The Christmas Tag!

I adore Christmas, especially this year now I actually have a job and can buy people really nice, (expensive) presents which I've always wanted to do so.  Despite not knowing my plans for this Christmas I'm excited as ever! (I have no idea when I'm seeing my boyfriend or my dad eek..) I have a big family and with this Christmas I have to juggle work and see them all, it's going to be a challenge. Like most people I have all my Christmas wrapping to do as well as some last minute shopping! All I know is that the tree is up and I'm excited.

What is your favorite thing about Christmas?
Well I love a lot of things about Christmas, I like the fact that no matter what the family always comes together and has a really good time, we laugh about, joke and tell stories of when me and my brother were younger, also the fact everyone gets drunk. I also enjoy seeing the faces of people when they open the presents I've bought them, such a good feeling.

What is your favorite make up look for the festive season?
This time of year I love pale skin, winged eyeliner and ruby lipstick. However if I'm having a chill day it'll be smokey eye shadow and a pale lip gloss/lip balm.

Real or fake tree?
I would love a fake tree but I feel they would be too messy and my dog would tear it apart. This year my mum bought a small white tree and decorated white and purple and it looks amazing. I also love putting presents under the tree.

Giving presents or receiving presents?
Although I love receiving presents (who doesn't?!) as I've got older I've started to enjoy giving them much more. For example this year I can't wait to see the faces of my mum, my boyfriend and everyone else when they open their presents. It's so exciting.

Do you open you Christmas presents morning or evening?
Well it depends where I am. If I'm at my dad's Christmas morning it'll be out at bed at 7am with my little brother to open them. But if I'm at home I tend to give myself a little lie in and get up around 8/9 however I still always go to my mums room first.

Handmade Christmas cards or bought?
There is something so lovely about hand-made cards however you can get some gorgeous bought ones too. I don't mind either way, it's the thought that counts :)

What is your favorite Christmas film?
The Grinch or Elf, two movies I can watch over and over and never get tired of!

What is your favorite Christmas food?
At Christmas I prefer all the sweets to the hot food (yes I'm weird) so I'm going to say the mini chedders in the big tubes, chocolate oranges and the big tins of sweets.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas whatever you have planned!

How gorgeous is all of this??

Sunday Funday!

Everyone loves Sunday's right? I have my on/off days with them. When I'm working Sunday's I hate them and I just don't get my sleep in that I've been looking forward too. However when I'm not working Sunday's it's utter bliss, I get a long lovely lie in and my boyfriend comes over and we get McDonald's breakfast and we just chill out for the day.

Today however I had work at 11:30, always a lovely start. However when I came home at half 3 I decided to start my Christmas wrapping, I love wrapping presents because everyone looks wonderful all stacked up and I just can't wait to give them out, I bought the cutest wrapping paper ever and our tree this year looks gorgeous :)

(this is only about half of what I need to do..)

Also recently this week I've been reading 'Interview with a Vampire' for my college English Language coursework which is always good because it's one of my favorite books and I've been snuggling up with lots of hot chocolates. The coming week I'm off all week and working the weekend so expect some more posts from me and I break up for the holidays on the 20th so I can't wait for long lie ins!
I also booked The Hobbit for me and my boyfriend on the 14th which is our 10 month anniversary // Current reads and hot chocolate // our gorgeous tree with my favorite colour decor // i'm now back to being brunette!

I found a lovely quote today from the Kiera Knightly 'Pride and Prejudice' which I absolutely adore:
“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.” ♡

Have you had a good week?

Busy Bee!

I've been a bad blogger I know, very bad indeed. I've been ever so busy these past few weeks, I've been working a lot, coursework has started at college and I've been Christmas shopping and spending a lot of time with my boyfriend and I haven't had much time to myself. However I will get more back into blogging as the holidays are coming up and Christmas will soon be over so I may cut my hours down at work. Today for you I have some purchases to show from when I spent a lovely weekend in Beverly!

Now I had a lovely little day out with my mum, auntie and grandma in Beverly, as it was a cold day we stopped off for a drink in Cafe Nero and had a lovely pub lunch with big burgers all round. I ended up buying some gorgeous little items as well! Also featured are my two pens from Paperchase which make writing at college so much nicer.

I got 2 pairs of jeans and the stripey top out of New Look for such a bargain! I got the 3 'classic' books for under a fiver out of a lovely little bookshop and I can't wait to sink my teeth in! I also had a little visit to the big Paperchase they have (heh) I ended up buying a new notebook for a college subject and I got 2 lovely little pens and a notebook for general items. I got the little Westie place mat for mum for Christmas she adores them and I decided to buy myself an advent calendar because I needed one for this year! I love the month were you get chocolate for breakfast. 

Moving on to the make up side! Out of boots I bought the Collection 2000 mascara and got the free Bedazzel  nail polish which looks amazing on! I then went to Superdrug who had an amazing 3 for 2 offer on all cosmetics and I ended up getting and MUA lipgloss, new face powder and my trusty eyeliner from Collection 2000. 

Overall I didn't spend as much as I thought as I got some lovely bargains. Since then I've tried the free nail polish and it looks fab on which I'm grateful I picked up. In the coming days from me you can expect some small reviews on my favorite items from the past few weeks, my empties from November and also my December She Said Beauty Box when it arrives. I know this post is rather overdue as are some others but I hope you can forgive me, this time of month does get rather stressful. I still haven't done all of my Christmas shopping either boohoo.

However one question, have you done all your Christmas shopping? :)