Spoilt this christmas :)

So I thought I would update you on my christmas.

I got home fine on christmas eve only a little later than hoped. We swapped presents and celebrated with my aunt uncle and cousin.
I got The Moomin cookbook!!

Christmas day started early, we all got up and opened our stockings in mum and dads bed (wonder when we will be too old for that?)

Then attention turned to dinner and getting it ready. I made the lemon cheesecake for desert.

Grandma came over and we chatted until turkey time. I love all the different stuffings we have for christmas dinner and of course cranberry sauce ;)
We pulled crackers and told jokes and were merry.

Here is a list of other things I got this christmas:
perfume, Lady Million by Paco Rabanne
Soap and glory set
Stitch! book by Cath Kidston
I cannot wait to get sewing the purse from that book and making some pictures to frame to her lovely floral designs.LUSH!
wizard of oz tea towel

Cake stand!! (at last!)
Fantasia DVD


Boxing Day I watched Fantasia, I love it, in fact after I have finished this post I will watch it again.
There is nothing more christmassy in my mind than 'The Nutcracker' and the music from the ballet will always be a favouriteof mine. I love the winged horses and the dancing mushrooms and the bit with the dinosaurs and of course the magician's apprentice.


On my last day at home I met up with friends for a few drinks and a catch up, it was such good fun :)

I feel lucky to have had such a lovely christmas at home with family and friends and promise not to leave it so long before I viist home again!
I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year x

Catch up time!

Happy New Year everyone!

It's been a while folks and its been a great holiday. Everything is winding down, except that is my work load! So this is a whistle stop tour through my christmas hols!

When I got back to Coventry, I quickly made plans to see all my old school friends in the week before christmas, so we could exchange cards and have a good old catch up. It was lovely to see them all as we are doing such different things now, some of us are at uni and some of my friends are still at home doing various jobs. So any chance I get to see them is great.

Christmas Eve
Every Christmas Eve we go to my cousin's house in the country to sing carols round the village christmas tree, its always great fun and really gets you in the festive spirit. For the first time that I can remember there was snow on the ground. It was beautiful, but after only a few minutes of singing my toes were numb in my wellies!

Christmas Day
Christmas day was more relaxed than usual, normally we have family over but this year it was just me, my parents and sister. We had a lovely lunch with turkey and cranberry sauce yummmmmmmmm! oh and my favourite: chestnut stuffing ;)


Boxing Day
Boxing Day was chaotic, in a good way. My grandma, aunt, uncle and 2 younger cousins came over. I really admire my parents for managing to organise and cook a sit down meal for such a large number of people. It was wonderful as usual. My Dad did his speciality Sweetcorn pudding from the 'Nigella Bites' recipe book.
If you havent ever tried it then you must look it up! Its very warming. (oh and its not a pudding like a dessert its for going with your main meal).


Thought I might give you a little list of some of my presents:

A camera lens for my digital slr

Soap and Glory set Glow Lotion and Scrub Actually

A Cath Kidston Shoe tidy

seam tights, because I always manage to poke holes in all my pairs oops!

I got Coraline on DVD

and a Wizard of Oz apron ;)

This is what I made for my sister for her Christmas present:

She hung it on the tree but now its been taken down she has it on her jewellery tree :)

How lucky we were to get more snow! I love love love the snow. It settled on all the trees and made it look like we were in the alps! Me and my sister went out at night and built a snowman

I'm back at uni now, so in the following days I will tell you about my murder mystery new years eve and do a few classic film reviews. Until then stay warm!

Cosmetics!

Here are some beauty products ive come across with a vintage feel.

To start with, Benefit makeup, such beautiful packaging! its quite expensive but extremely good quality and totally gorgeous!

www.benefitcosmetics.com

Secondly is Soap and Glory products, another set of lush packaging with vintage feel photographs, very girly and fabulous! From shampoos and conditioners to foot scrubs and body butters.

www.soapandglorycosmetics.com

Another great product i found is Ponds cold cream and day cream. Ponds has been around for 120 years so would have been used by women in the last century. Its great stuff and cheap as well! I found some old ads from the 1920s and 1940s on google and then the last image is how the packaging looks now, just incase you want to find it in the shops :)

I love the advert from 1944 the slogan is great! 'She's Engaged! Shes Lovely! She uses Ponds!' haha brilliant :)
www.pondsinstitute.co.uk

All these products are available at Boots(I feel like a sales woman!)