Showing posts with label Hand cream. Show all posts
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Saturday, 11 January 2025

My Christmas Gift Haul 2024

Hello

안녕하세요

(Annyeonghaseyo)

こんにちは

(Konnichiwa)

你好

(Ni Hao)


Another Christmas is over, and as usual we spent it at my sisters, and like always the dinner was amazing. I had a lot of baking to do for this Christmas as I had 4 yule logs to make, 2 lemon drizzle cakes and a white chocolate cheesecake. I did have some other bakes planned but they went out the window as my baking didn't go to plan, while also being exhausted from working night shifts.

As I've just said I was working nights but I think only doing 2 nigh shifts mixed in with my usual Saturday morning shift really took it out of me.
This month is the start to all my concert countdowns, starting with ATEEZ in Manchester as the end of the month. Last year we only had Eric Nam booked, but this time I've already got 4 concerts booked for 2025, I'm curious to see who else we end up adding to our lists.


Firstly from my brother and his family, I got this bottle of Lacey's Vodkashake. I'm not a big fan of Vodka, but I'm willing to give this try as it sounds nice.


Next from my friend Clare and her family, I got a bottle of Bailey's which will come in handy with my baking, maybe even a glass or two.



From my friend Nichola and her family I got this bath set with fluffy socks and a candle. The bath set smells gorgeous and the socks are so warm and fluffy.
The candle smells really nice, I'm not sure where to have it set just yet, but I do keep having a smell now and again.


From my nephew Daniel and his other half Erin, I got this Harry Potter body care set. I love Harry Potter and this is a really cute set. The hand cream is in my bag ready to use while I'm out and about.


Next from my nephew Owen, I got this hand cream set, which is perfect for me as when my hands get too dry, they get really itchy. At the moment the middle one is in use and it smells really nice and really hydrates my hands.


From my sisters dogs I got these bath bombs, which will definitely come in handy during the winter months.




From my friend Mary-Kate, I got a 100 bakes scratch poster, 2 strip magnets with pictures of us at each of our K-pop shows and a box of Maltesers. The magnets are already on my fridge, I've eaten my Maltesers and I can't wait to start scratching off bakes on the poster. I'm curious to see what it has in store for me.





I treated myself to KStars Secret Shopper where they randomly send an album they've wrapped up so that even they don't know what is being sent. I bought 4 2 for myself and 2 for Skye and I made sure we both got a male and female artist, and as you can see I got Stray Kids' Ate album as well Alexa's Tattoo single. They were both good pulls for me, Skye got Lisa's version of a Blackpink album as well as a Japanese ATEEZ album.


Skye got me Nayeon's 2nd mini album Na. This is an album that I would have on my list of albums I want, but would never think to buy. I can't wait to share it with you in a future blog post.




From my dad and his wife Alison, I got volumes 2,3 and 4 of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. I already have volumes 1 and 5 so now I have the complete set. I love Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, so I'm glad to complete her books.




From my sister and her husband I got Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's first novel series The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System.  I'm happy to have Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's complete novel series' and I'm excited to get stuck into them to see how they differ from Heaven Official's Blessing.


Lastly from my mum and her other half Dave, I got £100, which was used wisely in preparing to see ATEEZ at the end of the month.

That brings us to the end of what I got for Christmas. I loved all my gifts and I'm always grateful for what people get me.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

My Christmas Gift Haul of 2018!

Hello
안녕하세요 
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは 
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)


I'm always grateful to my family and friends for the thought and care they put into getting me gifts, whether it be for Christmas or my birthday, I enjoy posting these kinds of posts as it allows people a more personal look into the things that I like and enjoy.

First we have the gifts I received from my friend Vikki, who I've been working with for the past 10 years. She got me a little wall canvas of me and Skye from a few years back with us wearing our matching onesies, a Harry Potter wall calendar, that's now up on the wall with all my work shifts and a Minnie Mouse collectible 50 pence piece, which I think is just the cutest. I'm hoping this year that I start decorating the rooms in the house so I can make it seem more like mine and Skye's home, so as of yet I don't know where I will be placing the little canvas.





