Festive Cheer!

It's December 5th and I'm officially in the Christmas mood! I'm heading back t'north tomorrow and I'm so super-duper excited!!!

I had a dream the other night that my Mum had put up the Christmas tree and all the decorations around the house without me, which made me wake up in a cold sweat. As soon as it became a reasonable time to call home I did (just to assure myself that this dream wasn't a premonition) and, thankfully, she assured me that she would not go near a Christmas tree farm without me. This made me feel a lot better, and thus I went straight back to sleep.

I've slept a lot this past week, and when I say 'a lot' I mean 'A LOT'. The other thing I love about Christmas time is the way everything starts to slow down e.g. uni and uni work. I had a total of 2 lectures this week (both after midday, which was grreeeaaattt) and NO essays due! Woooohooo! So, therefore, I was left with a lot of time for sleeping, catching up on Nashville and The Carrie Diaries (which are my absolute FAVES at the mo) and, most importantly, eating!

Aside from all this sleeping I have actually managed to do quite a bit to get me even further into the Christmas spirit! I went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park yesterday, and had just the best time! I ate waffles with chocolate sauce and whipped cream, and then proceeded to go on a Giant Wheel (which I mistook for the London Eye) and a few very twisty and very fast rides! We then headed indoors for a hot drink and a sit after all the spinning, and listened to 'Joseph' a German fella who blasted out some real classics- Cotton Eye Joe, Sweet Caroline and The Macarena amongst many.

 

 

My friend from the north came down for the weekend and we had a ball! On Friday night we made- and devoured- pizza and watched Sex and the City 1&2 in preparation for the busy day ahead. On Saturday we braved Oxford Street, shopped ourselves silly for a few hours (doing a lot of damage to our bank accounts in the process), and then headed to Covent Garden and Leicester Square for a wander, and a cheeky visit to M&M world where we helped ourselves to the array of different coloured sweeties- YUM.

 

In the evening we headed to Canary Wharf to try out Byron Burger which was amazing, before continuing to a few bars and ending up in London Bridge at The Old Schoolyard, where we drank many cocktails and danced the night away to classics such as Hips don't lie and Jenny from the block

Sunday was also full of foody fun starting with Smiths of Smithfield. I'm not usually a breakfast person but I have to say I've been converted! I ordered blueberry pancakes and a Strawberry, Blueberry and Banana smoothie, which was equally as delicious.
 

 

So, all in all I've had a pretty good start to December, and I'm pretty sure that as the big day gets closer, it'll get even better!

 

Are you as excited as me for the arrival of 25th December? Any suggestions on any more festive events happening around London?