MERRY CHRISTMAS! | BLOGMAS DAY 24

Hi there!

I'm uploading this at precisely midnight, which means it's Christmas Day! I know that by doing this I'm sort of bending the rules, but I really wanted to make this last post just for Christmas Day - hence why I've called this post blogmas day 24 instead of 23.

I wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and I hope that you get to spend it with some of your favourite people, whether that is your mum, your sibling, your best friend or your partner.

I hope that you eat way too much food in the following days, so much, in fact, that you will want to sign up for the gym afterwards.

I hope that you have a Christmas on which you're having too much fun to take photo's.

I hope that you are kissed under the mistletoe - should you want to be kissed, of course.

I hope that you find happiness in the days that we tell the truth and think about others.

I hope that you find joy in giving your loved ones their presents and seeing their faces as they open it.

I hope that your abdomen will ache for days, from laughter.

I hope that your throat will be sore from singing Christmas carols and catching up with everyone.

I hope that family arguements will be put aside, even if just for the day.

I hope that you get to do the things you love, with the people you love.

And above all, I hope that, even if you don't get any of the things listed before, you will still feel the magic of Christmas, and recieve the hope for you and others to get through another year.

And maybe next year, you will have those things I hoped you would.

Merry Christmas.

Love,
Rosaly

THE INSTAGRAM TAG | BLOGMAS DAY 22

Hi there!

I know I said that I was going to upload 4 Christmas party outfits, but my friend who was going to help me take the photo's has issues at home and couldn't come, so I had to come up with something else.

Last year, Laura tagged everyone who felt the need to fill in this instagram tag, and as Instagram is one of my favourite social media platforms and I'm really looking forward to spending my entire afternoon looking back at old photos so... here we go!

What is your most recently posted photo on Instagram?

RECIPE: CHRISTMAS LUNCH | BLOGMAS DAY 21

Hi there!

I know I said this yesterday, but CHRISTMAS. It's literally almost here and I couldn't be more excited! I honestly want to ashshdfjdfl away in caps, but I won't, because that's a little bit inappropriate. Although. This is my own blog, after all.

AFHSJFHFHGVNISFH... - just kidding.

Moral of the story, I'm excited. For Christmas, should you be wondering.

A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS PART 4 | BLOGMAS DAY 20

Hi there!

Only four days left to Christmas and I can't contain my excitement any longer, like, I'm honestly about to explode...

As I really do want to round up A Merry Little Christmas for you, so... Here is the fourth and first to last part of A Merry Little Christmas. I'm sorry it's not too long, but I'm really really tired right now, and I want the last one to be a bit longer, so...

RECIPE: NIOMI'S NON ALCOHOLIC MULLED 'WINE' | BLOGMAS DAY 19

Hi there!

Today I wanted to really submerge us all in the Christmas spirit and give you this recipe for non alcoholic mulled 'wine'. If you haven't got any kids or pregnant women around and you don't have to drive home tonight, you can easily make this alcoholic by replacing the grape juice for red wine.

RECIPE: GRANDMA'S APPLE PIE | BLOGMAS DAY 18

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Today I wanted to share with you a recipe that I 'learned' from my mum, who learned it from hers. It's a classic in our family, and it's probably one of the simplest and most basic pies you could think of. That doesn't mean it's not absolutely delicious. It's an option for every birthday and every party, because who doesn't like apple pie? If you don't like apple pie, no offense, but why not? It's so good!

WHY THERE WAS NO BLOGPOST YESTERDAY | BLOGMAS DAY 17

Hi there!

As you may - or may not - have noticed, I didn't upload a blogpost yesterday. Today's blogpost is kinda cheating because I'm going to explain why that was.

I was busy. So incredibly busy.

It's a shitty excuse, but unfortunately, it's true. Yesterday was our school's Christmas gala, and throughout the entire day - 6am to 7pm - I had exactly 4 hours to bake an apple pie, buy a mask - it was a masked gala, called 'Hidden Faces'; super fun, but a little less convenient in my planning - and get ready - aka curl my hair, which takes at least two hours, do my make up, and find some wearable tights.

RECIPE: CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST | BLOGMAS DAY 15

Hi there!

As I'm kind of a cooking fanat - you know all about it huh - I thought that I would start a sort of 'series' of three blogposts in which I give you my recipes for my version of classic Christmas day food! That means breakfast, lunch AND dinner! With today the first part, breakfast.

A CHRISTMAS MAKE UP LOOK | BLOGMAS DAY 14

Hi there!

Today's blogpost is going to be more photos than words, because I'm showing you my go-to Christmas make up look! I basically would choose this over any make up look for a Christmas party. Gold glitter eyeshadow is a Christmas classic and so is the red lip. I love it.

A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS PART 3 | BLOGMAS DAY 13

Hi there!

I totally forgot to write a post for today and it's now 20:38 PM so I'm just gonna jot down another part of 'A Merry Little Christmas', hope you enjoy!

RECIPE: SUPER EASY CHRISTMAS COOKIES | BLOGMAS DAY 12

Hi there!

