'Happiness can be found in the darkest of places if one remembers to turn on the light'
I’ve only got a few windows left!
Behind the latest window was…
A mini nail file. Its a lovely dark and christmassy red. It is the perfect size to pop into your handbag.
Hopefully if my nails are nice and smooth I won’t be so tempted to bite them!! 💅
Sorry its a short post but there’s only so much I can write about a nail file haha.
ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!
This time next week it will be Christmas 🎅
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
My oldest nephew Noah now goes to pre school (😢 He’d just turned 1 when I started this blog!!) And they had a little Christmas fayre, to raise money for the pre school, at the weekend. I popped along with my sister, bro in law and nephews to take a look.
It was only a small fayre but they had some super cute and really lovely little activities for the children (& adults!!) to enjoy.
Of course they had the standard raffle, tombola and cake stall, because is it even a fayre without those!!
They also had a ‘Snowman soup station ☃
I love this idea! You have a little cellophane cone and put two scoops of hot chocoate in your cone and top it with a scoop of mini marshmallows, tie it up and you’ve got your own cute hot choclate cone, or snowman soup should I say!
Noah loved scooping in the ingredients.
Noah, Me and Sarah made one each (& I made one for my hubby Tim) to go into our Christmas eve boxes.
These would make a lovely Christmas gift idea for friends or from the kiddies as it’s a bit of fun but super easy.
Me & Noah had some turns on the tombola and won some hand cream haha.
Noahy also made himself some reindeer food ready for the reindeers on Christmas eve.
Casey has a little snowman painted onto his arm to get into the festive spirit. ☃
When we got home Noah and Casey’s letters from Santa, that I’d arranged with the big guy myself (it’s not what you know, it’s who you know) had arrived.
Noah was really pleased with his letter, stickers and official nice list certificate.
‘Thats exciting isn’t it!!’
It seems only yesterday he was having his ‘first’ steps etc and now it’s pre school ‘firsts’ and such. Time really flies, but I am loving how excited and how much Noah understands Christmas this year! It’s going to be so much fun 😀
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
It’s time for another look inside my Tanya Burr beauty advent calendar!
Let’s dive straight in…
Behind number nine is a lovely lip gloss in the shade ‘Ice queen’. Its a lovely shiny, slightly glittery/iridescent white and clear gloss.
It’s really pretty and perfect for this frosty, festive season.
This would be great on its own or as a top coat to add a bit of shine and sparkle to your lips.
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
One of our yearly traditions is to go to the panto at our local theatre, The Wolsey.
It’s an annual Christmas panto and is rock n roll themed. It is always full to the brim will brilliant songs.
This year the panto is Red Riding Hood. Their take on the classic tale was really good.
I went to the panto with my husband Tim and sister Sarah. This is mine and Tim’s 5th year going to the panto and Sarah’s 2nd. We all LOVED IT.
The stage was really cool too, I think it is my favourite one so far…
I love the atmosphere and the warm, cosy feel of the place. Its a great festive outing and it really puts you in a happy mood.
The acting was great, and it was absolutely HILARIOUS.
I would even go as far as to say it was the best one we have seen so far!! Tim and Sarah agreed too.
I know a lot of people think that pantos are cheesy but, they are so much fun, a laugh and really feel good.
If you’ve never been go! You wont regret it.
& on that note…
IT IS 10 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS PEOPLE!! 10 DAYS!!
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys!
IT’S LESS THAN 2 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!! That’s crazy 🎄🎄
It’s also time for another look in my Tanya treats beauty advent calendar.
Let’s see what I got…
Behind the latest window was a little compact mirror. It’s a lovely matte dark red colour with a matte bronze edging. It has ‘Tanya Burr cosmetics’ I her trademark font (which I love btw)
There’s also a little ‘TB’ in a heart above the writint, in the same lovely matte bronzy colour.
This is really pretty and the perfect size for popping into your handbag.
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
Another day, another window. I am loving having a beauty advent calendar again this year, although its so hard to stop myself from opening one everyday for 12 days instead of every other day!! So far so good but its very tempting!
Lets take a look behind the next window…
This time I got a little pot of eye glitter. The glitter is called ‘Let it snow’ ❄️
The glitter is a lovely white and sparkly tone, when it catches the light it shines lots of different colours. Its really pretty and super festive.
I love this product as I don’t do my eye make up very much so I am excited to try out something different. This is super festive and sparkly and will be great for a Christmassy/party look. I think I am going to give this a try for my work Christmas meal on Friday!
The packaging is super simple and cute, I love the shape of the pot. plus its the perfect size to pop into any make up bag.
