This Winter I ♥

• Peppermint tea, or Poopoomint tea as Schoon and I used to call it. It’s warm, contains no fat, makes your mouth feel minty and it helps if you feel bloated.
• Eggs – poached eggs on turkish or sourdough toast. Even better in Winter than in Summer
• Masterchef Australia – I don’t think you could get any better viewing than Masterchef in Winter. People to love, people to hate and yummy food to drool over.
• RPM (which I call Spin) – this is probably one that I love to hate. Here’s my explanation of it earlier in the day to my new blog friend PYT “basically these evil instructors make you get on these stationary bikes and pedal the your backside off to music that alternates between inspiring and obnoxious! I thought I was going to puke the first time… it was the first time i have ever sweated in my eye… not pleasant!” But you know what, I feel good once the horrible part (the whole session is over) I’ve started going to early morning session and as hard as it is to leave my warm bed with man and cat I am determined to stick to it.
• Homemade pizzas on a pizza stone. How is it possible that I have never heard of doing this at home?!! It’s brilliant, we even made our own dough and they were so much better than any of the crap our local Dominosserves up! Even if they do give you free cockroaches. I managed to snaffle a stone at some random kitchen store for $10 so make sure you invest in one this Winter. Favourite pizza so far is Roast Pumpkin, purple onion, cashews and ricotta with a dollop of yoghurt mixed with cucumber on top.
• My Uggies. Good Lord, how did I ever live before I had these? I bought Mick a pair for his birthday last year and had resorted to whining until he let me wear them. I’ve always suffered from cold feet, to the point where I had to run my feet under the hot shower before I got into bed or they would never warm up. With the move to Canberra I decided to bite the bullet and get a pair of my own that actually fit. I got the tall ones in black with the reinforced toe and heel and outdoor soles so I can wear them down the shops or the letterbox with my trakkies and be a total Canberra bogan. Yes, they were very expensive but worth every penny from Krudd

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  I want to warm your tootsies!!

• Fireworks! Canberra is the onlyplace in Australia where you can buy fireworks! But you can only buy them and use them on the Queens Birthday long weekend. Which is this weekend, hurrah! And they sell them in the sex shops. How odd is that? Brings a whole new meaning to the term “goes off like a firecracker”

**EDIT** Just wanted to let you know that I did not take that picture of the Uggies – I don’t love them THAT much.