Hi there!
I woke up early one morning this week and failed to get some sleep again, so I went to have some gingerbread cookies for breakfast, and lay down on the sofa with my laptop. All of a sudden I heard some jingling from the area of the living room where the Christmas tree stands. I saw little Bimbo play with one of the ornaments, the gleaming balls, with Emi watching them with huge kitten eyes (the same eyes she had when she was just a baby and everything was new and super exciting)!
I went back to my laptop, did some usual morning checking for Symphonicats, and when I turned back to see if they were still playing with the tree decorations: oh my I just couldn't believe my eyes.
There was no Bimbo on the floor. There was a Bimbo in the tree!
Little Emi let out confused meows and rotated around the tree like a small moon, and Bimbo just kept climbing some branches upward. He stopped to play with the strings of the tree every now and then, sometimes marking the decorations as his property by rubbing his chin on them. He kind of blended in with the low-light of the living room, but you could catch a twinkle of joy in his eyes when seeing him! Mr Bimbo is the cutest!
And I have a strong feeling little Emi does not get her holiday spirit to fade soon: she has found a new people-stalking place from the Christmas decoration box! She just likes to sit there and watch our days roll by... if she's not with Bimbo rolling away her own day through sleep and cuddles! ☺
Another way to see she's just as excited for Christmas as us (be it pre-, during or post-) is that she rolls over wherever there are gifts still wrapped in boxes or hidden in bags! It's kind of like she would say "you missed one, let me show you by being a cutie-pie which one you almost forgot!" ☺
"...now get me food!" Every time our little girl is hungry, she not only walks in front of whatever we're doing and starts meowing, but she also begins to wrestle with her best buddy Bimbo if we're not attentive enough! I always get blurry photos when I try to capture them on pictures, but I guess it adds to the abstract art? We could all use some art every now and then, and if it's about cats, it's even better!
I also captured this picture of Emi, which reminds me so much of the little kitty she was two years ago! Here's a tiny-like-Emi comparison, but heed my warning when I say you might die from an overload of cuteness!
What I first want to show you is this beautiful scarf made by my maternal grandpa, who has been for a long time and still is inpatient at a hospital. He probably made this before getting problems with his health, as he barely can sleep in the current room he spends all his days in. But he is getting better and better, and he is on the positive side of recovery, and I can't wait for him to come home so we can share laughs like the wonderful grandpa he is! Until then I will enjoy this scarf, which has a bronze ornament exclusively chosen by my grandmother. ☺
Bottom: a gift as a gift! This piece of paper is so much more than campfire material: it basically says that for three (3) months I will get a box of beauty products, with costs already taken care of! Around the beginning of next month I will get one box of cosmetics, the next ones come in February and March. If I like what I receive, I can continue my subscription! What a lovely surprise! ☺
Here we have something I had been enthusing over for a very long time, when I needed some rock/grunge style in my makeup collection: Maybelline's eyeshadow palette in The Rock Nudes. I already own The Blushed Nudes, but because one of my other eyeshadows practically exploded in my travel makeup bag, it suffered from a lot of problems and now is somewhere on the bottom of my collection, collecting dust, dirty as it is. I wish I could clean it into a whole new customised palette, something as beautiful as its Rock cousin! I can't wait to use this palette, and I have to personally thank Father Christmas and Mum for bringing it home to makeup-mama Pella! ☺
Middle: a Star Wars notebook from my classmate and great friend Greta! I told her on my last days of school that I'd be going to see Rogue One in the cinemas the day before my surgery, and so she bought this pretty notebook with a Stormtrooper on it! I wasn't allowed to open it until Christmas Eve, so the surprise was multiplied from the curiosity and excitement. It was such a kind act, and the theme was definitely correct!
From my paternal grandmother I got money, and I decided to spend at least some of it on my relatively new full-on love: makeup!
The first find was a new foundation, as my old one had somewhat dried out and become almost unusable. Mum and I had read and heard great things about a super affordable and high-quality makeup brand, NYX, and I was really happy to hear they had it in a shop called Emotion at our nearest shopping centre, Jumbo! So that's where we went the other day, just few days ago, and we found the perfect foundation for me on the first try. Now, as you know, I'm pale as a ghost, so foundation has to be ultra light for it to work, and as I said, we found the right one on the first try! This is the Stay Matte But Not Flat liquid foundation by NYX, in the shade Ivory.
Second purchase was a Full Throttle Lipstick by NYX, in the shade Jolt. I had been wanting an orange-red lipstick ever since last summer, and finally I got my hands on the perfect affordable one!
