Getting into the Christmas Spirit

It’s about time I do this blog post and I have been away from my keyboard for quite a while now, so I think I owe all of you a decent, lengthy post.

It's only just hit me that it's nearly CHRISTMAS!!! Ooh sorry about that, that excitements been building for a while.

I feel it’s important that you guys know that I am snuggled on the sofa, in my pj’s listening to a Glee Christmas Album so you know that I am in the Christmassy mood!

When December rolls round I LOVE decorating my room and it is the perfect excuse to buy more candles... which leads to spending more money! Whoops!

As you can see in the picture above, I have included my advent calendar for this year which is a Thornton’s Snowman and his Snow dog calendar as nothing excites me more than revealing a fun shaped chocolate for 25 days!  (Not very good for your tummy now, though is it?!)

The album I am currently listening to is also featured in this post as it is so cheery, my favourite song being a Santa Baby cover. *sings 'Santa Baby and hurry down the chimney tonight!'* I know I am such a Gleek! But sweet, traditional christmas songs like Drummer Boy etc. are featured too! Another Christmas song I'm enjoying is Leona Lewis' new single, One More Sleep!

Featured either side of the image are these ornate gold candle holders with glittery “leaves” and vines. It looks pretty dangerous because of the spike sticking out but I am going to find a way of removing this (parental supervision if you’re under a certain age/still a child etc.) so I don’t have to stab my candles just so it can look pretty with this set. My Mum had given these to me when she found another perfect table centrepiece, but I am not sure where they are from as it has been a few years. Please do feel free to buy something similar to this, as they are absolutely gorgeous even when empty!

Speaking of candles I picked up this Festive Holiday gift set for £5 from my local Garden Centre, the brand being Heart & Home. It came with two miniature Christmassy candles and a glass candle holder. The Festive Cookie smells insanely good and I will buy the full size. The Christmas Surprise is a lot more subtle but refreshingly Christmassy (obviously my favourite word at the moment!) Not as exciting though…

Body Shop always pull out all the stops at Christmas and last year was the year of the Cranberry which happened to be irresistible and Limited Edition. Hoping that they bring back that awesome scent (which they have), we stocked up on the diffuser and the body spray  so we could use it this year. The diffuser is very effective and as soon as you walk through the lounge door, you smell the cranberries. The diffuser was £15 and the body spray was around the £7 mark* (don’t quote me on this price, it has been a year).

I hope this has helped you all get into the Christmas Spirit and Santa is bringing me a proper camera this year rather than my iPod! I hope!

<3 x