It’s puttery treat time Housekeepers and here I am with a little list of lovely little somethings to warm up these chilly winter evenings. Enjoy… * Add a generous shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream to your bedtime hot chocolate for a dreamy, creamy treat. * Read Little Women and remember how deliciously Wintery it is. * Diffuse a blend of lemon, ginger, cinnamon and cedarwood to create the aromatic illusion of heat in your living room on very cold evenings. * Stitch a couple of blankets together so you create one blanket long enough to cover the laps and toes of all those snuggled up on the sofa, without fuss. * Seek out a copy of Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon playing Heathcliff and Cathy in the brooding 1939 version of Wuthering Heights. * Treat yourself to a quirky Japanese style long sleeved apron to wear while cooking on chilly evenings * Bake a Clementine Tea Loaf and serve it warm for supper. * Save on the heating bills by retiring to bed silly early in the Winter. Take a large flask of warm tea upstairs, get in to your cosiest pyjamas, and devote Winter evenings to snuggling and reading in bed. * Start a collection of vintage camisoles. Just the thing to add a little glamour under flannel pyjamas. * Warm yourself up and relax your entire body in the early evening with this Winter slow-flow yoga sequence. * Warm up two tablespoons of coconut oil in a bain-marie and add three drops of frankincense oil to the warm oil, then slather it on to your face for a deeply moisturising mask. * Buy a raclette and turn the Winter evening meal in to a fabulously cosy feast cooked right there at the table. * Forego the alcohol but savour the depth of a comforting glass of wine with this Black tea Merlot after your evening meal. Sounds like bliss… * Take a detox bath if you have got a cold or heaven forbid, the flu. * Don’t hang your dressing gown up before you get in to bed, fold it over the radiator instead so it is a cozy warm hug when you pop it on in the morning. * Nothing warms the cockles of the heart faster than a dumpling. Add them to slow cooker stews and try flavouring them with everything from rosemary to blue cheese. * Scare yourself warm by reading a truly chilling horror story like the 1959 classic, The Haunting of Hill House. * Mix up a blend of clove, ginger, and cardamon seed oils and add them to a late night hot bath to provide long-lasting body warmth as you fall asleep. * Turn off the television and make taking turns to read aloud to each other a Winter evening ritual. Pick one of the books on Read Aloud America’s adult reading listand experience the gentle bliss of experiencing a story together. * Download my lovely Winter House PDF and find more lovely wintery treats inside… amzn_assoc_placement = “adunit0”; amzn_assoc_search_bar = “true”; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = “brocante-20”; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = “manual”; amzn_assoc_ad_type = “smart”; amzn_assoc_marketplace = “amazon”; amzn_assoc_region = “US”; amzn_assoc_title = “My Amazon Picks”; amzn_assoc_asins = “1631520687,0062378694,1452155186,1579656676”; amzn_assoc_linkid = “b1ba0b2a7abeeed887b4a3900daa9cef”; //z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US
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I wish I had even one radiator in my house. It would be heaven to be able to warm up nighties and such on it. When I was a little girl, I would often stay at my grandparents’ house. My grandma would always have a bath towel warming up for me on the bathroom radiator so that I could dry myself off after a bath with a warm, cozy towel. I miss that so much.
This was the coziest, snuggliest post I have ever read – I adore this!! You have such a wonderful way with words and you have inspired me to shut down my laptop and climb into my cozy bed!!
I’m ahead of you, here…. I read The Haunting of Hill House a couple of weeks ago and can thoroughly recommend it, even though it turned out actually to be a summer ghost story! For a proper winter shiver (in front of the warmest fire) may I recommend Stephen King’s The Shining, where the snow is a character all by itself, and Kate Mosse’s The Winter Ghosts, short but sweetly haunting.
I’m ahead of you, here…. I read The Haunting of Hill House a couple of weeks ago and can thoroughly recommend it, even though it turned out actually to be a summer ghost story! For a proper winter shiver (in front of the warmest fire) may I recommend Stephen King’s The Shining, where the snow is a character all by itself, and Kate Mosse’s The Winter Ghosts, short but sweetly haunting.
Hi Beccie, they definitely are available here 🙂 I’m ka long term follower and have collected them all.,if you pay by paypal,it can convert the money from $to£
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I wish I had even one radiator in my house. It would be heaven to be able to warm up nighties and such on it.
When I was a little girl, I would often stay at my grandparents’ house. My grandma would always have a bath towel warming up for me on the bathroom radiator so that I could dry myself off after a bath with a warm, cozy towel. I miss that so much.
This was the coziest, snuggliest post I have ever read – I adore this!! You have such a wonderful way with words and you have inspired me to shut down my laptop and climb into my cozy bed!!
These puttery treats *almost* make winter sound lovely. And that’s saying something since I’m a summer girl through and through.
I’m ahead of you, here…. I read The Haunting of Hill House a couple of weeks ago and can thoroughly recommend it, even though it turned out actually to be a summer ghost story! For a proper winter shiver (in front of the warmest fire) may I recommend Stephen King’s The Shining, where the snow is a character all by itself, and Kate Mosse’s The Winter Ghosts, short but sweetly haunting.
I’m ahead of you, here…. I read The Haunting of Hill House a couple of weeks ago and can thoroughly recommend it, even though it turned out actually to be a summer ghost story! For a proper winter shiver (in front of the warmest fire) may I recommend Stephen King’s The Shining, where the snow is a character all by itself, and Kate Mosse’s The Winter Ghosts, short but sweetly haunting.
Hi Alison, are your downloads available in the UK? I only see them listed in US$?
Keep up the good work!
Beccie x
Hi Beccie, they definitely are available here 🙂 I’m ka long term follower and have collected them all.,if you pay by paypal,it can convert the money from $to£