Now, this is the perfect item for my inner goth: NYX's Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in the shade Alien. It's a pitch black lipstick that I can't wait to use for concerts! Maybe the Ghost concert in April would be perfect? I actually think it would! ☺
I had been wanting a taupe eyeshadow as a friend to my orange lipstick, so Mum and I went to Kicks, a small makeup shop, to search for it. I got my hands on the perfect eyeshadow by Make Up Store, which is not a matte but not a shimmery shadow, something in-between instead. There were actually a few options to choose from, and this was the closest to the one I had imagined the perfect taupe shadow to be. It's also a soft autumn/cool summer colour, for those interested in colour and clothing, but I don't think my patience is strong enough to hold until autumn, as I'd like to wear this for winter already. Perhaps I could mix it with another colour, so it fits my soft summer kind of style? ☺
I had been loving my Vaseline Spray Moisturiser last winter so much I got perhaps a little too excited and used it up fairly quickly... Now I have another one in Aloe Soothe, in difference to Essential Healing, my old one. I actually bought it yesterday, so I still have to begin using it, though I'm rather convinced that I won't be disappointed!
Lastly I bought a new mascara yesterday, from the same grocery store where my Vaseline Spray Moisturiser was found. I searched for the best drugstore mascara and through different reviews ended up buying L'oréal Paris's Mega Volume Miss Hippie mascara. I have yet to try it out, but I sincerely wish it was a great purchase - at least according to the internet it was!
Here's a little cuddle for your day! Have a nice morning, day, evening and night, the last of 2016 - I certainly will!
See you next year! ☺
Little Emi let out confused meows and rotated around the tree like a small moon, and Bimbo just kept climbing some branches upward. He stopped to play with the strings of the tree every now and then, sometimes marking the decorations as his property by rubbing his chin on them. He kind of blended in with the low-light of the living room, but you could catch a twinkle of joy in his eyes when seeing him! Mr Bimbo is the cutest!
And I have a strong feeling little Emi does not get her holiday spirit to fade soon: she has found a new people-stalking place from the Christmas decoration box! She just likes to sit there and watch our days roll by... if she's not with Bimbo rolling away her own day through sleep and cuddles! ☺
Another way to see she's just as excited for Christmas as us (be it pre-, during or post-) is that she rolls over wherever there are gifts still wrapped in boxes or hidden in bags! It's kind of like she would say "you missed one, let me show you by being a cutie-pie which one you almost forgot!" ☺
"...now get me food!" Every time our little girl is hungry, she not only walks in front of whatever we're doing and starts meowing, but she also begins to wrestle with her best buddy Bimbo if we're not attentive enough! I always get blurry photos when I try to capture them on pictures, but I guess it adds to the abstract art? We could all use some art every now and then, and if it's about cats, it's even better!
I also captured this picture of Emi, which reminds me so much of the little kitty she was two years ago! Here's a tiny-like-Emi comparison, but heed my warning when I say you might die from an overload of cuteness!
Now, referring to the title, without any further ado let me show you - seven whole days later - what I got for Christmas this year!
I'll go just as with previous years - picture and explanation - but this time with a few photo collages and perhaps a better way of showing my feelings with each present. Enjoy!
What I first want to show you is this beautiful scarf made by my maternal grandpa, who has been for a long time and still is inpatient at a hospital. He probably made this before getting problems with his health, as he barely can sleep in the current room he spends all his days in. But he is getting better and better, and he is on the positive side of recovery, and I can't wait for him to come home so we can share laughs like the wonderful grandpa he is! Until then I will enjoy this scarf, which has a bronze ornament exclusively chosen by my grandmother. ☺
Top: a bag organiser - goes well with any bag. Hello organised life! This silver-taupe-shimmery bag organiser has several pockets, and fits everything between keys and mobile phones to last-minute makeup and calendars (and maybe even a bullet journal?). I think this one goes well with my school bag, I haven't had the time to try it out yet as I avoid school stuff on holidays like the plague...
