What I Got For Christmas 2015!

WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS 2015!

First of all, I'M BACK! And this time, I'm going to do this blog properly. Over the last week or so, I have planned a few future posts for the next month. (there will be more too though) I've decided that I am going to post at least one a week, every Friday at about 5pm (UK time), I might do a couple sometimes, but we’ll see how things go and how busy I am with school and my exams, so no promises on several posts a week!

This week’s post is about some of the things I got for Christmas; I'm not including everything as there is just too much and this post would be never ending, so instead, I've picked 12 things I got at random, including my two main presents.

1.  My first main present I got was off my dad and step-mum, which is a Crosley Cruiser record player in light blue. I’ve wanted a record player for ages, so when I found this one, I was like “I NEED IT!!” I liked this one as it is like a brief case, so it closes up and has a handle, making it easy to carry with you wherever you want to take it. It also has built in speakers, which are a lot louder than I was expecting, although you can still plug larger speakers or amplifiers in if you really want to. This inside of the lid part is white with ‘CROSLEY’ written on it, and the actual part for playing the records is black. If your into your music, I would definitely recommend one of these as they give off a different kind of vibe to just downloading a song or listening to a CD. They also aren’t that expensive either, but buying the vinyl records to play on it can get a little pricey, especially newer albums.                                     

                                       

2.  As I got the player, I of course got given some albums to play on it. Off my dad and step-mum, I got: Arctic Monkeys – AM, Taylor Swift – 1989, Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were, and Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind. I then got Adele – 25 of my step-mums mum too. Although all these are pretty new albums, they all sound really different on vinyl as it isn't perfect quality due to the way they are made, which it what I really love about it. Considering I got money for Christmas too, I decided to buy a few more. These were: Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love, and the old Grease soundtrack.

                                        

    
3.  As you may or may not know, I love Zoë Sugg's beauty range (Zoella), so I received the ‘Cosy Toesy’ set. This includes a pair of cute, fluffy socks that are blue with white polka dots and a tube of the ‘Soak Opera’ bath and shower cream, which smells AMAZINGGG! The socks are really cosy and comfy, and the bath and shower cream is great, even for sensitive skin (which I have) but it doesn't irritant my skin one bit, which is another reason why I love this product! I've put the socks back in the box to show you what it looks like by the way, I don’t keep them in it!

                                        
4. To go along with my socks and keep me nice and toasty, I got a blanket/ throw, that's super fluffy and massive too! I'm unsure of the brand as I have thrown away the packaging, but if I find out I’ll let you know! Now, you know you have a good blanket when your cat uses it more than you do. She literally gets under the blanket and goes to sleep for hours on end. She loves it! This blanket is like a mocha brown colour, with dark brown and white patterns on it that are very pretty, and it goes with my stag and tartan bedding perfectly!

                                        
 5. My other main present was an outfit for Christmas day, which is a bit of a tradition we have, and every year, I choose an outfit I want to wear on Christmas day and I'm not allowed it until Christmas morning, so it’s all wrapped up along with my other presents. From this outfit, the plain white, long sleeve roll neck top is from ASOS, the glittery, very festive tights are from Dorothy Perkins, although I picked them up in Outfit. The pinafore dress is from Topshop and is a dark green colour, but looks kind of black in dull lighting. I still love it though! The boots are from Topshop too. I've wanted Chelsea boots for ages and always stole my sisters, so when I was picking the outfit, I thought boots would go really well with it and found the perfect pair from the Topshop website. Finally, the coat is from Zara, which I actually got in September because it was in the sale and I loved it, but I still only got it on Christmas day.

                                       
6. This present wasn't part of the outfit I picked, although I saw it and really wanted it, not knowing my dad was buying it at the time, so I also wore this on Christmas day as I thought burgundy and dark green so well together. This hat is from Primark and its sort off floppy, but not really floppy, as I don’t like really big hats on me, so this one was perfect!

                                           
7. Off my brother, I got Zoë Sugg’s ‘Girl Online’ in paperback. I had already read this book as I have the hardback version, but the paperback is a lot smaller but thicker, making it easier to take it with me on the bus, train, or wherever I'm going to, so I'm very happy he bought it for me and it’s one of a few books that I like so much that I re-read it!

                                          
8. My brother also got be one of ‘The Great British Bake-off’ recipe books too, which is full of Mary and Paul’s recipes, and some others that were made on the programme, as he knows how much I like watching it and how much I like baking things too, especially things I haven’t made before!

                                          
 9.  Along with these books, he also got me an adorable silicone set of six mini owl cake moulds that I can use to create little edible owls out of. It’s so cute! I'm also going to use the cake recipes out of the book and change them from traditional cupcakes shape to the owls, which, as well as looking amazing, will taste amazing too. You have no idea how much I love cake...

                                              
10. Next, off my sister, she bought be a little solar powered pug that’s like of them beckoning cats which are a common Japanese figure. They have one in my chippy down the road, and I always say I want one; to receive a pug version is so cool because I really want an actual pug. I still want a traditional cat one though! It’s called Edmond too, which we all find hilarious because we find everything hilarious, including ourselves.

                                          
11. Another present off my sister was a leopard print travel Tangle Teezer. I have one of the original ones too, but sometimes I use small bags, and I can’t fit it in, so she thought it would be a great idea to get me a travel size one. This is better to take with me because it has a cover for the bristles too. This way, they won’t get bend or broken, so hopefully it will last longer than my first ever Tangle Teezer I had, which lasted like, 6 months, but could have lasted longer.

                                         
12. The final present I am going to be writing about is off my bestest ever friend, Kathryn, who I have known since Nursery. As well as getting me a Mumford & Sons t-shirt from when we went to see them in Manchester (which was INCREDIBLE!!) she bought me Urban Decays Naked Smokey eyeshadow palette. I have wanted this from when it first came out, but I could never get it because I couldn’t afford it as I don’t have a job yet. It’s now my go-to eyeshadow palette for whenever I go out, even if it’s just to town or something because I love it so so much. I'm not going to go into too much detail about it because I'm going to do a separate post on it with all the swatches of each shadow and stuff, so let’s just say, it’s very beautiful and I love every colour in it, which is very rare for me.

                                         

So, these are some of the things I got for Christmas, along with many others that I am very grateful for. Just to throw it out there, I’m not doing this to show off about what I’ve got, I’m doing it because I just thought some of you might be interested in what I got, as I know I love watching videos and reading blogs about what other people got, because I’m nosy sometimes. Is that bad? I don’t know. Anyway, thank you all for reading this and leave any suggests for future posts below! I realise this is quite long, so well done if you made it this far! Give yourself a pat on the back!

Thanks again for reading! Emily x