**Christmas: What I Wore and Gifts!**

Hi everyone! How have you all been?? How was your holiday? Mine was very lovely :) nothing too crazy or busy which is just the way I prefer to spend christmas. We spend it at my boyfriend's parents and they always do most of the festivities on christmas eve. We had a nice dinner and then opened all the gifts we got each other at midnight. I thought I'd share my look for the day and the gifts I got. Not to brag (I never even got presents for christmas before I moved to Canada!) but mainly because I always love seeing what other people got. If you don't like it, then just move along!

For my outfit my boyfriend's mom very kindly got me a dress right on the day before christmas. Unfortunately I don't have a good shot of it but it's a red maxi dress with a very pretty top half that's covered in glitter. I absolutely loved it and felt like a christmas princess! I paired it with some barrell rolls, red lipstick and....

Super sparkly pink nails! This nailpolish is Rockstar Pink by Sally Hansen on top of a generic red nail polish. I am sooooo in love with it. It's still on my nails and I keep admiring them at least ten times a day. Best sparkly nail polish ever.

Now on to the gifts! I got some really sweet thoughtful gifts that I did not expect at all. I never really make 'wish lists' because I like to be surprised and honestly don't really care what someone gets me. As long as it's thoughtful. You could get me a Hello Kitty lollipop and I'd be super excited!

The boyfriend said he wasn't getting me A book this year.. (which bummed me out because I was out of books to read) but turns out he got me 2 BOOKS this time. I'm already halfway through Furiously Happy (which is amazing and I'll do a review on it once I'm done) and isn't the cover of Secondhand Souls amazing??? The premise of it sounds good and I can't wait to dig my teeth into that one too!

He also got me a this super cute BB-8 mug and an adorable Kylo Ren Itty Bitty plush. Isn't it super cute? I kind of want all of them now including this giant Darth Vader! Isn't it the cutest thing ever?

He also got me a new straightener, but we all know what a straightener looks like and it's a plain black one! I love it mostly because now I don't have to use an adapter anymore (my old one was european voltage). I've still yet to try it but the reviews on it were good so it should be fine!

Something that you can't NOT get for christmas are socks and pj's! And the ones I received are super adorable ^^ Seems like the perfect combo to relax and drink tea in...

My boyfriend's sister always has such thoughtful gifts. She got me this gorgeous Little Mermaid hair brush from Loungely and red hairflower (both which she knew I needed/wanted) and some super pretty nailpolish (one of which glows in the dark!) that I can't wait to try out once I remove my current glitter polish. And a French Vanilla scented candle I forgot to include in this shot.

She even got our cat Zorro a little present! He's crazy about these things, even though the picture might make you think otherwise haha...

And lastly a family friend got me this super pink and cute Betty Boop travel bag! I love it so much! Now I just need an excuse to use it. Let's hope I get to go on a mini trip sometime soon.

And that's all folks! I can't believe it's almost going to be 2016 already.. There's a lot of things I'm excited about and I'll probably do a post on that either before or right at the beginning of the new year. 

Happy New Year everyone!

♥ Christmas in Canada ♥

Hello lovelies! It has certainly been a while.. my life has done a complete 180 and therefore this blog got a little neglected. I have so many pictures to share though so I reckoned I shouldn't procrastinate any longer and start posting some on here! Ready for the cold? :)

The day right before I arrived in Toronto, Canada there had been a huge ice storm.. it got me a little worried about my flight but luckily I had no delays whatsoever! All I got was some amazing scenery the next day (and a whole lot of icy coldness when I got off the plane, brrrrr). Anyway, all the trees (and everything else) was covered in ice and it sure did some insane damage I had never seen before...

I think I took these pictures on christmas day...  I arrived on christmas eve, got picked up by my lovely boyfriend and his friend at the airport and was welcomed by a wonderful family where I continued to stay for the next 4 weeks.

 Snoooooow everywhere! My first snow of the year! A white christmas after all ^^

This is some of the crazy damage the ice storm did. Branches just broke off and trees split right through the middle.

A few days later, on the 28th, we had a christmas (dinner) party where I got to meet even more amazing people! And finally had a good excuse to use my mini instax polaroid again :)

After a long night, the boyfriend and I went to Disney on Ice the next day. Obviously there were a lot of kids, but it was still awesome. The costumes, skaters and effects were amazing. I tried taking some pictures, but they just wouldn't stand still! I guess that's a good thing though..

Be our guest..

 I think this was Under the Sea!

After that we went to get some dinner and walked around downtown Toronto for a little bit (it was cooooold). The CN Tower even had christmas colors!

 HUGE CHRISTMAS TREE.

 The Times Square of Toronto...

 And of course... ice cream! Because it was cold and ice cream is awesome.

