WINTER WONDERLAND: CHRISTMAS MARKET 2017

Hello everyone! If you saw my recent things to do this december post, then you will probably know that one of the things to do was to visit a Christmas Market/Winter Wonderland. Every year visiting my local Winter Wonderland is one of my favourite things to do, as there is honestly no better way to get in the festive spirit and having a lovely time with the people you love and even better at the moment, as even thought it has been freezing cold we have had some beautiful blue sky's and sunshine.

Being from Nottingham, our Winter Wonderland is based on Old Market Square which is in the centre of the city (town hall) and it is filled with some really cute stalls, rides, ice-skating, bars and food stalls. Another great thing about it being located where it is, there is a Starbucks right on the square so you can pick up a Christmas drink either on the way in or out. This year i think the helter skelter is my favourite attraction, as it looks super cute and colourful the way it is decorated.

For some reason i can't remember if the carousel was part of Winter Wonderland last year or not? or maybe it is a new attraction for this year? Either way i thought how beautiful it looked, almost Parisian style because they always remind me of Paris. I have also seen the carousel when it was dark and all the lights were obviously lit up. which made it look so magical.

So i have mentioned this before but i have this weird obsession with Nutcrackers at Christmas time, i love to watch anything with them included and any decorations of them. Finally probably the best part of any Winter Wonderland/Christmas Market is the food and for me personally more specifically the desserts. Must try's if you go are the Churros and the really long cable laces, they are so yummy!

Catch up last year's Christmas Market post HERE...

xo.

MY DAY IN PICTURES

Hey guys, i hope you are all having an amazing day whatever you are up to and happy monday! So for today's post i thought i would share with you what i got up to this weekend... which mainly consisted of yummy Mexican Food, a certain movie, mixed with a tiny bit of shopping...

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

♥

BLOGMAS DAY ONE: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND WINTER WONDERLAND

Hey guys and welcome to day one of blogmas, yay it's Christmas time!!! So yesterday i went shopping to Nottingham with my friend and my sister to do some Christmas shopping and a lot of gossiping (obviously). We also took a look around the winter wonderland which they have in the market square every year, it's filled with different stalls, rides and an ice skating rink. We also had some yummy churro's and cocktails...

I hope you all had a great weekend and i'll see you tomorrow for day two!

♥

MY DAY IN PICTURES

Hey guys, i hope you are all having a great day whatever you are up to! So the other day i went Christmas shopping with my mum, sister and baby nephew. I had hoped to take a few more pictures than i actually did but it was super busy and couldn't always stop to get my camera out. None the less i did take some pictures and thought i would still share them with you. I also might of done some damage in Lush, so watch this space for a Haul...

First stop when we arrived was going for a coffee, i decided to give the Brownie Hot Chocolate a try and this Costa actually did Soy Milk so that was a added bonus!

I very rarely go upstairs in the Victoria Shopping Center (Nottingham) only if i need to go to the Disney Store for any reason but today we did and spotted the Yankee Candle store, which i didn't even know was there. Best store ever!!!

After a lot of shopping it was time for a lunch break and as per usual when in Nottingham we visit Carluccio's, which is a personal favourite of mine as i am obsessed with Italian Food.

Sanpellegrino is a must when it's on the menu!

For my main course i went for Carbonara, if you ever go to Carluccio's and are a lover of Carbonara definitely go for this, as it is the best one i have ever had. I like it as it is made the proper way and isn't too creamy and rich. 

Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding for dessert (Yummy).

After getting home after a long busy day shopping it was time to relax, light a candle and start reading Captivated by You. I can't tell you how excited i was as i have been waiting for so long for Sylvia Day to release this next book in the Crossfire Novel series as i actually prefer them to Fifty Shades. P.S i am not saying i am not obsessed with Fifty Shades because i am, February can't come soon enough haha! 

I hope you liked this different type of blog post.

