A little gift for me from me

Hi all, can you believe it is nearly December? I am so excited.  Even my mum is getting in the Xmas spirit early, normally she puts up the tree 7 days before Xmas at the earliest this year she is putting up the lights on the 1st of December. Crazy! I am so glad that I will be in Scotland with my family for the run up to Xmas too it makes me so happy.

With all the excitement and gift giving in mind I decided to treat myself to a little something.  I have wanted the iPad mini since it came out last year but have waited and waited and finally I thought, I have worked so hard over the past few months I deserve a treat.  So off I popped to the apple store and picked up my new little beauty!!

I decided on the iPad mini 16gb in black and am so happy with it.  Fortunately I had a £100 gift voucher for the apple store so ended up only paying £149.

Have you treated yourself to anything lovely lately?

John Lewis Secret Santa Blogger Challenge

It's Elf!! one of my favourite Christmas films :-) But this post isn't abouat Elf, it is about the John Lewis Secret Santa Blogger challenge.  I am so excited that they have asked me to take part, it's going to be a hoot.

So what is it all about? John Lewis have selected a group of bloggers who will all give gifts to each other from John Lewis. The challenge is that we have no idea who we are buying for yet! But on Monday the 11th of November we will all be sent the name of the blogger who we are gifting and have 48 hours to research their blog and choose the best gift for them.  Eeep it is going to be so much fun, I wonder who will be picking for me?  

All our gifts will be sent on the 25th November, a month before Christmas.  I was always told not to open my presents before Christmas day but in this instance Christmas will come early!! I am super excited to read about what everyone got in the John Lewis Secret Santa.

Are you taking part in this blogger challenge? 

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What a Bargain!! Festive Candle Haul

Well can you believe it is November already? It feels like autumn has just hit us in Scotland, which is strange normally it is snowing by now.  I am starting to feel more and more Christmassy, so I wanted to get some new Festive candles.  I have seen so many people writing about the Yankee Candle offerings but the baragin hunter in me wanted to find something more purse friendly.

So off I popped to TK Maxx.  They had so many, I definitely recommend going there if you are in the market for some cheap candles.  I could have bought 3 or 4 but narrowed it down to these 2 beauties.

Reflections (£5.99)

This is my favourite of the two.  Think of the smell when you go in to a garden centre filled with real Christmas trees and you have this scent.  Totally delightful.

Winter Frost (£5.99)

This one smells like Christmas spices with a touch of creaminess.  Also really lovely

I think £5.99 for an 18oz candle is totally amazing.  Plus the jars will make lovely containers for sweeties or biscuits once the candles are done.

I would love to hear what your favourite Festive candle scents are?

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