In the last hours of the year 2024, hubby and I spent it with some very close friends over good food and wine. We shared stories about how we have spent the whole year, what has happened and started talking about plans for the coming new year as well.

As the year 2025 finally crept in, we welcomed it, each with a glass of good reliable and sweet Asti. We greeted each other with a kiss, a hug, and a rat-tat-tat of fireworks.

We watched amazed at the fireworks of the neighboring houses and establishments for the first 2 minutes. Then somebody suggested we go to the town square where we could see more fireworks display. Everybody struggled to put on their jackets, moi aussi naturellement!!! I was so happy to be one the first to get out of the house and ran towards the place which was only a few meters from the house. I stood there with my closest friends in awe at the fireworks display, with a bottle of Asti in one hand and mobile phone in the other. Trying to capture the moment with my mobile phone. Well, try doing it yourself in wintertime with a -7 degrees celsius temperature. My hands were shaking. I didn’t even notice it until I suddenly felt the cold creeping from my feet to my legs. I looked down and then I realized that I came out of the house only wearing house slippers!

So, that is how it started! During the first few minutes of 2025, I ran out of the house in my red winter pantofle!!! Soft yet warm and very light. How do you think I managed to get out of the hose without realizing that I only had them red slips on?