Fifteen Festive Favourites

Inspired by Tom, Gi and Carrie Fletcher's youtube videos, here are my fifteen festive favourites!

1. Favourite festive food?
   Terry's chocolate orange!
2. Favourite reindeer?
   Blitzen. He definitely has the coolest name.
3. Favourite day of Christmas?
   Three French hens. It just conjures the most amazing mental image of hens in berets eating baguettes.
4. Favourite Christmas song?
   Fairytale of New York - The Pogues.
5. Favourite Christmas present?
   Christmas pyjamas are always a winner!
6. Favourite Christmas film?
   Elf. It's a classic and never gets old. I also love The Greatest Store in the world but I can't find it on DVD, it was a great film they used to show on CBBC at Christmas about a family living in a department store and had a cameo from S Club 7, what more could you want?!
7. Favourite Christmas cracker toy?
   Teeny weeny playing cards are great for pretending to be a giant. 
8. Favourite cracker joke?
   Who hides in the bakery at Christmas?
   A mince spy!
9. Favourite Christmas decoration?
   I love them all! I'm a firm believer that you can never have too many and there is always room for an extra bauble on the tree.
10. Favourite festive candle scent?
    John Lewis do an amazing winter spice candle that I get every Christmas.
11. Favourite Christmas TV advert?
    Obviously everyone is talking about it but I have to say this years John Lewis advert is really great. It gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling! You can't beat hearing the music on the Coca Cola christmas advert though.
12. Favourite Christmas tradition?
    Climbing on to my parent's bed with my sister on Christmas morning to open our stockings.
13. Favourite place to spend Christmas?
    Home, always home! With my lovely family.
14. Favourite Christmas 'fact'?
    Father Christmas rewards children who faithfully love Christmas all year round.
15. Favourite snowman accessory?
    A carrot for his nose for sure.

10 Things About Me

1. I have the best dog ever. She makes me laugh everyday and always knows when I'm not feeling great.
2. I've met Ant and Dec!
3. I'm a serious craftaholic. Scrapbooking, drawing, painting, creative journaling, knitting, crochet... you name it, I've probably done it!
4. I also love to bake, my kitchen aid is my baby and I have a personalised note written to me, from Mary Berry.
5. I can name every state in America. It's my one and only party trick.
6. I'm a bit of a book worm, I've read 59 books so far this year.
7. My family and friends are the most important part of my life.
8. I absolutely love to learn. I like to feel like I'm always moving forward as a person, gaining knowledge and experiencing new things.
9. I can't wait to travel the world, the USA and Canada are top of my list.
10. I'm really enjoying getting back in to blogging, I hope you enjoy my posts too!
    

3 Positive Things About Today

1. Waking up to my dog greeting me with her new Pudsey toy.
2. Yummy coffee and cake with a great friend in a super cosy cafe.
3. My lovely sister is coming home for the weekend!

Favourite Things to Do on a Rainy Day

Winter seems to be rapidly approaching at the moment and, in England, that of course means lots of rainy days. Here are a few of my favourite things to do an a rainy day...

• Race raindrops on the windows
• Snuggle up in my duvet
• Read or listen to a good book
• Drink hot chocolate
• Put the fire on
• Crochet my patchwork blanket
• Don those wellies and splash in the puddles!

October in photos