Christmas Goodies (not a present haul)

Hi guys,

I'm a sucker for Christmas themed items. If you didn't know already :)

Avon had advertised them I think a month before Christmas and they went straight on my list. Id been contemplating about the timer cos Id just got one for my birthday (a cute little Percy pig one from my best mate) but then I thought you can never have too many timers.

Xmas timer - £5 (right) and 
Santa mug with shaker hat - £5 (left)

I just love their little beards and noses. Their total cuteness factor is really what sold me.

I love a big mug to sit and drink hot chocolate out of on a cold day/evening (like a total cliche). And the timer is just another handy little tool to add to my baking artillery :)

This is my second Christmas mug from Avon, the first one you can see here. (scroll down to the bottom to see the mug).

 Christmas confetti - FREE (when you buy 2 or more items)

And these items were just a freebie with purchase. They're cardboard cut outs of the pictures on the front. Silly me didn't take a pic of the actual confetti. But they're nothing to write home about. If I'd bought them I probably would've sent them back.

S xxx 

*all products mentioned were purchased by me with my own money, everything is my own view and I have not been paid to do this post*

A quick hello

Hey guys,

Just wanted to do a quick post to say that I hope you guys had a good Christmas and got all the presents you got and ate and drank yourself stupid hahaha.

I had a pretty relaxed Christmas, just really enjoyed spending time with the fam. I will be back to regularly scheduled posts when the holidays are over.

I will be doing a "what I got for Christmas" post. It consists of beauty products and DVDs (no surprise there haha) :)

I hope you all have a fabulous New Year, I haven't actually made any plans as yet, but it will probably be spent at home with my little sister cos I think my parents and big sister will be out. I know pretty boring, but its how I spent New Years last year haha me, my lil sis and two friends. If I can I might invite some people over. We'll see.

Hope you're all well.

S xxxx

Holly Jolly Holiday - Christmas Tag

I saw this tag on sarahbelle93x's channel. And as you all probably know I LOVE tags. If I ever started a YouTube channel my channel would be full of tags haha (well not full but there would be quite a few).

Questions: 

1. Favourite Christmas Movie?

Oh I have soooooo many

• Jack Frost
• Anastasia
• Polar Express
• Home Alone
• The chronicles of Narnia
• Hook
• Peter Pan
• Gremlins
• Harry Potter
• While you were sleeping 

Ready For Christmas: Christmas Tag!

Hi my loves,

OK so I saw that Tanya Burr (pixi2woo) had done a Christmas tag and I love doing YouTube tags. But as I don't have an active youtube channel I do the tags on here. I remember doing a Christmas tag last year, you can see them here and here if you're interested :)

I love Christmas its my favourite holiday.

TAG questions:

1.Whats Your Favourite Holiday Movie? 

The things I have movies that always watch at Christmas or do they mean Christmas themed movies?

• Jack Frost
• Anastasia
• Polar Express
• Home Alone
• The chronicles of Narnia
• Hook
• Peter Pan
• My sister always pulls out Gremlins and makes me and my little sister watch with her haha

And something I always end up pulling out at Christmas is...

• Harry Potter. I don't know why but I always watch them over the holidays. And now that I've completed my collection I will defo be watching them with the fam.

2. Whats Your Favourite Christmas Colour? 

My favourite colour is the mix of red, green and gold that always reminds me of Christmas :)

3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJ's Or Dress Up For Christmas?

I will stay in my pj's for the day but when its time for Christmas dinner I get all dressed up and do my make up etc :)

4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be? 

I dunno why someone would ask this question. I buy everyone presents.

5. Do You Open Your Present Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?

I don't know who opens their presents on Christmas eve, it ain't Christmas lol Christmas morning is always me and my family getting up stupidly early and running downstairs to open our presents together.

 

6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?

I HATE ginger. I cant stand any form of biscuit or food that has ginger in it...GROSS. But this year me and my sisters are making a "gingerbread house" made out of shortbread. I'm really excited to do it, like stupidly excited hahaha We have a gingerbread mould so its gonna be fun times.

7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break?

Spend time with my family and enjoy the time off that we all have together. Me and my sisters sit and watch movies and play boardgames like Monopoly and Cluedo :) And then us girls go out during the sales which is always...fun cos of the crazy bargain hunters :/ haha

8. Any Christmas Wishes?

My Christmas wish would be for me to get a job for the new year (preferably at the start of January.)

