Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

1.05.2012

Shabop Shalom



Hope everyone had a happy holiday! As for me a smile has been on my face ever since I got home. I've been pretty busy lately mostly spending as much time as I can with family, friends, and the boyfriend! It's been absolute bliss and I'm dreading the fact that I only have about a week and a half before I have to go back to college.
Anyway the song above is a new discovery! One of my best friends, Nina showed it to me. We both have the exact same taste in music and whenever we hang out we make sure to trade new music. I hung out with her and Demi, another best friend, last night. We had dinner at a sushi place and chilled out at my house afterwards. It was so much fun being with them again, i couldn't stop laughing the entire night.



Monday was a blast too. The boyfriend and I went ice-skating at Bryant Park. He hasn't been since he was small, but he was a complete natural! I was able to semi keep up with him thankfully. I finally remembered how to skate properly again! What a miracle! After skating we got some yummy hot-dogs (nacho for him chili-cheese for me) to regain energy from the vendors around Bryant Park and for dessert we shared a banana, strawberry, nutella crepe which I will make sure to always get whenever I visit the park. It's that amazing!


As for the Christmas and New Years, it was spent with close friends and family! During Christmas day it was just the family and I. It was spent unwrapping presents and making delicious food, including cornbread! Something that my mother, brother, and I have tried to make before but it never turned out right. This time, though, it was delicious! Later on that night my mom's friends came over to sing carols! It was really sweet and kind of amusing, I admit. After Christmas I got to exchange Christmas presents with the boyfriend! It was our first Christmas together and the first time I was giving him an official present so I was really nervous he wouldn't like what I got him. I bought him a travel book and placed little notes in them. We both love to travel so I thought it was a sound gift. Turns out he loved it, and he can't wait for us to go to all the places together :)









For New Year's we all went over to Queens, NY like we do ever year for a party. I got to see, who I consider my "cousins," Geneve and Katherine. It was nice seeing them again because I haven't since Halloween. We all catched up and took pictures, cooed over all the adorable babies in the house, and enjoyed each others' company.


All in all, my holidays were wonderful! Hope yours' were too!!!

xxxMar

12.06.2011

Fair Isle & Bryant Park


I can't believe I am still in school right now! I just want to go home, and sleep lots, and eat lots, and hang out with loved ones lots! But instead of all that I have to study...lots. Gruergh! My life until the 14th officially sucks. A bit over dramatic? Nah.
Really, I can not wait for the holiday break, or the holidays in general!
Shown above is a fair isle sweater from J.Crew. I love this pattern. It's my favorite thing to wear during the Christmas season. It's so festive and cozy and just looking at it makes me want to cuddle with the boyfriend by the fireplace, drink hot chocolate, and open presents from under the tree!

But, what's really got me into the Christmas spirit was the trip to the city last Friday for ice skating in Bryant Park! It was a nice place to unwind after a long week, especially since there were so many cute little shops in the park, one of which had the best sweet crepe (bananas, strawberry, nutella, whipped cream) and kettle corn evar! Too bad I completely forgot how to ice skate! I swear I knew how to skate last year! But apparently now I need three teachers to get me to skate semi-properly on my own. Oh well. Hopefully I get better, that way I can teach the boyfriend when we go during break.
Here are some pictures from our trip. Notice I don't have any of the ice skating rink. I was too busy trying not to fall flat on my butt.


xxxMar