As I mentioned yesterday (or the day before), here is my Christmas outfit of the day. I couldn't decide between this dress or a skirt and top, but I decided this was most festive so I went with it in the end.
Dress - H&M
Tights - Asda Wedges - New Look Bracelets - Pandora (how cute is my new camera charm?) and a Christmas present Hope you all had a lovely, lovely day and filled up on lots of nice food!
Last night I had my annual Christmas party where I had my friends round for some nice food and our Secret Santa gift exchange. Although it wasn't really secret since we all said who we had bought our present for and then opened them. I never usually open any presents until Christmas, apart from one from my nanny which is usually pyjamas for us to wear on Christmas Eve.
I love making snacks so here are a few photographs of the food we had (I love food photographs). I don't know if this is something people in America eat, or if this is just a British thing, but I actually love cheese and pickled onions on cocktail sticks. So good!
Then we had some lovely cranberry and white chocolate cheese with crackers. Also very delicious, and I do love some nice cheese at Christmas time.
Some carrot batons and a dip selection of Asda. There was also bread sticks and Doritos to dip as well.
If you follow Bethany (Macbarbie07) on YouTube then you may recognise these from her videos last year. She got salted pretzels and melted Hershey's Kisses on top of them, and then topped them off with an M&M. The combination of salty and sweet makes them absolutely delicious. Unfortunately, I left them under the grill slightly too long and the chocolate burnt a bit, I was not amused. Apparently they still tasted just as good though. I also couldn't get Hershey's Kisses anywhere so I had to just use some squares of chocolate. I highly recommend trying these if you haven't already, even as just a snack for yourself.
If you know me, then you'll know I love to bake, and no party is complete without me making some cupcakes. To get into the festive spirit I made some candy cane peppermint cupcakes. I'll not go into too much detail about these though as I plan on putting the recipe for how to make them up in the next few days. I also didn't have enough icing to put on the amount I usually do which made me quite sad, but they worked out okay! Apparently I wasn't having such a good baking day.
Some hot food was also made as you can see from the table. We had some mini pepperoni pizzas for the meat eaters, and also some cheese ones. Then there was loaded potato skins with cheese and onion, cheese and tomato, and cheese and jalapeno. Then there was also egg fried rice, and some cheese bites.
Please, please let me know what type of snacks you make if you're having friends over, or just when you feel like making something nice. I love getting new ideas, and snacks are my favourite!
I thought I'd do a little Christmas gift guide for everyone, for gifts to buy your friend, your girlfriend, your mum, your sister, any of the girls/women in your life. I'll try not to pick things that are too expensive so that there's a range to choose from, no matter what your price range. Since I have a range of followers from the UK and US, I'll also try to choose items from both so that one isn't left out.
The first item I'm going to choose is this jewellery holder that is from Paperchase. It's very cute, and is also available in purple. It has a little tray at the base to store loose jewellery in, such as earrings or rings.
Another item from Paperchase (I love this store), a recipe binder. Perfect for any keen bakers who need somewhere to store all their recipes. It also contains stickers so you can label everything, and a dinner party planner.
Everyone loves slippers, no matter what your age! These ones look super comfy and soft and are from Urban Outfitters. I personally love slipper boots as they look much more cosy than normal slippers. These ones have a fairisle print on them so they look nice and festive.
Another gift from Urban Outfitters, these beautiful photo frames. They come in black, white, lilac and blue. My personal favourites are the black and the white, but the other colours are nice too.
A perfect present for any lover of beauty, the brand new Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. A present I would love to receive, or even buy myself as I'm very excited to ry it.
This is exclusively from Sephora, so unfortunately none of my UK followers can buy this, and it's a great gift. This is the Lash Stash collection and contains 10 mascaras, eyelash primer, eyelash glue, and a set of false eyelashes. I bought this for myself on my recent trip, and I also bought it last year, and it lasted me all year so it'a a great find.
You had to be expecting it, my Lush gift. I'm choosing only one, because I would happily suggest them all, but this is my favourite. This contains the products shown in the photograph, all which smell delicious. The UK receive the popcorn lip scrub however, and the US get bubblegum. I choose this as a present from my boyfriend for Christmas so I can't wait to get it!
Hope you all liked my gift guide for her. Stay tuned for my christmas gift guide for him!
What did you think of my choice of gifts? Would you have preferred more expensive gifts to choose from? What are you buying the women in your life for the holidays this year? Let me know!
I'm so excited to get to do this tag, as I love tags, especially anything that's themed with the holidays and Christmas. I was tagged to do this by Jessica at The Mod Mermaid so you should go and check out her answers too! Now, on to the questions...
1) Favourite Winter nail polish?