Those were the first few days of my Canada adventures. More to come soon when I can be bothered to sort and edit more pictures. I can tell you though: booking that ticket has been one of the best decisions I ever made n.n

Hope everyone is doing well and had a good start of 2014!

Xmas gifts and such. ♥

Since some of you asked me to share the gifts I got for Christmas, here's a little post about my Christmas! I in no way want anyone to think I'm bragging. To be honest, I didn't even really expect to receive any gifts since we don't really celebrate Christmas with presents in my family c: I already shared some of my early gifts in an earlier post, and the gifts in this post have basically all come through the regular mail!

The first gifts I received were from my Secret Santa(s) for Redditgifts. A lovely brother and sister from Ireland sent me some Hello Kitty goodies and the Scott Pilgrim dvd! And I got mail from Grace, which wasn't necessarily intended as a christmas gift but since it arrived around that time Im just gonna say it is :D I got a mermaid aquarium! Can you say AWESOMENESS!? Yes, I think you can.

I think I took these pictures right when school had finally ended and I indulged in some peanut butter chocolate loveliness and had the cutest little chocolate in my advent calender!

Omnomnoms

A day later a package from my friend Alexandra from Spain arrived! She has the best mail decoration skills. So many cute stickers and stuff. She spoiled me way too much with lots of adorable things.

Soon enough, it was Christmas day! I had a really good, fun and cozy Christmas without any drama and plenty of relaxation, Baileys and xmas songs n.n

Stars stars stars stars stars! Everywhere!

Oh and lets not forget about this amazing coat I got on sale at H&M! I got a black one too, but this is my favorite of the two. It's super soft and makes me feel like a rockstar.

Ugh this post is such a mess. I really got to improve my layout skills this year. Did you get any nice presents for Christmas? Please share!

**Merry Wishes**

Merry Christmas everyone! Or happy Hanukkah, or just happy cozy days.You get the idea right? Please enjoy whatever little (or big!) things you're doing as much as possible and make a wish for the new year n_n

A very Katy Christmas

Let's just take the time today to appreciate Katy Perry's amazing Christmas themed outfits...

Katy, to me, is the queen of being able to look funny, sexy, classy and cute all at the same time! She rocks those crazy outfits of hers every single time.

I'm a little worried though since she's apparently dating John Mayer and rumors already are going around that he's cheating on her (SURPRISE). He better not ruin her Christmas or I'll personally come and kick him in the christmas balls. Hmpf.

Present wrapping inspiration

Happy holidays! Wow I am SO happy not having school for two weeks. A much needed little break n.n I think I said the other day I was done Christmas shopping, but that was a BIG lie. I did basically everything today. It was so much fun! I constantly wished the rain would turn into snow though..

I'm no good at wrapping presents though, but I feel like I'm getting better at it every day! If you're a wrapping noob like me, here's a little inspiration!

Pompom and masking tape wrapping ♥  Printable holiday gift tags ♥  Gift jar ♥  Anthropologie pompom wrapping paper ♥ christmas washi tape ♥  Martha Stewart Candy Coins

A couple of my gifts are DIY gift jars with some people's favorite cookies or christmas tea. It's so cute and easy (and inexpensive!) and looks great with a nice christmassy ribbon with a tag tied around it. My wisdom for christmas shopping is: food is always good. If I don't know what to get someone I just get them some of their favorite snacks/candy/etc. and wrap it up nicely.

Christmas cheer!

Only 10 more days until Christmas! I recently started a ridicilously pink xmas Pinterest board! I'm dreaming of a pink christmas... It's kitschy and obnoxious and I absolutely love it! Whenever I feel massively depressed by all the busy and stressful days going on right now, I just sit and look at this board for a bit and already feel so much better n.n

I don't have a christmas tree here in my room, let alone a pink one! I don't really see the point investing in one when I probably wont be here during the holidays. I'll just wait until I can enjoy the ones at my parent's homes.

Regardless, my mom still got me some ornaments! And they're the best ornaments ever! Cupcakes and ice cream! Aaaah! She knows me too well. My chandelier is now officially my christmas tree. I just want to hang these somewhere all year round... I bet they'll look amazing on my future pink tree... 

She also got me this super cute kigurumi set. I had been eyeing for ages and apparently my mom magically knew I have been. I can't wait to get started! I've been wanting to get into kigurumi for so long and this will definitely help me to get started n.n

This is what I woke up to the day I went to visit my mom! We havent had awesome snow like this since then. Fingers crossed we will for christmas.

Yes, giving presents is a little messed up over here since we also have our own little holiday called 'Sinterklaas'. Since we don't really celebrate both that and christmas in a very grand way December is just a month in which we give each other cards and presents whenever we feel like it! I finally have all my cards sent and my presents wrapped. Now school just has to be over and I'll be a happy (snow) bunny.