of the coldest days until I am too hot and have to take it off.However, the best piece of advice that I can really give you on how to stay warm in winter is just not to experience winter. Just stay inside, in front of the fire, where you'll never get cold. Or, better yet, just hibernate. If bears and tortoises can, why cant we?
See you soon!
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