Hey Sweeties,
How are we already on day 20 of Blogmas?! This month is just zooming by but I find this also with my birthday month (August) -anyone else find this?
Today’s post I had initially scheduled to post my 2014 favourites but with work and Christmas preparation getting in the way I just haven’t had the time to get my thoughts together for this, but I will aim to get this up within the next couple of days!
Today I had a spontaneous couple of hours with my Mum which was great and we spent the time having a little mooch around Windsor which is a place I love for this kind of thing. Being so near to Christmas it certainly wasn’t a shopping trip but I did pick up a couple of things…
First was this set of four Christmas dinner plates which were actually in an Oxfam shop and for a very reasonable £1.49 each. Some people do revolt at the thought of charity (thrift) shops but you know what? I have shopped in these places all my life and the bargains I have picked up completely make it worth while. I mainly pick up books but from time to time I will find other things… such as these plates! Mum actually very kindly treated me to them and I will either use them to plate up Christmas lunch or I’ll use them as serving dishes for vegetables. I love the holly design around the edge and I am excited that these will now become part of my Christmas traditions.
Asides from my growing collection of Yankee Candle tea lights I am getting with the advent calendar each day, and a special Christmas candle I am saving for Christmas day, I am without any candles at the moment. Some may ask what the big deal is but a house in winter without candles burning in the evening for me is unthinkable! So while in TK MAXX I picked up this Gingerbread scented candle which as you can imagine will fill the house with wafts cinnamon.
To be honest this is the first seasonal candle I have bought as I prefer fresh, subtle fragrances and I find many of the Christmas scents can be too overpowering and/or too sweet but this one seems that perfect balance of being scented and subtle. For £5.99 I thought it was worth a go!
How are you guys getting on with getting ready for Christmas? Anyone cooking lunch for the first time? (*puts up hand*). On Friday (yesterday) I finished work for 2014 and am excited to now have two weeks off to relax, see friends and family, watch Christmas films and eat some yummy treats!
Tomorrow I have one of my best friends visiting and at the moment I am not too sure what we’ll be doing. I have no doubt we’ll end up in Windsor again but I fancy a nice lunch somewhere and some girl talk! I’ll keep you posted…
Until tomorrow x
