CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 12 DAYS!! For this post I thought it might be a good idea to share with you some throwback photos taken around ...

For this post I thought it might be a good idea to share with you some throwback photos taken around Christmas time! 

My family are definitely the kind who take lots of photos especially around Christmas so prepare yourself for a collection of lots of very Christmassy photos!

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 13 DAYS!! For today's post I wanted to share with you how I decorated my Christmas cookies! For the rec...

For today's post I wanted to share with you how I decorated my Christmas cookies! For the recipe I used the 'Heart Tree Cut Out Cookie' recipe from A Spicy Perspective

I used a range of different cookie cutters including Christmas Trees and circles (regular cookie shape) and put the cookie shapes into the oven for around 6-8 minutes. This gave them the perfect sugar cookie colour. I then put the cookies onto a cooling rack to allow them to cool down before decorating. (I actually ended up leaving them for a few days as I was so busy with work!)

Before making the cookies I decided to do some shopping to make sure I had the perfect decorations for how I wanted my cookies to end up. I found various different icing colours, Christmas decorations, edible colour sprays, gems and hundreds & thousands in my local supermarket for a very affordable price.

What's your favourite thing to bake around Christmas time?

Have an amazing day/night and I'll see you tomorrow for Blogmas Day 13!

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 14 DAYS!! As a massive fan of Instagram it was only a matter of time before this post happened and what bette...

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 15 DAYS!! Opening a stocking on Christmas morning is something that can be enjoyed by anyone of any age as it...

Opening a stocking on Christmas morning is something that can be enjoyed by anyone of any age as it's always an exciting way to start off Christmas morning! I have memories of when I was younger sitting on my parents bed opening our stocking presents all together!

So today I wanted to write a post that would hopefully help to provide ideas of how to create the perfect socking! (For those too old to receive presents from Santa of course!)

Most of the stockings I've recieved often contain some sort of jewellery or novelty items and chocolate & sweets and I feel like the best stocking presents include a mixture of both of these as well as something which may be personal to the person receiving the stocking.

Items Included 
(most of these items can be adapted to suit a mans taste)

Hand cream - especially good for the winter months when you need to keep your hands moisturized
Hand Warmers - probably my favorite item on the list to help you keep your hands warm. Especially useful for someone who always gets cold hands
Lip Scrub - I thought this would be a cute item to add to someones stocking and it's Christmas themed!
Novelty Items - novelty items are in my mind one of the best things you can put into a stocking, anything Christmassy is great!
Chocolate & Sweets - If you can't eat chocolate and sweets at Christmas when can you?
Nail Polish - Nail polish is mostly always a good idea for a stocking filler (unless buying for a man)

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 16 DAYS!! As you may or may not know, next Friday (18th December) is Christmas Jumper Day. This is basical...

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 17 DAYS!! This past weekend was mainly spent searching various shops for Christmas presents and also the odd b...

The next shop we visited was DP (Dorothy Perkins). This is probably one of my favourite stores and is somewhere I could spend ALOT of money! (the photos below were a collection of photos from both Saturday & Sunday in 2 different stores). It was here that I found the perfect pair of black heels! Shoes are definitely one of my weaknesses and I actually ended up purchasing more than one pair! Oops..

What your favourite part of shopping is? Is it the hours spent searching for bargains? Is it the trying on? Or is it the idea of having all new clothes? Let me know in the comments.