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'!