Cosiness

As we slip into winter, I mostly want to be curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a good book. That isn't happening much this year, but warm drinks and cakes and cafes and friends are going some way to making up for it. 

It still feels like autumn out there at the minute, but there's a definite feeling of winter in the air too. 

In between doing things to the house and going to work, I've been trying to get out in the fresh air, which at the minute mostly involves walking to places I have to go anyway, and running. This is one of my favourite paths to run down. ​

We've been trying to get out and do things in the evening  too - something we've always done but which has been a little neglected of late with all this decorating. 

And, of course, there's the usual charity shop and antique shop wanderings, which occasionally yield a little something for the house (nothing from this picture, I hasten to add - even I wouldn't know where to start wading through all that!)

But mostly it's just friends and tea and cake. 

I'm well known for my ability to nod off in crowded, noisy rooms, including on sofas at parties, and occasionally even in the pub. I've discovered that if you slip a hot water bottle into a thin drawstring bag, you can carry it around under your coat all day and nobody will notice. Today, someone mistook my 'emergency cardigan' that I keep at work for a dressing gown. All evidence, I think, of my sensible embracing of cosiness at every opportunity. 

There's not really much point to this post, it's just an excuse for gratuitous pictures of cakes. This evening I've been on my hands and knees again painting skirting boards so there'll be a post about that soon. For now though, I'm already in my dressing gown and woolly socks, so it's probably about time to head off to bed.