9. Favourite Christmas Smell?

That smell when all the food is being made and the scent just starts waffting throught the air mmmmmmmmmm good times haha.

10. Favourite Christmas Meal Or Treat?

My favourite treat at Christmas is the Shortbread biscuit tin from Marks and Spencers. Its a favourite of me and my mum. We get it every year without fail. I love a shortbread biscuit. We've got the tin sitting in our dining room for a few weeks now and I have been tempted to open it, I wouldn't, but I'm tempted haha.

I tag you all

S xxxxxxxx

Holiday Tag: 2nd Edition

The questions!

1) Which holiday do you celebrate?

I celebrate Christmas :D

2) What are you doing for the holidays this year?

Chilling at home with the fam :D

3) What's your favorite holiday drink?

I don't really have one, but Hot chocolate is always out at this time of year...something like this...

4) Candy cane or Gingerbread men?

I would have to say Candy Cane because I hate ginger in all forms, it makes me gag, its so overly pungent I cant stand it :(

5) What's your favorite holiday/Christmas song?

My favourite would have to be Good King Wenceslas or Away in a manger.

6) What's the weirdest gift you've ever received?

Erm... an onion, it was a gag gift. The label read : This will bring you tears of joy.

7) Have you ever made a snowman?

No :( I would love to one day though :)

8) What is your favorite winter fragrance?

I don't have a winter fragrance I just wear whats on my dresser :)

9) What is at the top of your list this Christmas? (or whichever holiday you celebrate!)

At the top of my list was the Desperate Housewives series so far, but alas I did not get, but got a lot of other DVDs I wanted, so I wasn't disappointed.

10) What is most important to you about the holidays?

Spending time with my family and watching movies together :D

Holiday Traditions Tag!

1. Favorite holiday destination?

My favourite holiday destination would be Jamaica :) I spent 2 Christmases there and it was amazing, obviously living in England I wasn't so used to to having a hot Christmas the first time round. It was one of the best Christmases I've had, making the rounds to my dad's relatives :) not knowing that it would be rude not eating a bit of food per house visited, I never felt so full and sick at the same time haha.

2. Any family traditions?

We don't really have traditions in my house because my parents don't celebrate Christmas :( but me and my sisters make sure we put up the tree and decorations :) I've always said one day my kids and husband will hate me because I'm going to make my home into my own personal Winter Wonderland lol, with all the trimmings :)

3. Favorite ornament of decoration?

When I was in primary school, probably year 4 we made these Christmas biscuit ornaments out of pastry/dough that we cooked in the oven and then painted. I always wanted to eat them but obviously didn't because it was like this salty dough with this special ingredient to stop them going loudly and also the fact that they had paint on them hahaha. I had a Christmas tree, Santa, and some other randoms that I cant remember (I think one of them may have actually been an egg hahaha). They were my favourite ornaments, cos of the personal touch. I don't have them anymore because they all broke, being pastry/biscuits things and all they were very fragile :(

4. What are you doing for the holidays?

Erm noting much, just the usual seeing friends, hanging out with the family, eating myself into a stupor hahah watching loads of movies, waking up whenever I like and consuming my weight in junk food hahaha.

5. Are you a late or early Christmas shopper?

I am a very early shopper :)

6. Who usually cooks holiday dinners?

My mum and older sister cook, while I do menial chores and sit in front of the TV. But the one thing that I do every year that I see is my contribution is set the Christmas dinner table. I take this very seriously lol I mean I can take upto 30-40 mins to set the table for 5 people. And it has to be done exactly the way I want it and if someone touches it and messes it up I get well annoyed haha.

7. Have you ever gone Christmas caroling?

No, but we have had them come to the house once, that's not really a big thing where I live.

8. Do you live where it snows?

Unfortunately yes :( don't get me wrong I love the snow, when I am in the comfort of my own home, not when I'm having to travel places, risking my life in the ice and snow. And for the last 2 years the snow has come quite badly and extreme and has really affected day to day life. But thankfully its all gone now :D

9. One thing that makes you happiest at Christmas?

Being with my family, that is the main thing I look forward to at Christmas, then all the food ahaha :D

10. What do you want most for Christmas?

I wanted Desperate Housewives the complete collection so far , but I didn't get it but I did get tonnes and tonnes of DVDs so I was a very happy girl :D