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
It’s very easy to get caught up in the hussle and bussle of December, its a super busy month in the lead up to Christmas, but you need to make sure you enjoy Christmas yourself.
It will make the festive period so much more enjoyable if you take the time to get into the spirit.
These are just a few ways that I spend a day in, if I want to get into the festive spirit or am feeling particularly Christmassy and want to have a Christmassy day.
Lets take a look…
I love popping a Christmas film on, to sit and watch or to have on the background. I am quite fond of the ‘made for TV’ Christmas films, I’ve been recording those to watch at the weekends. One of my fave Christmas films is Arthur Christmas, although I do have to watch the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special at least once!!
This not only gets you in to the Christmas mood but it also ticks a job off the list too which is great for taking away some of the seasonal stress. I LOVE our Christmas cards this year, I found them in Primark and they are Harry Potter Christmas cards.
Of course I had to buy them, they are so cool but the designs are really pretty too. They were £1 for a pack of 30 and I bought three packs.
This is one of my most favourite Christmassy activities ever and it is guaranteed to make you feel so festive, I seriously challenge anyone to not feel super festive whilst putting up the decs.
If I’m feeling really Christmassy I end up buying more decorations or just going around the flat popping all the lights on and admiring the tree decorations haha.
Because Christmas songs are life.
My ultimate fave is WHAM! Last Christmas, classic. We have a spotify playlist that is Christmas themed but we also have the ‘NOW! That’s what I call Christmas CD, unfortunatly this year I am yet to find it, sadface 😦
and finally…
The ultimate Christmas activity, cosied up in front of a film, hot chocolate by your side and a festive array of wrapping paper, ribbon and bows and you are certainly in for a festive afternoon. I have found a couple of different sets of ribbons etc and have again gone for the traditional colour scheme of red, gold and green. I also have some pretty white and gold sets too.
The paper you see above is so cute and is covered in traditional Christmas toy soldiers, gingerbread men, snowmen and candy canes, adorable. I bought this one to wrap the children’s presents with.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with Ikea’s Christmas wrapping selection, this is where the bulk of mine is from (random I know!) but great and inexpensive too.
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
Today’s another look into my Tanya Burr advent calender.
Let’s see what’s inside…
Behind the next window was another lovely eyeliner. This one is also sparkly bit is a silver glitter liner.
As I said previously I don’t have many and these glitter ones are much easier to apply. I love that I have both gold and silver glitter now, great for completing a casual eye look or for glitzing up a Christmas party make up look.
These are great for eyeliner novices as you can’t really tell if you’ve applied it 100% nearly or not because it is just glitter in a clear fluid . It looks really pretty and I can’t wait to use this one too.
🎄15 DAYS TO GO!! 🎄
It’s coming around so quickly!!
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
So, its time to have a look behind another window of my Tanya Burr advent calendar.
Let’s take a look…
Today’s little gift was a lovely little lipgloss.
This lip gloss is called ‘Pink fondant’ and is a lovely pinky nude. It reminds me of Tanya’s ‘Pink cocoa’ lipstick but in lip gloss form, if you’ve tried ‘Pink cocoa’ you’ll know how pretty the shade is.
This gloss is a perfect everyday nude with a lovely pinky tone to it. It would also be great to accompany a smokey eye make up look for the evening.
Like the other gloss, it glides on beautifully, looks lovely on and isn’t at all sticky. For a lip gloss it is surprisingly long lasting too.
I am really pleased with this and am sure this is going to be a new staple for my make up collection.
Seeya tomorrow!
17 days to go!
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
At the weekend we thought that we would head to a local Christmas market. I love doing things like this and having little days out during the lead up to Christmas, they make you feel so festive!!
Me and Tim headed there with my sister Charlotte and our niece Evie-Mae. We arrived with three hours to spare before the lights got turned on so we took a little look around the market.
They had a few little stalls and obviously the town shops were open too so we also had a browse in some of those, for some Christmas decorations, and bits and bobs.
I picked up a few decorations because you can’t ever have too many can you!!??
It was quite chilly in the little seaside town so we headed for a refreshment break in Greggs.
A pastry or two, a cuppa and a biscuit later and we were ready to head back out.
The lights came on at five o clock. We were all wrapped up warm as we watched them being turned on and they had a few little fireworks too.
It looked really festive and the tree had lovely multi coloured lights on it. I really liked the lights as they were all quite colourful in yellows, reds and greens! The ones in our hometown have been made a bit more ‘up market’ and are white and gold, and although they are very pretty (& some look like giant snitches!!) I do love, what I would call, a traditional light display.
Until next time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 