Next from my work friend Bev, another that I have worked with for the past 10 years, I got a cute kawaii mug that says "rain rain go away", that I have used quite a few times and a Korean lemon hand cream. I couldn't help laughing at the instructions as they were either translated incorrectly or the info for the wrong product was attached as it instructs us to apply this hand cream to our faces.


From my brother Christopher and his family, I got Star Wars goodies which is a storm trooper mug, which I have yet to take out of it's packaging and use and some awesome Star Wars shot glasses which has a storm trooper, Darth Vader, R2D2 and C3PO, these are another that are not yet out of it's packaging, but will be once I have a gathering for food and drinks.


From my friend's Becky, Dave and their little boy James I got this cute tea for one set and cute little milk jug. I love this owl teapot that separates into teapot and mug, it comes in handy when I'm blogging and requiring a hot refreshment, it easily hold at least 2 cups of tea. I also love the milk jug, I've always wanted stuff like this as it means I can have my own little afternoon tea party, while I'm busy blogging or reading. It's the perfect gift got me.

Next from my friends Kate, Sam and their little lady Alexandra, I got some really comfy and fluffy Harry Potter slipper socks, that are definitely getting plenty of use, they are perfect for the cold winter nights. I also got this cute Minnie Mouse waist apron, which I adore. I've always wanted a vintage style waist apron, I absolutely love them, at the moment I've only used it once, when I was making the new years day dinner, but I know it will be getting lots of use when I'm baking.


From my friends Liv and Dan I got 3 pastel coloured unicorn canisters, that are now placed on a wooden serving tray and already in use for coffee, tea and sugar. I also got from the same collection a cute pastel coloured cloud tea bag rest, which I have placed with my unicorn canisters.


Next from my friend Nichola and her family, I got some awesome goodies, one of which I forgot to add to this little group picture and didn't take me long to demolish. I got a jar of bubblegum fizzy bottles, which Nichola knows I'm always on the hunt for and gutted when the pick n mix is out of them. I also got some Soap & glory beauty products, lip balms that contain 3 different scents of Pina Colada, Gin & Tonic and Prosecco. I also got a Hufflepuff bath bomb, which has been used and it smelt really nice and left my skin feeling moisturised, finally she also got me a BTS book which is an ARMY Handbook, as she knows I love BTS and I'm an ARMY.






From my friend Clare and her little girl Scarlett, me and our friend Nichola got a joint gift of us to be able to go for an afternoon tea, which I can't wait to get it booked in and feel like more of a grown up.


From my sister and her husband Bob, I got this cute little makeup set as well as a little chocolate Santa. Santa is in the fridge ready for one I'm having craving foe either chocolate or something sweet. I've already used the highlighter that's with the makeup set as I love the colour of it. The colours in the eye shadow palette are really pretty colours.




Lastly from my dad and his partner I got some Harry Potter pyjamas and some Harry Potter slippers. Soon as it got dark on Christmas day and I'd got the kitchen all cleaned up from all the pots and left over food, I was straight into these. The pyjamas are so fluffy and comfortable that they're perfect for the winter months. The slippers are really comfortable, I wear them all the time.



From my mum and her partner I got £50, which I used to treat both myself and Skye.

Well that's the end of my Christmas gift haul for 2018, there are some presents that are not included in the pictures as I got them after creating the post, like from my friend Mary-Kate at work I got some Korean sheet masks, which I can't wait to use. Looking at last year's Christmas Haul, I said that I would do shopping hauls as I would be buying home ware stuff, but I think as well as doing that this year, I will do a before and after post when I've decorated each room to show how I've changed them to look more like mine and Skye's.

Did you get some amazing presents last year from friends & family?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye