Hello Everyone:
First off, Happy and Healthy 2014 to all. I know this message is a few days later than I wanted to send out as I wanted to have written 40 Winnie‘s Warriors messages by the end of 2013. Close though!

I’m sitting in a cafe in my favourite place – the City of Lights. And lights there are! It is still quiet festive here in Paris with buildings lit up in blue glow and Christmas trees hanging on wires mid street St Honore among others. The Place Vendome is as fabulous as ever, all while waiting for the Ritz Carlton to re-emerge from renovations.
I’m here with 5 ladies and what a blast. We had dinner at my favourite restaurant, L’Ami Jean and received 5-star treatment. We had the tasting menu and it was delicious! Not sure if it’s normal but we each got 4 dessert courses!! (Not including the cheese after the mains). We were all happy for the little walk back to the metro. The chef even gave us all a gift of a little cook-book of stories and recipes.

I ended 2013 on a high note. I went to see the Nutcracker with BFFs Chris and Jim. An older woman came through the crowds to specifically say that she had to tell me I was “stunning”. And that she knows a thing or two being that she was nearly 80 years old. How sweet and unexpected. I must admit that at the end of the day, no matter how much “hair envy” I get from time to time, this short crop really rocks. Most of the comments I get are from women and older ones. It’s wild. To think that not in a million years that I would have voluntarily done this (without reason as I actually did do it voluntarily….)

So needless to say, I’ll be staying with the short crop and go incognito every now and then when the occasion or outfit calls for some wild and fabulous long locks. (or blond ones). LOL.

One of the ladies in my Paris group is always saying that the present is a gift. She couldn’t be more right. The present is a true present that we get to enjoy every morning we are blessed enough to get out of bed and have our feet touch the floor (right Bernie?!).

May we all learn to appreciate and enjoy our present as we should.

See each and everyone of you soon and in 2014 (I hope!!). I am officially back to my pre-cancer illness fighting weight! 🙂

Winnie xoxo