As mentioned in my November Favoruties post, my favourite nail polish for Winter is this one here, which is Jag-u-are by Essie. It is a beautiful sparkly red nail polish which is perfecct for the holiday season.
2) Favourite Winter lip product?
Since my lips are always so dry when it gets in the colder months I need to constantly apply some form of lip balm to my lips and for the past few months this has been my Baby Lips Lipbalms by Maybelline.
4) Most worn Winter clothing piece?
I bought this coat last year from H&M and it's my favourite coat when it's cold outside. I had wanted it the year before that but it sold out very quickly so I was so happy when I saw it again for sale last year. It's a parka style coat with a fluffy hood on the inside so it's super warm and cosy and I wear it almost time I go out anywhere. Also, the Wildfox Couture jumper is another thing which has become very common in my daily clothing.
5) Most worn Winter accessory?
Another piece I bought last year. This is from Forever 21 and I picked it up last year whilst I was in LA because it was starting to get a bit colder at night and I didn't bring enough clothing for that type of weather. I'm so glad I bought it because this is my favourite, favourite scarf, ever and I wear it so much, even if it doesn't really go with the rest of my outfit, although I think it goes with everything anyway.
6) Favourite Winter beverage?
I don't have a photograph for this as I have quite a few at the minute. Whenever I go to Starbucks I like to get either the Toffee Nut Latte from their Christmas menu, or else the Peppermint Hot Chocolate. Although over the past week I've realised how much I love the Hazelnut Hot Chocolate, with cream and cinnamon. So, so good.
7) All time favourite Christmas/holiday movie?
This was quite a hard decision for me to make as I love Christmas movies so much, and have at least 20 in my collection. I think if I could only watch one though it would have to be The Grinch. It's such a hilarious movie and I think I know every single line from it, it's such a quotable film! If I could choose another one I would also go with Elf as well for the same reason. I know every line from it as well and it's so quotable. My Facebook timeline is always filled with quotes from it whenever it's on TV.
8) Favourite Christmas/holiday song?
I'm choosing this song because it was literally the theme tune for my NYC trip with my friend, who I'm sure will be reading this at some point. It kept getting stuck in our heads the whole trip and we kept singing it randomly, except we didn't sing actual words, and I kept changing the end of it.
9) Favourite holiday food/treat?
Quite a hard one as I do love lots of holiday food and treats, but I bought some of this earlier today so I'm going to choose this as I actually love shortbread, especially when it has chocolate chips in it. This is star shaped so it's nice and festive!
10) What is your favourite Christmas decoration this year?
I have a lot of Christmas decorations but one of my friends got me this last year and it never got a chance to go on my tree so this was it's first year. It's so cute so I love it, but it's made of glass so I have to be careful with it incase my cat attacks the tree and breaks it (which he loves to do a lot).
11) What's at the top of your Christmas list this year?
I don't really have anything in particular that I want as I choose most of my presents so I already know everything I'm getting. I'll just say some good films and some nice smelling things from Lush. Or a keurig if anyone wants to get me one of those and ship it over since we don't sell them. I want one so bad!
12) What are your plans for the holidays this year?
The same as every year, do the rounds of the family's houses and get lots of nice food. Family, friends and food are the best things for this time of year. Also, my annual Christmas party should be fun too! I love making some nice food for that. FOOD!
I hope everyone enjoyed reading this post as I much as I enjoyed writing it for you all. I'm going to tag everyone in this post because I love to hear/read about anything Christmas/holiday themed so the more people who do it, the better! I particularly would like to hear from the following three people though....
I love making snacks so here are a few photographs of the food we had (I love food photographs). I don't know if this is something people in America eat, or if this is just a British thing, but I actually love cheese and pickled onions on cocktail sticks. So good!
Then we had some lovely cranberry and white chocolate cheese with crackers. Also very delicious, and I do love some nice cheese at Christmas time.
This is exclusively from Sephora, so unfortunately none of my UK followers can buy this, and it's a great gift. This is the Lash Stash collection and contains 10 mascaras, eyelash primer, eyelash glue, and a set of false eyelashes. I bought this for myself on my recent trip, and I also bought it last year, and it lasted me all year so it'a a great find. 
Quite a hard one as I do love lots of holiday food and treats, but I bought some of this earlier today so I'm going to choose this as I actually love shortbread, especially when it has chocolate chips in it. This is star shaped so it's nice and festive!
I have a lot of Christmas decorations but one of my friends got me this last year and it never got a chance to go on my tree so this was it's first year. It's so cute so I love it, but it's made of glass so I have to be careful with it incase my cat attacks the tree and breaks it (which he loves to do a lot).