Today I have for you a super duper easy but very delicious and - most important of all - very Christmassy recipe for cookies. You'll be done and ready to go in the oven in only 20 minutes time and you can save them for three to four days.

SOME THINGS I BOUGHT FOR WINTER - AND MY BLACK & WHITE WARDROBE PROBLEM | BLOGMAS DAY 11

Hi there!

Welcome back to blogmas! Today, I'm going to do something that I've been meaning to do for a little while now, and I might be a bit late, but it's a winter H&M haul!

A few weeks back, I popped into the H&M and came out with three stuffed plastic bags FULL of winter clothes. I spent over €100,- which was also a goal in my Day Zero Project, so I thought I would combine the two and show y'all what I bought.

MY CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES - MOVIES | BLOGMAS DAY 10

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I can't believe it's blogmas day 10 already, only 15 more posts to go... And I have so many ideas and so little timeeeeee, aaaaagh.

Anyways, today I'm going to be listing my top ten Christmas movies :) I am an absolute sucker for Christmas movies, especially when they have a happy ending - weh I know, it's cliche -

MY CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES - SONGS | BLOGMAS DAY 9

Hi there!

Welcome to day 9 of blogmas! Today I have for you quite a simple blogpost, but for Christmas quite an essential one, because I'm going to tell you what my fifteen all time favourite Christmas songs are. Most of them are classics, but there's a few newer ones as well - might have included the Biebs #sorrynotsorry #itstoolatenowtosaysorry #worstjokeever -

A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS | PART 2 | BLOGMAS DAY 8

Hi there!

Intro is going to be very short; I'm uploading the next part of 'A Merry Little Christmas' today. Hope you enjoy. End of story.

;)

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE FOR HER | BLOGMAS DAY 7

Hi there!

Today I have for you: a Christmas gift guide. I always struggle finding the right Christmas presents for people and as I have come along a few things the past weeks that I myself would really like to get for Christmas, I thought I'd share those things with you and I hope that maybe you get some inspiration out of it. I've put the Amazon UK prices behind the titles, pretty much everything is under or around 10 pounds.

LESGO!

IT'S NOT WEAK TO SPEAK | MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK | BLOGMAS DAY 6

Hi there!

Welcome to blogmas day 6, but today I'm kinda going to be breaking up the Christmas trend and make room for something else. This week, is Mental Health Awareness Week, and as I myself suffer from a so called 'mental illness', and I know people who do, I wanted to say something about it.

I'm telling you now, this is going to be a pretty long post, but I would very much appreciate it if you'd read it, because this topic is so important to me.

HOLIDAY READS | BLOGMAS DAY 5

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As I said in yesterday's post, I had a Holiday Reads finished and ready to go up, but my father didn't allow me to take a few photos in good lighting and instead took me to Waterstones where we got lost in tons and tons of books. But, today I managed to snap a few good ones of my ADORABLE Chrismassy flat lay, so here it is: my Holiday Reads.

A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS | PART 1 | BLOGMAS DAY 4

Hi there!

I am so incredibly sorry this post is uploaded so late at night. It's past midnight, which means it's officially already day 5 of blogmas, but since I stayed up until 1AM especially for you, I think we can ignore that fact for this one time.

Today I originally wanted to upload my Holiday Reads for you, but my dad decided to drag me out of the house and not let me go back until after sundown. So there I was, nearly crying my eyes out on the extremely grainy and unacceptable quality of my photos, when I thought of something.

A little while ago, I started writing a Christmas story. It is not near finished, and it's not going to be very long, but I think it'd be fun if I'd post it in three or four - or more - parts this blogmas. It's not like a masterpiece or anyting, it's quite cliché, but hey, it's Christmas. Yay or nay? Well, I guess you don't have anything to vote on anymore, because here's the first part, I hope you enjoy!

RECIPE: GINGERBREAD FILLED WITH ALMOND PASTE | BLOGMAS DAY 3

Hi there!

Today I'm officially going to dive into Christmas, starting with a recipe for gingerbread. There's nothing more Christmassy that a good chunk of gingerbread with almond paste. This recipe is ridiculously easy - I'M SERIOUS - and equally delicious.

NOVEMBER FAVOURITES | BLOGMAS DAY 2

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Welcome to day 2 of blogmas..

As it's now December and I haven't done my November Favourites yet, I thought it would be good to do those today, before we go into the hardcore Christmas stuff.

I would also like to apologise for the quality of the photos in this post. School, cameras and winter lighting don't make very good ones...

Moving on.

FIRSTLY. ADELE. WOW. SHIT. SORRY, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.

SURPRISE! | BLOGMAS DAY 1

Hi there!

Surprise!

Well, this might not be a very big surprise, as I've already announced this on Twitter AND Instagram, but, it is nevertheless exciting to now be uploading the first (should've been second, yes then Rosaly, great start) post of BLOGMAS 2015.

Anyway.

Maybe not all of you peeps know what blogmas is, hence why the first post is completely dedicated to explaining the entire thing. #LAZY, I know.