5 Things Friday - A Little New Year Bonus

How to up your style game, while staying firmly in comfort mode, as we get ready to take on 2025

Hi, you lovely lot. I said you wouldn’t hear from me until the New Year, but I thought I might jump on with style ideas to get you through that tricky Twixmas time. It’s also a good opportunity for a timely reminder that you have a few days left to take advantage of my Christmas offer of 20% off an annual subscription to the newsletter.

As a little thank you for all your support this year, and to tempt more of you to take the plunge to enjoy all the benefits of paid subscribership, I thought a special Christmas discount to 5 Things Friday would be appreciated. I’m offering 20% off an annual subscription. It’s now a huge archive of fashion edits, styling ideas and travel reviews, with the odd splattering of recipes and home and garden ideas - and all for 84p a week! We also have a wonderful vibrant, friendly community here. If you’d like to be part of the club and have full access to everything, then upgrade with the Christmas offer through the link below.

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So now that’s all the housekeeping done, how was your Christmas? It was a busy one in our household with lots of food, drink and general chaos. Hopefully, you had a lovely time, ate far too much and had the opportunity to relax and enjoy yourselves. As always, at this time of year, I start to struggle a little with the winter blues. It’s that funny inbetween time where you don’t know what day of the week it is, and then January always feels a bit of a drag after all the fun of Christmas and party dressing. I love autumn, I’m a big fan of Christmas, but the minute New Year’s Eve is over, I’m just counting down the days to spring. It’s tempting to hibernate in my joggers, and ignore my lack of self-control over the festive period. However, all that slobbing around does nothing for my confidence. I always feel so much better when I make a little effort with my outfit, it does loads for my self esteem, even if the emphasis is still on comfort. So, with that in mind, I’ve got 5 outfit formulas to take you through twixmas and into January, so you can feel stylish, put together and, mostly importantly, comfortable.