What makes you happy - Autumn & Winter edition

[Lifeisinshambles]

Feeling very low right now, reminiscing on previous times! I can’t wait for it to get colder and life to get cosier.
I’ll go first;

Dog walks
Hot drinks
Butternut squash soup & Chestnut soup
Christmas lights
Stews with potatoes (any variation!)
Village pubs
Rain hitting the window and the sound of wind whilst I’m curled up under a fluffy blanket
Oversized knitted sweaters
Orange leaves

Candles
Woolley tights (well, cotton actually)
Cord skirt
Strictly Come Dancing
Frost
Fog
Dark mornings
Dark evenings

Candles
Snuggling under blankets
warm baths
seeing your breath in the ice cold air
frost
dark evenings
snuggly socks
warming dinners like roasts

Putting the heating on whenever I like. I don't mean I'm excessive but I grew up in cold houses with relatively expensive heating/low income. Love being able to put the heating on if I fancy it.

Normally I hate autumn and winter but this year I’m so excited. I’m starting a new job and I can’t wait for life to slow down outside of that.

slow cooker meals is a huge one for me too. A stew, beef pie, slow cooked bolognese

Putting my cold feet under my husband’s top on his belly when we’re on the sofa. Lovely (for me)

Wearing velvet and corduroy.
Hats
Stormy sea view when I wake up.
Candle lit breakfast table
Black pepper, cedar wood, rosemary, patchouli, orange and frankincense essential oils in my vapouriser.
Blundstones
Roast vegetables.
Dorset apple cake.
Arriving home in the darkness and closing my front door.
The fires all lit and roaring away.
A Whiskey Mac at my local
Our Winter picnics which are always soup, vegan sausage roll and Parkin.
My husbands annual growing of the winter beard.
Anticipation of the fabulous festivals- Guldize, Samhain, Allentide, Guy Fawkes night, Solstice, Christmas.
Black or burgundy nail varnish.
Ornamental cabbages.
Jugs of Lunaria/honesty seed heads everywhere.
Winterwatch.
Egremont Russet apples
Fairy lights in every room.
Spaghetti squash with garlic and chilli