♥

WHAT I ATE WEDNESDAY (BIRTHDAY EDITION)

Hey guys, i hope you are all enjoying your week so far. So for this weeks "What I Ate Wednesday" i thought i would do something a little different and do it for my birthday which was on Monday... aaah another year older! So without further a do here it is...

As it was my birthday my mum and i decided to spend the whole day shopping. When we first arrived we were starving as we had no time to grab breakfast at home so we went to Costa. We shared a portion of toast between as Costa's toast is huge. To drink i had Iced Lemon Tea.

After several hours being busy shopping we decided to head to lunch at one of my favourite restaurants Carluccio's and obviously i had to get Sanpellegrino Limonata to drink, it is just the best!

We decided to share a starter between us which was Calamari Fritti and ironically is both myself and my mum's favourite type of starter, so that worked out well.

For main course i had Spaghetti Carbonara which is definitely one of my favourite dishes to have when i go to Carluccio's.

Seeing as it was my birthday and also it would be rude not to we had a dessert. I had Pasticcio Di Cioccolato which is basically Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding in English, so delicious!

After a couple more hours of shopping we decided to stop off for a Starbucks before catching the train home. I got a Tall Soy Mocha Frappuccino obviously. I didn't have anything else to eat for the rest of the day as i was still super full from lunch.

MY WEEKEND IN PICTURES

Hey guys! It has been a couple of months since i last did a "my weekend in pictures" blog post, so since it was a bank holiday weekend i thought i would take some pictures of what i have got up to.

Friday and some of Saturday mostly consisted of me doing work, editing, working on some new ideas and of course listening to Justin Garner whilst doing so!

Saturday night at my house should be renamed "pizza party saturday" as we nearly always have homemade pizzas made by my dad (they are the best)!

Saturday night was also movie night, who doesn't love a good rom com and m&m's?

Sunday i went to Ikea with my sister and we did a spot of shopping. Where my local Ikea is there is also another retail park with lots of other stores there.

All that shopping is thirsty work so we stopped off at Starbucks on the way home. I had a Soy Mocha Frappuccino and a Blueberry Muffin (Naughty but nice)!

This weekend i have been listening to Mya's new EP "Sweet XVI" none stop, i'm obsessed. My favourite tracks are Super Woman and Same Page.

With it being Bank Holiday we also got Monday off! So i went into Nottingham, did some shopping (for a change) went for a few drinks and some lunch.

For lunch we went to Carluccio's, which is one of my favourite Italian restaurants.

I had something which was new on the menu "Trofie Alla Genovese" which was trofie pasta with pesto, potatoes and green beans... it was so nice!

And of course you have to have dessert, it's just rude not too haha! Tiramisu and Coffee.

Yet again another Raspberry and Blackcurrant Ice Tea from Starbucks.. if you haven't tried one before you need to they are just so refreshing!

So that is pretty much everything i have got up to this weekend, i'm just going to relax now and catch up on some YouTube videos.

Hope you have all had an amazing weekend and i will be back Wednesday with a new blog post!

BLOGMAS DAY SEVEN AND EIGHT: SUNDAY FUNDAY AND FEELING FESTIVE

Today i went into Nottingham city to do some more Christmas Shopping and take a look around the Christmas Market. I love the vibe of the Christmas Market as it is full of people all looking around the different cute little stalls and i must say it got me feeling all festive. After a spot of shopping it was time for some lunch at Carluccio's, the food there is so good and i think it has to be my favourite Italian Restaurant ever.

I love everything in the Cath Kidston store, i could literary buy everything if i could afford to. My favourite items were without a doubt the Christmas range, TOO CUTE!!!

My favourite Christmas lights and decorations this year have definitely got to be the ones in The Exchange. It's such a beautiful building in general but at Christmas time it's even more beautiful.

The Christmas Market had so many stalls full of yummy looking treats and they smell just amazing, although it was rather disappointing that there was no stall selling Churro's this year.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, whatever you were doing...

Katie ♥