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Christmas at Home

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I had a really lovely Christmas at home. It was quiet, but I still had a great time hanging out with my Mum and my brother and we played games, ate too much, had a few celebratory drinks and watched quite a few comedy dvds. I just wanted to share a few photos whilst I’m still getting back into the swing of things. Mum surprised me with this Michael Kors watch. I LOVE it! Plus, I got a great new camera, so I’ll be working on my photography in 2013!

Goodbye November

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November has been pretty good fun actually. My life has been pretty up and down recently.
But I’ve had good times with friends and family and I’ve learned so much about myself.

I’ve read some great books. ‘Room’ by Emma Donaghue is one of the best books that I have ever read. Plus, here are five things I learned about life by reading Miranda’s book. Hilarious.

I went to the ATP finals at the O2 and watched Andy Murray play live. That was great fun!

I’m now pretty gutted that I’m a Celebrity has finished. It’s one of my favourite shows. Great work by the girls and I just love a bit of Ant and Dec!

I’m back on track with fitness and I’m excited about it. Here’s little Slimspiration for you all! :)

I wrote about a terrible sham event that I went to on Tuesday night. I hope Karma comes back to bite the ‘organisers’ on the a**!

It’s now less than 4 weeks til Christmas! And I’m excited.

Here’s to a fabulous December!

Christmas in 4 weeks!

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I have no idea how this year has managed to pass me by so quickly.

I started pinning a few Christmas decoration ideas a couple of weeks ago but now it’s December next week and I was so determined to be super organised this year! I want to send out cards (send me your addresses!), start Christmas shopping and host a special lunch for all of my friends! I also want to get glitzy for as many occasions as possible and get decorating, but I feel like I can’t even do that until December… Only a couple more days!

How cute is this idea? LOVE IT!

How are you prepping for the holidays?

Christmas by Instagram

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I never did share my lovely Christmas pictures with you. I was trying to get my Instagram on my phone to talk to my Instagram on my iPad and somehow get that on to my laptop… confusing to say the least! However, I have cracked it! I’m not a technophobe… I swear…
I spent Christmas Eve with my boyfriend and his brother and fiancee in the pub before catching the train home for Christmas Day at home and then driving over to my grandparents for Boxing Day. I then spent a good few days on the sofa with a box of Quality Street getting over all of the festivities! Hope you all enjoyed your holidays!

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A Photoshop Dummy…

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One of my favourite gifts this year was from my boyfriend. We weren’t together on Christmas Day, having just got back from Costa Rica, we spent the holidays catching up with our own families. This meant that we didn’t open our presents in front of each other, which also meant that we avoided seeing those faces of fake joy at a present the other one isn’t too fond of. Having said that however, Mark is rarely nothing but spot on with the presents that he gets me even if his organisational skills are a little off… The thought put into and the choice of the gift is always amazing. I guess people in computer classes might be excited to hear what I received.



This year I had a book. And an email. Yes, an email. He hadnt got around to picking up my present from the local blacksmith’s where the package had been dropped so he said he could just send me an email… I wasn’t sure what that meant. However, it turned out to be Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book plus a year’s subscription! And as I’m back up North, I may as well tell you that I am bloomin’ chuffed with it! You see, its on my list to work on my blog and social media career in 2012 so this is just what I wanted. And it was a huge surprise. Fabulous!


Thanks mi amor!Xx

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Christmas Dog Walk

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Having spent most of Christmas Day opening presents,playing with my new iPad2 and sipping champers and then most of Boxing Day visiting my grandparents, we never quite managed to get out with the dogs which left them fed up and frustrated this morning. Max, the boy, then also took is frustration out on my pile of presents! So it was time to take a stroll this afternoon! And just look at them enjoying it!

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Christmas at Home!

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I spent the festive season at home and by ‘at home’, I mean in England, because we actually spent Christmas in a pretty country cottage in Suffolk, not Lincolnshire where my house is. It was so nice to do something different this year and really enjoy family time with board games, festive TV and too much food! We even got a real tree, which we have never really done before and had to chop it because it was too big for the room!

We also had snow this year, making it a perfect white Christmas, and very cold weather for puppy walking!
At the end of my trip, I even squeezed in a day in London with my uni girls! Fabulous fun!

Hope you all had a great holiday!

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Winter Wonderland!

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It is snowing in England this week, and the sun has started to shine perfectly in Costa Rica, because the summer is here! I couldn’t believe the pictures when my mum sent them to me this week. This cute one of our dog Max is now my desktop picture in the office! It makes me feel Christmassy, whilst sitting in my sandals! :)

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Dear Santa, I’ve been such a good girl this year!

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Dear Santa,
I’ve been such a good girl this year. I’d love to find all of the following things in my stocking:
  • A shiny new bikini for the Costa Rican sunshine!
  • Make-up! And LOTS of it!
  • Some pretty underwear to make me feel good on the inside as well as the outside
  • Replacement GHDs :(
  • Accessories – jewellery, light scarves, headbands…
  • Gym clothes, especially trainers!
  • A Blackberry so I can tweet on the go!
Thanks Santa!
Love Stefanie xx

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Where did the summer go?

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Where did the summer go? I distinctly remember MOVING to Costa Rica in May but now I am talking about Christmas dinner and winter boots, and I’m not quite sure what happened in between!
Well, that’s not exactly true. I do know what I’ve been up to! I did my TEFL course in June, went to Virginia and started working properly with Berlitz in July, took on yet another job as HR Manager in August, which pretty much left me exhausted working 14/15hr days and the September rocked up on me! This month has pretty much started as a continuation of August, with a LOT of work and NOT much fun, but my best friend Chris (very old picture of us above!) did come out to Costa Rica to visit me and we visited a coffee plantation and went ziplining (more on that on my travel blog!). So here I am. Back in the UK, mid way through September, making plans for Christmas and waiting for the Costa Rican summer sun to arrive in December. Yes, that’s right – December! Very confusing! I’ve never had a tan on Xmas day before but it may just happen this year! My life takes so many different turns that I can NEVER predict what’s coming next. My only hope is that I continue to love life and appreciate working life (which I am starting to do!), because being a lazy student bum doesn’t appeal to me any longer!
Stef x

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