Winter seems to have arrived. It's been cold enough the past week that I've contemplated getting my scarf out. Although that's mostly because my coat leaves a nice gap at the top for the cold to get in. I think it might be cold enough for a hat as well. The trouble is that once you give into the cold that's it, you can't go back to not wearing a hat or scarf because you get used to being warm.

Mind you, it'll all be a bit academic come Friday because I'll be dressed up warm to collect for Children in Need, although since I'm collecting from cars it does mean getting to run around, so you do get a bit warmer. And as long as it doesn't chuck it down like last year it won't be that bad.

The worst part is driving because even though I have driving gloves and I've turned the car onto winter so it takes five minutes to be merely cold rather than freezing instead of the ten minutes it takes on the summer setting, it only takes one journey for my hands to get so dry they crack.

But we have had really nice weather - blue skies and sunshine, with only a bit of wind and rain and clouds - and I like the winter when it's really cold and sunny. As long as I'm walking somewhere and not waiting for a bus. And at least I don't have to de-ice the car every morning before work.