Just when I thought it was safe to think of Spring and start looking to update my wardrobe with some of the nice bright colours that are now in the shops it is back to wearing my winter woollies. With snow on the ground you need to be practical and keep warm. I can happily say I have had value for money from the puffa jacket I bought in October. It has hardly been off my back. Not so the longed for Radley bag I purchased just after Christmas. After only using it twice the clasp broke and I had to return it. Thankfully I have got my money back and the company I bought it from www.tyers.co.uk could not have been more helpful.

I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and received lots of nice presents. Once I take the decorations down the house always looks so bare and I usually decide that one room or other needs a bit of sprucing up. The same can be said of me. I always think January is a good month to take stock of my life and think about ways of improving it. There is a whole year ahead what can I do in that year that will enhance my life.

At this time of year shopping can become frantic and you can start to panic buy as Christmas gets closer. On top of this you have stores having sudden sales so what you bought the week before is now 25% cheaper. What is a girl to do?

Who would have thought it, snow in October, the last time it snowed at this time of year was back in 1964. When the temperature plummets it is time to get out your warmest jacket. Unfortunaterly most jackets are just not warm enough for freezing temperatures and a biting wind and while ski jackets look great on the ski slopes and for week-end wear you probably don't want to wear them to work. So how do you keep warm and still look fashionable?

At last we are having bright sunny days but the temperature in the early morning is now decidedly chilly. It is time to put away your summer wardrobe and look out your winter clothes.

I love trousers and jeans and most of the year that is what I wear but come the summer with the aid of some fake tan I love bearing my legs and donning a skirt, but not this summer. My skirts have hung unworn in my wardrobe waiting for a warm sunny day. I did manage to wear my long shorts a few times but it has been the year of wearing layers as one minute it was too cold the next too warm.

It may be summer but it certainly doesn't feel like it. Knowing what to wear can be real problem as the temperature can vary so much during the day and you never know when the heavens are going to open. My advice is to wear layers and wear your brighter summer colours.