Beat the Freeze: Denial

... is not just a river in Egypt...

Beat the Freeze, Tip 1: Denial.

I crave ice cream in the winter.  I think it's sanity self-preservation instincts: if I just pretend it's not below zero outside, then maybe I won't freeze and crack like a piece of ice, or shrink and shrivel in the lack of sun, and blow away on the next chill gust of wind...
Wishful thinking, I know.

But that's the beauty of denial.  So tip 1 is to ignore the moaning wind and the drifts outside your door, and pretend you're somewhere else.  Grab a beach read, eat some ice cream, crank up the heat and walk around in your skimpiest tank-tops -- pull the old anywhere but here act.

Vicki likes to get her heart pumping with some thrillers; she likes "Books that keep me on edge. There's nothing that'll keep your heart pumping like not knowing what'll happen next. [Or I p]op in a fun movie that I haven't seen in years. Something sentimental, perhaps."

Along the same lines, Liz goes for "just about anything, really, but I  think cute chick lit reads can be great."

See?  Beach reads to beat the freeze.  Works like a charm...

I suggest:

Going Girly; 

Needed: 

• cute PJs
• 1 pint favorite ice cream
• various other snack foods you'll pretend not to have eaten
• At least 1 of the following: mud mask, deep conditioning hair treatment, exfoliating lotion, hand-soak and/or manicure set
• 1 Fluff read (see suggestions at bottom)
• 1 Sappy Romantic movie, preferably a period piece; Try: North & South, The Notebook,  or the trusty standby, P&P (and version will do)

What do you do to beat the freeze?

What are your favorite (denial) beach reads?

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