Winter Wins

January 10, 2014

While driving my most adorable, favoritest niece (yes I have favorites, she knows it, the family knows it, we all know it) around the other day, she let out a long sigh and said in her profound, 9-year-old way "I just can't decide if I like winter or summer more." And Emma...you're right. For all the bashing of the cold we've done in the past week, there are some excellent things winter gives us. Today, I'd like to pay tribute to those Wonderful Winter Wins. And if you don't live in a state where winter is an annual occurrence (and I mean real winter. Not "OMG I live in Florida and it's a high of 45 sob sob" winter.) then I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems, but winter ain't one.

5. Automatic, socially-accepted excuse from attending social events.
"But the roads are bad. And they say it's going to snow more. I just want to stay in before it gets worse."


4. Automatic, socially-acceptable excuse to create any social event you want to at the spur of the moment.
"I HAVE CABIN FEVER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SNOWING FOR THREE DAYS IN A ROW. LET'S GO ANYWHERE, DO ANYTHING."
We understand. We've been there. 


3. Hours saved picking outfits.
No one cares what you look like underneath your coat. 
It is a high of 11 degrees.
If you're stupid enough to be fashionable, you're stupid enough to freeze to death. 


2. Disney princesses ain't got shit on you, because you live in a perpetual snow globe. 



1. No rush to unload groceries. 
This is, far and away, my favorite Michigan Winter Win. 
Do you know how many times I've left my groceries in the car while I go to work or run other errands?
TOO MANY TO COUNT. 
Your car is literally colder than your freezer at home. So no rush, that ice cream isn't going anywhere. 
And the wine? Yeah, that will be perfectly chilled and ready for you at the time when you so decide it's convenient to unload the groceries and then celebrate with a little toast to yourself.
What are your "Winter Wins"?
How will you celebrate surviving the polar vortex this weekend?

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13 comments:

  1. Number two and one are probably the reasons I would tolerate winter up there. But other than that, gimme that mild winter with no snow. I'll gladly take it anytime.

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  2. #1 for the win. Summer time you have to practically speed to get home before stuff melts. Winter? You have all the time in the world. #2 also. I work in an almost all glass building that has beautiful landscaping. We all say it's like working in a snow globe.

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  3. Winter is my winner! Mainly because summers last sooo daaaang long down here.

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  4. Yes to the last one! Even though I'm in SC we've had some cold weather and the other day we went grocery shopping and didn't come home immediately to put them away. It was awesome.

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  5. Yes, the wine is always perfectly chilled. Which is just perfect.

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  6. the weather excuse is perfect. "sorry, can't make it into the office today; it's snowing like a mofo".

    -kathy
    Vodka and Soda

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  7. Yes! The groceries thing is awesome!

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  8. lol! yes i used to do that with the groceries!!

    i think th eonly thing i really appreciate about winter is the fact that i can dress like a bum and it's OK. .. although, who am i kidding, i dress like a bum in the summer too bc it's too hot to care then!

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  9. Yes to the groceries! Just did that the other day!

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  10. LOL number 2. Sooo true!! Disney Princesses ain't got shit.


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  11. you can also leave your beer outside at parties when there is no fridge space left!

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  12. SPOT ON. every.single.one.of.these.

    i wish i could use the first excuse year round.
    OH WAIT. i just bail and make no apologies.

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