Blogmas week one!

It's Christmassss!

The wait is over; December is fiiiiinally here! The advent calendars are out (this year I have two chocolate ones and a LEGO one at work, which is the coolest advent calendar I've ever had) and it's acceptable to be playing the Michael Buble Christmas Album on repeat, loud and proud - time to get excited! As usual, I was starting to get excited in November, but luckily the month flew by and I feel less guilty for feeling festive now - the shops and radio are both playing Christmas songs, so it's officially aloud! To the annoyance of everyone at work, I'm that person who is on the Christmas hype good and proper; I sound like an official promoter of all things Christmassy, including Christmas Markets/Fairs/Music/Food etc, and I hadn't noticed that I point out every Christmas tree I pass until this year! I tried to tone it down until December, but surely being one of the youngest people in the business makes it acceptable to be the most excited?! (I'm kidding myself if I think this will change as I get older...)

A week of December has gone already, and I have a feeling it's going to go too fast; so I've decided to do a post each week with what I've done so that I can remember everything (and so that I can read it next year and get really excited for Christmas 2014...) To kick start December, I went to London with my friend Mel from work and crashed at her house for the weekend! It was such a nice start to the month, we had loads of fun getting into the festive spirit!

Like a little girl, the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park had been forever in my dreams, I longed every year to be taken to the festivities in the capital. This year, I'VE BEEN, woohooo! It was just as I expected; hustle and bustle with a festive atmosphere, cute gift stalls, Christmas lights and decorations and most of all endless supplies of food and drink. The highlight was definitely the German Beer Hall; countless beer and mulled wine stands, masses of singing people, and a cringeful German duet - what more do you need?! That definitely got me into the Christmas spirit!

 We also went to the outdoor ice rink at Somerset House, I'd seen so many pictures of it and thought it looked incredibly Christmassy, needless to say, we paid a visit. It wasn't as big as I expected from photos, but nonetheless it was a great atmosphere and it had a huge Christmas tree, so it was well worth going.

At the weekend, I went to the clothes show with my Mum, her friend and my sister; it was nice to have a girls day out! I absolutely love the clothes show so I had been looking forward to it as soon as the tickets went on sale, and again, I was not disappointed (my bank balance on the other hand...let’s not go into that!). I mostly invested in new make-up and goodie bags, but I also got a few dresses because I've still got some 21st birthdays to dress up for! We did a lot of celebrity spotting, but waiting in a queue for a picture was certainly not on the agenda (wasting valuable shopping time!). As usual, there's never a dull moment when you're with the Powell's; if I wasn't dancing to songs being played around the arena, I was knocking a whole stand of shoes off a stall (I was not dancing at this point...). Luckily, the man selling them and who was unfortunately standing behind said shoes, forgave me! Due to being too busy spending money, the only photo I got of the clothes show was of me and my boys...

Sunday was a day for doing run arounds! I helped with the shopping, got some Christmas presents, picked up Dad's train tickets and filled up my car before I had to head back to MK that evening. But before I headed back, I dropped by to my friend Imy's house – it was lovely to catch up (because she's so bad at bloody texting/phoning!), and as usual there were tears...crying with laughter! I'm looking forward to more laughs this weekend!

(this was a snapchat, so we aren't really looking our best...)

So far, December's been so much fun and I've been super busy; I have a feeling it's only going to get busier but I’m not complaining! Although this post does include two weekends, so it is cheating a little... Here's to the rest of the month!