Middle: a comical coincidence! I actually felt a smile spread on my face when I unwrapped this present. I got the book I had dreamed of, which was very funny because so had Mum, as her present from me was exactly the same book! We both had loved the prequel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and had wanted to go see it when it came to the cinemas, but unfortunately we never got the chance to do that. Let's see if we, by accident, buy each other the same present again, this time in movie form? Only the falcon knows. ;)Bottom: a gift as a gift! This piece of paper is so much more than campfire material: it basically says that for three (3) months I will get a box of beauty products, with costs already taken care of! Around the beginning of next month I will get one box of cosmetics, the next ones come in February and March. If I like what I receive, I can continue my subscription! What a lovely surprise! ☺
Here we have something I had been enthusing over for a very long time, when I needed some rock/grunge style in my makeup collection: Maybelline's eyeshadow palette in The Rock Nudes. I already own The Blushed Nudes, but because one of my other eyeshadows practically exploded in my travel makeup bag, it suffered from a lot of problems and now is somewhere on the bottom of my collection, collecting dust, dirty as it is. I wish I could clean it into a whole new customised palette, something as beautiful as its Rock cousin! I can't wait to use this palette, and I have to personally thank Father Christmas and Mum for bringing it home to makeup-mama Pella! ☺
To the left is my super comfy, oversized Mickey Mouse shirt and grey tights. So soft it's unbelievable, almost as soft as little Emi's fur! (There was no dirt on the sleepwear, only on the mirror.)
Top: a wonderful present from gorgeous Ana, all the way from Brazil! A bag that I will take on future vacations where palm trees grow and the grass is as bright as the blue ocean. Brazil itself, maybe? ☺Middle: a Star Wars notebook from my classmate and great friend Greta! I told her on my last days of school that I'd be going to see Rogue One in the cinemas the day before my surgery, and so she bought this pretty notebook with a Stormtrooper on it! I wasn't allowed to open it until Christmas Eve, so the surprise was multiplied from the curiosity and excitement. It was such a kind act, and the theme was definitely correct!
Bottom: another notebook, this time from my friend in Photoshop class (first computer graphics and now graphic design), Evelina! I have showed her Symphonicats and she was really impressed, so she gave me a notebook to keep up the paperwork with this blog. Another super nice thing from a nice friend!
I am so grateful for all the presents, thank you, friends and family, if you read this! And thank you, my readers, because your interest in this blog is an impeccable gift! And most of it all, I am thankful I'm surrounded by so much kindness and amazing people - that is truly the best Christmas present I could possibly get! So thank you all, honestly! ♥
The first find was a new foundation, as my old one had somewhat dried out and become almost unusable. Mum and I had read and heard great things about a super affordable and high-quality makeup brand, NYX, and I was really happy to hear they had it in a shop called Emotion at our nearest shopping centre, Jumbo! So that's where we went the other day, just few days ago, and we found the perfect foundation for me on the first try. Now, as you know, I'm pale as a ghost, so foundation has to be ultra light for it to work, and as I said, we found the right one on the first try! This is the Stay Matte But Not Flat liquid foundation by NYX, in the shade Ivory.
Second purchase was a Full Throttle Lipstick by NYX, in the shade Jolt. I had been wanting an orange-red lipstick ever since last summer, and finally I got my hands on the perfect affordable one!
Now, this is the perfect item for my inner goth: NYX's Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in the shade Alien. It's a pitch black lipstick that I can't wait to use for concerts! Maybe the Ghost concert in April would be perfect? I actually think it would! ☺
I had been wanting a taupe eyeshadow as a friend to my orange lipstick, so Mum and I went to Kicks, a small makeup shop, to search for it. I got my hands on the perfect eyeshadow by Make Up Store, which is not a matte but not a shimmery shadow, something in-between instead. There were actually a few options to choose from, and this was the closest to the one I had imagined the perfect taupe shadow to be. It's also a soft autumn/cool summer colour, for those interested in colour and clothing, but I don't think my patience is strong enough to hold until autumn, as I'd like to wear this for winter already. Perhaps I could mix it with another colour, so it fits my soft summer kind of style? ☺
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| Elsa: "You're such a good mini-Mummy, buying cosmetics for ME!" |
I had been loving my Vaseline Spray Moisturiser last winter so much I got perhaps a little too excited and used it up fairly quickly... Now I have another one in Aloe Soothe, in difference to Essential Healing, my old one. I actually bought it yesterday, so I still have to begin using it, though I'm rather convinced that I won't be disappointed!
Lastly I bought a new mascara yesterday, from the same grocery store where my Vaseline Spray Moisturiser was found. I searched for the best drugstore mascara and through different reviews ended up buying L'oréal Paris's Mega Volume Miss Hippie mascara. I have yet to try it out, but I sincerely wish it was a great purchase - at least according to the internet it was!
Now I have to get ready for the day, as it's the last day of 2016. This year's been full of ups and downs, but even though the many downhills I'll try to focus on the good parts of this year. I met my friend Eliel (formerly Havu), I went to England in the summer, I saw Avantasia, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Red Hot Chili Peppers all in the same year... There were so many good things among the darkness, I really wish the older Pella will tell people about the highlights of the year rather than concentrating on the negatives!
See you next year! ☺
