Lovely
Bit of background:
Christmas is huge at my girlfriends place and pretty much goes a little like the following:
1. Wake up at 5:30 A.M. (why 5:30? I have no idea, long time tradition I believe - this year we got up at 5 thereby breaking tradition)
2. Mad rush for the bathroom/shower/coffee machine
3. All congregate in the lounge room at 6:00 A.M., any later and you risk the chance of having to sit on an uncomfortable 'dinning room' chair *shutter*
4. Mum hands out 1 gift, to the person on her left, said person then guess what the present is, and precedes to open it
5. This process is repeated until all the gifts are handed out and one-by-one are opened
6. Present opening ceremony usually lasts until about 4-6 hours depending on conversation/present guess duration
7. Everyone has a nap, I was out like a light this year.
8. Around 6 P.M. we fire up the BBQ and have a great ol' Christmas BBQ
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9. Drinks all around, good food, good presents, good people
10. Successful Christmas
Jacket; I had my leather biker jacket stolen from my car when I first met my girlfriend years ago and we (moreso I) have had a running joke that she had stolen it. This, now years later, is my Christmas gift, a new leather jacket
Pants/Tee/Shoes; I have not bought myself a new outfit in the longest of times and was constantly being hassled by others (mum/girlfriend) to do so. This years Christmas present to myself was a pair of nice pants, tee and some dress shoes.
Caricature; A caricature that my girlfriend and I had done while on our trip to Singapore which I thought she had lost, but instead had framed for me
Aromatic diffuser/Essential Oils; I have no idea how I lived my life without one of these, it's beyond amazing. You pretty much put in a half cup of water and some essential nice-smelling oils and watch it puff away filling the room with wild scents and all the while putting on a nice little show.
Tea; Who doesn't like tea? well if you don't you have not tried the tea from T2! It's amazing, with flavours such as Crème Brule and Assam (yup ASS-inthe-AM
), gotta love it.
Scented Melts; These bad boys are in the same league as the essential oils and smell amazing. I was never into the whole scent scene but the effect these can have on calming one down after a hard day is tremendous. Ps. I'm not a salesman for melts or essential oils
Sweets; Ferrero Roche and Butter Fudge, need I say more? delicious.
Astronomy Magazine; I got a telescope for my birthday present and was very excited, not knowing anything about astonomizing I'm sure this magazine will set me on my path.
Novel; Brandon Sanderson - The Stormlight Archive - Words of Radiance. My favorite series, first edition hard cover <3
Little and big pouch; The little one being made from an almost leather while the big one from some kind of wool maybe, with the following from the girlfriend "here's something to put your fancy key caps in
"
Sands of Time; This little beauty has a magnet on one end that attracts the magnetic sand.
Pyramid of Truth; This thing weighs a tonne and is made from two different types of rock with a wooden cap stone, just a lovely thing to marvel at for minutes/hours/days
Naturally what I cannot summarize by a picture is the fun we had and also the amount of food that was consumed. Here's hoping everyone has had a wonderful and joyous Christmas.
Ps. Girlfriend helped with the layout, hence the love heart in the timestamp
PPs. We have a rabbit.
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