Late summer heading into early autumn/fall is a such beautiful time of the year. You can feel everything growing still and soft; nature is slowing down and people are getting cozy. The most stunning colours can be found outdoors at this time.
Despite the natural beauty, despite your looking forward to the coziness of winter, you find that a few short months later yes, again, things have gone awry. You have ploughed headlong into winter without design or plan; you are wearing the same clothes as last year because you have not put thought into your wardrobe; you have put on weight from indiscriminate eating and you are complaining in your head, or worse, out loud that ‘it’s cold today’. This was me!
Many warm-blooded creatures hibernate when it is cold out and go with their natural instincts by doing so. They do not enter the spring season stressed out; rather, animals waking up from hibernation are coming to sleepily, well rested and ready for the warmer season; so, why don’t we?
We would not go to sleep for months on end, but perhaps we can take a leaf out of their book and make winter a mental spa time of rejuvenation, beauty and pleasure.
This book as a kind of insurance, to remind us of our exciting winter plans. It is easy to be enthusiastic about the winter season when the leaves are turning. Fall fashions are always fun to look forward to – the September issue of Vogue! We can rekindle our love for the colours of plum, navy and camel at this time of year. But a few months later the novelty has already worn off!
This book is a toolkit of all the ideas that have worked so well in previous winters, as well as new ideas I want to capture. I started this book in autumn, and finished it up in spring. I am so pleased to have tried all my ideas out in a ‘test’ environment and can confirm they work wonderfully well!
Read ‘How to be Chic in the Winter’ to discover strategies for not just surviving, but thriving this winter; on how to have a chic and beautiful winter season and emerge, like a butterfly ready for a gorgeous spring and summer.
Contents
Chapter 1. Know that winter is a different season
Start winter with a goal
Be ahead of the game
Look forward to winter
Chapter 2. Create a winter menu plan
Breakfasts that are warming, filling and healthy
Lunches for work and home
Dinners – tweak the winter classics
Snacks
Fiona’s favourite winter recipes
Chapter 3. Break up the long winter
Learn something or have a project to complete
Keep active
Be social
Chapter 4. Work on feeling good
Home as your winter sanctuary
Dress in clothes that make you feel good
Be cozy when you are at home
Take care of your grooming
Keep well
Chapter 5. Keep your motivation up
Do things quickly
If you are a summer person
Make plans for the next six to twelve months
Chapter 6. Create your ideal chic winter season
Bonus journal questions
If you are ready to change how you feel about the winter season, click the ‘Buy Now’ button today and treat yourself to a copy of ‘How to be Chic in the Winter’!
Fiona Ferris is passionate about, and has studied the topic of living well for more than twenty years, in particular that a simple and beautiful life can be achieved without spending a lot of money. Fiona finds inspiration from all over the place including Paris and France, the countryside, big cities, fancy hotels, music, beautiful scents, magazines, books, all those fabulous blogs out there, people, pets, nature, other countries and cultures; really everywhere she looks. Fiona lives in beautiful Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband, Paul, and their two rescue cats Jessica and Nina. To learn more about Fiona, you can connect with her at: howtobechic.com fionaferris.com facebook.com/fionaferrisauthor twitter.com/fiona_ferris instagram.com/fionaferrisnz youtube.com/fionaferris Fiona's other books: Financially Chic: Live a luxurious life on a budget, learn to love managing money, and grow your wealth CreateSpace (print copy): https://www.createspace.com/6600558 Amazon (Kindle and print): https://www.amazon.com/Financially-Chic-luxurious-budget-managing-ebook/dp/B01M17RII3/ Thirty Chic Days: Practical inspiration for a beautiful life CreateSpace (print copy): https://www.createspace.com/6021079 Amazon (Kindle and print): https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Chic-Days-Practical-inspiration-ebook/dp/B01GHV1S1A/ eBook: https://payhip.com/b/hI0l A Chic and Simple Christmas: Celebrate the holiday season with ease and grace Amazon (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/Chic-Simple-Christmas-Celebrate-holiday-ebook/dp/B018UOU68S/ How to Live Well - Chic Inspiration - How to be Slim and Healthy (3-in-1 book) CreateSpace (print copy): https://www.createspace.com/5654526 Amazon (Kindle and print): https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Well-Inspiration-Healthy-ebook/dp/B014JSBMF0/ How to Live Well: Simple and practical inspiration to enjoy your everyday life Amazon (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Well-practical-inspiration-ebook/dp/B00X6B54T2/ Chic Inspiration: Imaginative ways to live a more magical life Amazon (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/Chic-Inspiration-Imaginative-ways-magical-ebook/dp/B00XKA2I98/ How to be Slim and Healthy: A French-inspired journey to slimness and good health Amazon (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/How-Slim-Healthy-French-inspired-slimness-ebook/dp/B00YB0AED8/
