Christmas Present Ideas

Lets start off with family. I have two sisters, one mum, one dad, one step dad, one step-mum-to-be and one step-sister-to-be. So for my mum she didn't want anything, so I got her a cute little teddy because I felt bad not getting my mum anything. But for those who want to get a little extra for the women that gave them birth, she might like some candles and maybe some bath stuff to go with the candles so she can have a relaxing bath, you could get her some vouchers or gift cards to her favourite shop, so you know she definitely gets something she likes, there are these statuettes things from Willow Tree they are cute, mini statutes of anything you can have a mother and daughter, mother and son, mother and baby, father and children, you can buy Christmas ornaments from there, it can be also for friends, maybe lovers they are just unique, cute gifts for many different people. Presents for the old man can be difficult, my mum has told me not to get any presents as she will buy them, but here are some ideas, beer is a good gift, maybe a flask engraved with their name, darts board, maybe a casino set thing, anything comic book related, maybe star wars things, I remember for my dads 40th birthday I got him family guy socks and a Darth Vader toy thing, ties maybe some cufflinks. Now sisters. I am sure like many siblings deep down we love them, but they can get so annoying that you just want to hit them, but like I said we love them so as much as mine drive me crazy I still bought them gifts :) My sisters are both younger than me (I am the oldest -.-) so I got something they would actually use. I walked past this stall that was selling cups and lots of ceramic stuff, so I decided to get one a cupcake shaped money box thing and the other sister is into music and guitars and stuff so I got her a cup with a guitar shaped as the handle and music notes painted on the sides. But I also got then Ben 10 and One Direction books because they absolutely  hate them, one sister despises 1D so much I just cant wait for her to open up her present on the 25th of December, it will be the best moment to end 2014 on :') But if you actually like your siblings then you could get something like (obvs) like a dvd, cd maybe a poster of their favourite band or singer, a teddy, a mug with a sachet of hot chocolate with a bag of marsh mellows. And that's family done lets move on to friends.

I will start with lad mates as they are easy to buy for if they are near 17/18 yrs of age, this would be best, alcohol; beer, cider, any shot based drink, maybe shot glasses, if the smoke a nice lighter, and if you are brave enough and you are sure they'd like it a 'adult' magazine in which the female body is exposed in many different poses and ways ;) and chocolate.

So my female friends are difficult to buy presents for, one of them is allergic to nearly almost everything and on top of that she has eczema, like me, so I cant buy skin stuff because our skin gets irritated by it. My other friend has skin which is perfect in my opinion, she doesn't wear that much make up so I cant buy her that and her birthday is in November, so I got her perfume so I cant get her perfume. So I had to come up with an idea of what to get them, so I thought Id share my idea and hopefully some people might like it and do the idea as its difficult to buy females but mostly 17 year old presents so here goes.

Where I go college there is a little shopping centre near by so I went there to get the presents. I was walking buy this cute little soap stall and saw these candle lite holders and immediately fell in love! They are so cute and would be perfect in any room, having the words 'live, laugh, love' on the side of the holder just makes it that little more special. The holder on its own would be a shitty little present I decided to fill it up with stuff, so then I went to Bodycare and bought facemasks, lip stuff, nail varnish and a body scrub thingy magig (I have no idea what it is called) and then filled the holder with the stuff I bought. I also bought some cotton colourful balls to fill the rest of the space with. As there was no space for them though I decide to put them on the top, creating a flower with the balls. Then I wrapped them in some paper thing from my mums cupboard of all things that I use so I don't have to buy my own stuff :D its golden with Christmas pictures on it and it just adds that little more bit of specialness. So that is my cute little Christmas present idea for 17 year old girls, however it doesn't just have to be for 17 year olds, it could be for 14 year olds to 40 year olds ? I don't know any age really, and it doesn't have to be just for Christmas, it could be for birthdays, Valentines day, Halloween basically any time you can give someone a present. This is a cute idea, and I just love it. Also its not that expensive, the candle holder was £2.99 but the women gave me a deal as I bought  few so that came down to £2.50 and all the bits and bobs were probably £2.00 maybe £4.00 either way this came to under £5.00, so its a quick, reasonably priced present to give to someone.

So there are my Christmas present ideas, if you liked them say so, if you have taken any on board comment which ones and if you have any ideas of any type of present comment :)

Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo

All of the bits and bobs in the holder



The 'Cotton Ball' flower used to decorate the top

The tissue wrapping paper  

Christmas Novelties

Okay so I love Christmas!! I love the months leading up to Christmas, I love walking in to shops and hearing "Jingle Bells" play, as it means its the socially acceptable time to sing Christmas songs. It always seems to put me into a chipper mood, it puts a bounce in my step when I see Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, trees, wrapping paper !! Me and my friend meet up every week on a Monday, we call it "unhealthy Mondays", because we like to reward ourselves for eating so healthily in the week ;) (haha yeah right) anyways we found stalls with Christmas food such as apple stuffing buttys, caramelised apples, do-nuts and HOT CHOCOLATE !! No Christmas is complete without a hot chocolate with whipped cream, covered in marshmallows and a flake sitting right on top. It warms my fingers as they have froze due to minus temperatures that have graced Britain with their presence.

Back to the title, this post is all about the Christmas novelties that make up Christmas, that make us know it is Christmas. One novelty is the weather, the cold, freezing weather that makes us jump up and down just to warm our toes, that makes us stay snuggled under our duvets wishing that we could stay in bed just that little while longer so that we can gather the courage just to get up and go downstairs for our breakfast, the weather that makes us put on silly hats just to make sure our ears don't freeze off, that makes us want to breathe in the outside air just so that we can see our own breath leaving pour bodies. Snow is a novelty !! Snowballs fights, sledging down hills, snowflakes, winter wonderlands, seeing the hills topped with snow like a cake is topped with icing. Making snow angles, snowmen, the feeling of numbness your fingers get when you are trying to make the perfect snowball. Another novelty I love that Christmas time brings around is baking gingerbread men! The smell of the ginger is just delicious, it sends my nostrils to heaven, then when you decorate the gingerbread people and put them in the decorated house, it puts a huge grin on my face. Another Christmas novelty is when the coco cola advert comes on the telly, people just automatically know that this is the time, this is the time to spend with your family, huddled around the fire or hidden under blankets watching tv, watching I am a celebrity, X factor as this is when we know that the year is coming to its end.

I know its Christmas in my house when my mum puts Christmas lights around the banisters, it makes me happy, it makes me realise that "Shit its Christmas" I can lounge around watch movies, just pig out, I can wait till new year to exercise again that now I can eat as many gingerbread men I want, I can do nothing but relax and finally watch Elf!! (Yes I haven't seen Elf, all my friends say its good so I guess I have to watch it as everyone says its the best Christmas film) but my favourite Christmas film is Love Actually. Its full of joy, drama, romance, its just one of my favourite films :) I love lighting my candles, it just makes my room look extra Christmassy, also I love the twinkly lights around my television they just look cute and adorable :')

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Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo