Winter Wonderland

The Christmas festivities have taken over this week! Uni deadlines have been met and it is officially Christmas time :)  Whilst being cooped up in the library, I have not seen much of the winter fashion this week but I have found the odd moment to decorate home and we have our very own reindeer, Ralph!

 

It is nice and cosy at home, whilst we haven't got a tree up at uni, fairy lights and Ralph make it just as good.  The rooftops have turned frosty now so it look more Christmassy everyday :)

 

To celebrate with the girls, we cooked a HUGE Christmas dinner one evening! We had all the trimmings and our plates were piled so high with yummy food...I also had my first experience of bread sauce which I have to say is really yummy :) We had Michael Buble's Xmas album playing, crackers on the table and even mistletoe above the door.

 We ended the night curled up on the sofa's watching 'A Nightmare before Christmas' unable to budge due to too much food...but it was so worth it!

I have already been spoilt with presents too, Secret Santa with the girls at home and with my old placement girlies too...even Anna's mum sent me a lovely present.  My placement girlies bought me a personalised Cinderella book, I am Cinderella and they are the ugly sister, along with the rest of the bunch as the other characters like the fairy godmother.  They always say I am a Princess, so they turned me into a real life one :) it is such a lovely keepsake.

 

Secret Santa with the girls at home was so much fun, we all got amazing gifts and mine especially is fab! I have a few fashion books, British Fashion Designers and Coco Chanel, sat on my cherished bookshelf but my Secret Santa bought me another to add to my collection.  It is a catalogue of old Vogue front covers from many eras, the images are so vibrant and it is the best Secret Santa I have received! Here are some of the many pages from the book, some of my favourite covers:

I must have been very good this year, Santa has been so kind already and it is not even real Christmas yet!  Finally,  my presents were complete with a gift from Anna's mum.  It was wrapped so nicely...complete with a little keepsake bell on top :) I now have my own Cath Kidston mug yay! and a cute little trinket box for my room too.  I have always wanted my own Cath Kidston mug and now I have one, I have been very spoilt.

All this excitement has made it a great end to the uni term and I can't wait to get into the outside world again and venture into the land of Christmas fashion....seeing people all wrapped up and cosy with their festive accessories.  I can not wait to go back home and sit all cosy warm by the tree...but I am sure I can fit a few more Christmas cocktails with the girls first......