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Hello!

Nine sleeps until Christmas!! Can you believe it?! I am so excited! 

Our house is extremely Christmassy! We decorated last weekend, with a real 7ft Christmas tree in our tiny living room. Our living room is so so small, the smallest I've ever seen, yet David insisted that if we did not have a real, huge tree, it wouldn't be Christmas. I was skeptical to say the least, but am so pleased with it! It is beautiful and has made our living room so cosy and Christmassy, it's perfect! 

I know this will be my 23rd Christmas, however I am still amazed every morning I wake up how dark & cold it is! I keep worrying our clocks are wrong and it is, in fact, the middle of the night as I'm on my way to work! I do love wrapping Lily up warm though, every time we leave the house, in her adorable boots, jackets- and how amazing is her pom pom hat?! I hate having to take it off of her, it is just the cutest thing!

I've been making myself feel as Christmassy as possible to get me through these last few days at work. I've painted my nails red & sparkly and been putting on my candied ginger body butter so I can smell Christmas all day! All the children at work are so excited too, and I've been getting lots of cute cards to 'Miss'! Only four and half more days until the Christmas holidays!

All of my Christmas shopping is completely finished and most of the presents are wrapped and under the tree, only a few more to go! This year we've been buying presents for all the Children in the family and a few close relatives, and all the other adults I've been making Christmas jars, inspired by Becky. I got hold of the jars for 80p each at Ikea, and have been filling them with festive socks, little foil wrapped Christmas chocolates, mini Soap and Glory goodies & tiny gingerbread men soaps for the women, and festive socks, Christmas chocolates,  mini Baileys, little original source shower gels & old fashioned wooden puzzles for the men. I then decorated them with red ribbons, candy canes and gift tags. I'm really pleased with them! Super cheap, but super cute treats for Christmas!

How are your Christmas preparations going?

x ♥

fairy lights, snow, tags and oopsie-daisy!!!

I do apologise to all of you for neglecting my blog this week, I have been so very very busy!!! But my main deadlines were for today, the only other deadline I have is a presentation I have to give on Tuesday, then Im done. And I can enjoy christmas!! And I promise I will try my hardest not to leave my blog soooo long again, but i do very much appreciate all the lovely lovely comments you have all been leaving me :) I have had quite a tough week, but have been checking daily and you are all wonderful!!!

Some things I have enjoyed this week in my very few spare moments to relax are:

my new kinder egg toys- my goodness i just felt like the luckiest girl in the world when I found them in the middle of my eggs!!- they are the cutest little kinder egg toys I have ever seen!!

My fairy lights- how wonderful they are!! They make me feel so christmassy and peaceful, even when I have been stuck in books researching and writing and writing away at essays!!

Christmas decorations- I am only here in our little flat untill wednesday, when I am off home for christmas, but me and my boyfriend decided to decorate it anyway, and it cheered us up lots and lots!!!
Scummy pudding- vanilla angel delight with chocolate sprinkles, and a sweet cup of tea!! Perfect :)
Snow!! Snow snow snow!! It has snowed and snowed this week, making me so very excited!!!!! Very very christmassy and wonderful and magical!!!!!

Other lovely things that have made the work much more bearble this week have been your beautiful comments, phonecalls home, cuddles before bedtime, secret whispers, compliments from my tutor, lots of laughs, planning for christmas, finding out I will be watching my little brother in his christmas play next thursday, and being tagged an amazing 3 times!!!

My first tag was from the lovely girl hrose with the most wonderful and fascinating blog,capture the castle. It is quite a tricky tag where you are only allowed to answer with one word, but lots of fun!! Here are my answers:

Where is your mobile phone? pocket

Where is your significant other? here

Your hair colour? brown

Your mother? caring

Your father? funny

Your favourite thing? art

Your dream last night? peaceful

Your dream goal? mother

The room you're in? bedroom

Your hobby? art!!!

Your fear? loss

Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy

Where were you last night? home :)

What you're not? confrontational

One of your wish-list items? necklace

Where you grew up? England

The last thing you did? shopping

What are you wearing? skirt

Your TV? fuzzy

Your pets? kitty-cat

Your computer? slow

Your mood? happy

Missing someone? family

Your car? none!

Something you're not wearing? coat

Favourite shop? topshop

Your summer? lovely

Love someone? yes

Your favourite colour? pink/purple/red (i cant decide!!!!!!!)

When is the last time you laughed? today

When is the last time you cried? yesterday

Now I shall tag the ever so special little angel lottie from the tea drinking english rose and the ever so sweet sprinkle from {sprinkle} tiaras atop our pastel hair;;

My second tag is from the wonderfully sweet sprinkle with the magical blog {sprinkle} tiaras atop out pastel hair;;. For this tag I must list 6 things that make me happy, and then 6 wonderful bloggers!!!

1. Going home to visit family. I miss them so very much when I am at uni, and its wonderful to be at home again, and just to sit and watch tv with them suddenly seems so very special!!

2. Cuddles. A big big hug from someone you love and who makes you smile, especially ones you didnt expect.

3. Spending an evening watching a lovely film, snuggled up with my boyfriend and a cup of tea. I would much rather do this than go out clubbing, which some find very strange for someone of my age!! But it makes me happy.

4. Handwritten notes, from someone I care about; my little brother, my boyfriend, a friend, a simple card from a relative- theres something so special and personal about them.

5. Looking through old photographs and remembering wonderful memories.

6. Browsing market stalls, charity shops, anique shops- anywhere quirky or unusual where i can find a real treasure and be inspired by all the beautiful things there.

And now the 6 lovely people I choose to tag are:

The girly raspberry jam and maple syrrup
The cute "I can watch a sunset on my own"
The arty inside the cabinet of wonder
The lovely capture the castle
The sweet the yellow elephant
The magical end of march

I wish I could tag all of you lovelies, I really do!!!

My third tag is a very exciting tag, again from sweet sprinkle. It is called the fairy wishes tag, where I must write down all of my fairy wishes, then sprinkle them somewhere. She came up with this tag herself, too, and it is just the most delightful idea!! I have prepared all of my fairy wishes today, which was such a lovely thing to do, and put them in this little jar I decorated, I will take this out with me on a walk tomorrow, with my camera, and find somewhere special enough I would like them to be sprinkled!!! I will post the pictures from this, and tag other lovely fairies, as soon as I can.I am feeling rather guilty and bad, amoungst all sweetness of all of you lovely souls. I decided this evening to celebrate us meeting very important deadlines, I would make me and my boyfriend a very special dinner. I made mash potato, vegtables, and chicken in a red wine and onion sauce, which I made myself. I was very pleased with the result, and the first few bites tasted delicious. And then I noticed a speck of red, and some pink in my chicken. It wasnt cooked properly. I was so sure I had cooked it properly, but it was hard to tell because of the sauce. So instead of celebrating this evening, I have given us food poisoning. Oh dear. We are both rather poorly, was painful tummies. and I feel so guilty. But we do have a sense of humour, and although feeling rather horrible, are laughing about it. Oh dear!!

I am off to bed now with a hot water bottle to help my tummy. I wish all of you sweet dreams, and thank you again for your kindness and beautiful words that have made me smile and smile, even though I am poorly now. I wish you laughter and christmas joy, and promises that I wont leave it so long untill I post again!!

x ♥