Other arrangements

With neither dog nor man to keep me warm at nights,

and when the "week ahead" weather forecast warns of icy

conditions sweeping in from the Atlantic on

Friday evening, a girl needs to take serious stock

of her situation and make other arrangements if she wants

to avoid hypothermia at all costs.

 

I know which one I'd prefer

 

"At all costs" are the three keywords here.

I don't care if I look ridiculous, besides it's much too

cold for paparazzi right now so no fear of embarassing

photographs emerging that could do untold damage to

my public image.

 

I don't mind if I feel a little overdressed and cumbersome for

a few nights if the alternative is waking up around 3am

with chattering teeth and a spooky blue tinge

around my lips.

  

And I'm certainly not afraid of becoming Acle's pop-up

answer to the dearth of fashionista's in Norfolk

in my attempts to keep warm.  Anyway, according to

my favourite reference source for all things "street",

the Urban Dictionary says that REAL fashionistas

don't believe in trends - they set them!

 

Trust me - this look will be big this summer!

 

So, last night, I went back to an old trick I picked up in

France at the Chateau.  No, not that one Camilla, I'm still

receiving treatment from the last time I tried it.

 



I have two, but the other one clashed with my
dressing gown.

I put on my thermal t-shirt (the one with a lurcher on the

front), a pair of red tartan jim-jam trousers followed

by my new fleece dressing gown with hood, which I pulled

up over my Inca dog walking hat and clambered

clumsily into bed.  The two pairs of thick socks were

an afterthought which I deemed to be prudent.

 

Then Morpheus claimed me!

Hold on boys, I'm just getting my night clothes off!

 

The next thing I knew it was 8am, the frost on the roofs

opposite was all fairytale and twinkly in the bright morning

sunshine, the temperature under my duvet had gone off the

scale and someone was banging impatiently on my front door.

Hey, ho - no peace for the wicked or the toasty oversleepers.

 

I had obviously made it unfrozen through another night.