Winter Cuddle-up

The Winter Chocolate Cuddle-up... 

Man, it is hard to be single in winter. All the while you are hearing tales of winter dinner's with the hubby or rainy weather cuddles with her man on the couch, and you are sitting there rolling your eyes like a teenager while thinking:

"Well I cuddled up to a Lindt death by chocolate cake last night? But that doesn't count, does it? Ah well, you should have been there, it was earth shattering stuff! I ate it all in one sitting...no guilt here! Only a couple of extra kg's..Oh darn, I'm going to be single forever!"

Yep, it sucks to be single in winter...or does it?

I recently turned twenty-five and since then it seems all my peers have started making plans to get married or have kids. The incessant questions of my love-life have begun to haunt me at every family gathering and has left me feeling quite dreary at times, especially since it seems to be the season of my life when people are starting to "settling down". Even so, it has been nine months that I have been a "single lady" and it's been tough at times but mostly phenomenally rewarding...and as one of those girls who was always either getting into a relationship or getting out of one I am proud of how far I've come.

I am happy to say that since I have allowed myself some freedom from the male gender, I know much more about who I am than I ever did before. Yes, this includes the fact that winter in addition to no man, for me, equals too much chocolate and nights when George Micheal's version of "I can't make you love me" is played on repeat! Long warm baths with a great magazine are a staple for my good health and there is nothing that goes down quite as well as a nice glass of red wine when I'm stressed.

Dinner for one is really not that bad when you are content within yourself, but hey, that does not mean I wouldn't mind date every now and then to keep my heart from freezing along with my toes!

Until then... Well, I guess I'll have to hit the gym as often as possible to combat this wild chocolate addiction!

Sweetly Single

Just Janel.

That moment when you realise, you really should not be eating this!!!