'Happiness can be found in the darkest of places if one remembers to turn on the light'
Hi guys! 👋🏻
I thought I would (try) doing a post a month called my monthly highlights. I thought this would be a good way to share what I’ve been up to. A little diary of sorts.
So, without further ado – here are my January highlights.
What’s been your January Highlight?
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Here’s to a good February!
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Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏼
I usually do a little reading challenge of some kind each year, over here on my blog. This year, I decided to take the pressure off. I was just trying to read a bit more and read more of a variety of genres. (Which I think I definitely achieved!)
I have kept a list of all of the books that I have read throughout 2023. I kept a list that is in sections depending on the type of book that they are.
I have highlighted our 2023 Book Club books in pink.
In 2023 I read… 🥁
Let’s take a look…
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
What have been your favourite reads this year?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
One unlimited card, one year, let’s go!
Here is everything I saw at the cinema this year!
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I am so happy that I got to my target of 52 films, the equivalent of one a week, all year.
Chuffed with that!
Here’s to 2024, and hopefully, another good year of cinema!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
The big day is finally here!
(Well it’s actually pretty much over as I write this haha)
I hope you’ve had a good one.
Thank you for coming along for this Blogmas journey of 2023! I can’t remember how many years I’ve done it for now (alot) but I have really enjoyed it again this year.
& your comments have been great!
So, all that’s left for me to say is…
❤️
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
So we all have a Christmas table, right?!?!
That table in your kitchen or lounge that slowly gets filled with delicious Christmas nibbles throughout December, all ready to enjoy in and around the festive period.
It’s nice to have some festive nibbles around for any wrapping sessions, festive film nights, or if you have any guests pop over.
We have a nice mixture of sweet & savoury going on.
Let’s take a look at ours…
It is mainly sweet goodies to be fair, haha, but we have savoury crisps and plenty of party food and cheese and biscuits to counteract the sweetness.
I also have keep my festive headbands/glasses/hats etc on here incase I need them or any guests need to be made more festive 🤣
What are your favourite festive nibbles?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Now that the Christmas holidays are in full swing and the kids are at home, I thought I would share with you a few fun, easy, and relatively quick recipes for little festive treats.
These ideas are so cute. I’ve either made them with my Nephews or made them with the children at work. Either way, they are lots of fun and great for keeping the kids occupied.
I’ve included links to help you with how to make them.
Chocolate Reindeer Rolls Recipe
I have previously posted during Blogmas about this recipe.
Here’s the link to that days post:
Blogmas 2023 Day Three – Festibe Baking Blogmas 2023 Rice Crispy Christmas Puddings
& Rice Crispy Christmas Puds Recipe
These are my favourite of all the recipes!!
Hot Chocolate Snowman Jars Recipe
These are fun but would also make a great homemade gift.
Use whatever festive coloured icing/sprinkles that you wish to decorate them with.
3 days until Christmas!! Only 3!!!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Less than a week to go!!
I thought that I would share with you one of my favourite Christmas decorations …
My Harry Potter themed Christmas tree.
I themed the tree around the colours of my favourite Hogwarts house – Gryffindor.
First, I started off by wrapping the tree with red and gold tinsel.
Next, I added the hand tied Gryffindor ribbons.
Then, I arranged all of my different Harry Potter baubles.
I have quite a few now as Primark have done some lovely sets over the last few years.
I also picked up a few amazing Gryffindor themed decorations at the studio tour in Watford.
I predominantly place my red and gold Gryffindor baubles as well as my general Harry Potter baubles, around the front of the tree. The others go around the other side to even it out.
Finally, I add my tree topper!
This year, I went for my sorting hat. I do have a Harry Potter Hogwarts Crest topper, but I could not find it in our storage unit (sad times)
The Sorting Hat looks so effective up there, it makes a brilliant topper.
I am really happy with how the tree came out this year.
I do think that I need to have my coloured fairy lights on the tree next year, just to enhance it a little and make it stand out… especially as I have a set that are red, yellow, blue, and green, which are the Hogwarts house colours.
Top tip 1: If you’d like to do your own Harry Potter tree but you can’t find any baubles for sale, then you could do what I did the first year I had one… use your Harry Potter Memorabilia to deocarte your tree ie Hogwarts train tickets, Yule Ball programme etc
Top tip 2: Buy some baubles that are the colours you want to represent on your Harry Potter tree (ie Red & Gold for Gryffindor, Silver and Green for Slytherin) You could hang them as they are or decorate them yourself to make them themed baubles.
How do you decorate your tree?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
I thought I would share with you my festive nails for today’s post.
Having my nails done is one of my favourite things to do, and I especially love it at Christmas time. This year I managed to fit in two sets of Festive nails!! Let’s take a look…
This was my November set. I went for a simpler design using those classic festive colours, red and gold.
I love the accent nails and the combination of the super glittery gold and shimmery red.
My next set for December (that I got today!!) was super festive.
We went for a lovely nude base with adorable little festive nail art drawn on each one.
She did Candy Canes, a Christmas pudding, a Christmas tree, and holly. She finished them off with a sprinking of snow on each nail
They look so awesome, and after a super festive weekend and only 3 days of work left, I am feeling extra festive now!
All ready for Christmas!
Do you get Christmas thened nails done?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
So one of my favourite things about the festive period is all the times spent reading festive books and watching Christmas films.
I thought I would update you on which books and films I have read so far as well as what’s next on my list.
Let’s start with books!
I haven’t read as many as I would like at this point as I have been so busy, but I am hoping that once the holidays start, I can fit two more festive reads in.
So far I’ve read:
‘The Adventure of the Christmas pudding By Agatha Christie
&
‘That Festive Feeling’ By Heidi Swain
NEXT ON MY LIST…
‘The Christmas Book Club’ By Sarah Morgan
So far I’ve watched:
NEXT ON MY LIST…
8 days until Christmas !!
Until Next Time
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Last night, I had my second work Christmas meal.
This time we went to Ask Italian.
I chose from the three course festivo menu.
I started with an Espresso Martini 🍸
Here’s what I went for…
Festive Sage meatballs. These were really tasty, soft, and delicious in the tomato sauce.
Festive Carbonara with Crispy Pancetta & Brussel Sprouts (Sounds weird, was amazing and a delicious way to serve sprouts!!)
Orange Panattone pudding with Ice cream 🍊 This was a really yummy mix between a sponge pudding and a Panattone. My only improvement would be that it needed more ice cream as it was quite a big pudding.
It was all really delicious. I particularly enjoyed the Carbonara.
We had a lovely time & it was good to have a chat not at work!
Have you had your work christmas meal yet?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 