Wednesday 24 December 2014

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve has to be one of my favourite days of the year, because for me it is a chilled day spent with family some doing last minute things and eating too many treats. My mum and I went into the local town near my grandparents',  My gosh their local town. That could be a whole post on its own. Lets just say I am glad I live where I do sometimes! Though they do have yummy bakeries (But not pretty bakeries- Not Insta worthy ;) ) and a lot of shops, useful for our last minute shopping for extra wrapping paper and decorations for our gingerbread house

This evening has consisted of icing the gingerbread house, (shop bought... cheating but we do have to stick the sides together!) a task that I both love and hate because seriously I just want it to look pinterest perfect haha but then my icing smudges and unfortunately I may snap at my mum for not being helpful enough. Bless her. I will share photos of it soon though! I was kind of going for a simple 'Scandinavian Look' with swirly icing and minimal colours, just red white and pink. Next on the Chilled Christmas Eve agenda is reading Harry Potter in the bath with my Lush Christmas Eve bath bomb, something thats turned into a bit of a tradition over the past 3 years.


I hope everyone has a really Merry Christmas! 



Thursday 11 December 2014

Winchester Christmas Market 2014

This past weekend my mum and I took to the mainland for a trip to Winchester's annual Christmas market. 

We had a bit of a rocky start, getting on the wrong train which was going to... Cardiff. Yup. Good job we got off or we would have been a liiiittle bit off track. ;) 

One of the main reasons for going was for me to get a feel of the town, as Winchester University is one that I really like the look of. I loved it! The cathedral and old buildings with unique boutique's is perfectly suited to me, and of course the Christmas market made it even more quaint.

We went on a Saturday, and the crowds were pretty mental. With it not even being Christmas holidays yet I would recommend you take a sneaky day off school as I'm sure it is 100x quieter in the week. 
^The cutest café which would also be my dream house, on the right^

^ ornaments from my new favourite shop The Hambledon ^


 ^As soon as I was on the ferry home, I knew I would regret not buying this shirt. Oh well. The ever-lasting hunt for the perfect white shirt continues.^

Once we'd got the train back from Winchester, we had a couple of hours to spare so stopped for a sneaky Nando's, seeing as there isn't one on the Island. ^

^There were the CUTEST food stalls scattered around selling candy floss to mulled wine. Wishing I had bought some, now. ^


Winchester, I like you.