Diet Coke and Rice Crackers.

Right gals, summer is over. Time to store away the bikinis, the rice crackers and switch the diet coke for the full fat, after all with the icy chill we are expecting, the more layers the better.

With this in mind, this month I shall think like a seal. No you shan't find me plucking salmon from the river thames with my teeth, nor shall you find me exposing myself to tourists on river buses as I lay on the sea shores. Instead I shall eat and buy thick knits, my heritage coat is a seal's blubber.

Rather than withering on about my ever strengthening relationship with a certain Mr Kippling and Ben&Jerry, my aim over the next four minutes is to banish your winter blues, brighten your skies and tell you why winter's imminent arrival isn't all bad.

1. Cold weather means you shall need more clothes, ta da, a justifiable reason to go shopping.
2. That chunky knit you bought in the summer sale can finally be set free of it's tags.
3. Cold nights mean switching icy gin and tonics for mauled wine and mince pies.
4. There is another reason you cannot get out of bed, it's too cold, your nipples may freeze and fall off, it might happen.
5. Frosted sidewalks mean heels no longer conform with basic health and safety regulations. Flats must be worn at all times, boots to be precise - go forth, buy more boots.
6. Duvet days are not only acceptable but common sense, you are stopping yourself from contracting a cold, your nose will thank you later.
7. Celine has invented the fury shoes. Now wearing your slippers outside the house is not only comfortable but damn right stylish.
8. Roast dinner sundays in country pubs with wood fires - you are in need of Christmas dinner inspiration, it is for the good of your family.
9. Chocolate now comes in liquid form.
10. Snuggles. Enough said.