DILEMMA

New year is approaching and at this very moment my fiancé and I are pursuing one of our goals for 2014 - move out! Before excitement arouses let me tell you all that means is we are each sitting at a computer checking out sale ads in our area, yet again, which we have already seen one hundred times each before. So, I came here instead as it just felt like wasting time.

But one of our goals in 2014 as I say is to move out. We are currently living in my mothers house, while she, my step dad and my youngest brother are living it up in almighty Qatar (which I am just a teeny-weeny bit jealous about).
But when they return it would be nice to have a place, just so, you know. I definitely don't want to be that girl who lives at home with her fiancé and daughter AND mother, step-father, brother. ToomanypeopleIamsuffocatingorsomething.
It's just a difficult step to make. We'd really like to build a house, but at the same time there's no way on earth we could afford it right now as my apprentice contract is coming to an end, which means money is coming to an end, which means... well, you get the picture.
And then buying a house seems almost just as impossible, I know we'd get the loan buuuuuuut selling it again seems hopeless, as we've been on this real estate site since summer, checking in every now and then to see what's on the market, and like three houses have been sold!!!! So basically if you buy a house here, you're probably stuck forever. And that's a long time. My brain is frying. Hey boyfriend, let's take selfies and cheer up.

                                          

WHAT I WORE ON MY NAILS

My latest "obsession" is nail polish. I've been going though a rollercoaster of emotions the last couple of weeks, I still am, and doing my nails gives me PEACE and I love that. It really just calms me, unless I make a mess and end up angrier than ever but that's just like a 1/10 probability.
I had the Ciatè nail polish calendar and I definitely recommend it for next year if you're into that kind of stuff.

As I've been living in my wool underwear that I got for Christmas I chose a bright matching colour for my nails:






↑ 1. KIKO's "smooth base" base coat // 2. KIKO's top coat. // 3. Oriflame's "silver lining" from the set Visions Nail Art.
 


↑ 1. Ciatè "Play Date" (PP105). // 2. Ciatè "Fit For A Queen" (PP069). // 3. Ciatè "Party Shoes" (PP109).


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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

These last couple of days I've been the first to wake up in our household, I have what I would like to call a horrible cold, but really it isn't that bad. Today is the worst of it (so far) and all I feel like doing is lie on the couch and chill, so that is what I am doing right this moment! It's lovely.


In Norway we originally get everything done on Christmas Eve, the dinner, the presents, the lot.
In our household we start the morning of 24th with a breakfast all together, it doesn't need to be fancy or anything big, the point is that we are all there together. As I was feeling quite unwell, my fiancé Silviu took care of breakfast and made me and our daughter Lilly egg and bacon which was delicious.
At 11 a.m. my aunt, uncle and my cousins came over for porridge.

The porridge contains one almond, and the almond is basically what you want here. Whoever gets the almond in their porridge wins a prize, usually a small chocolate or marzipan, and everybody eats like crazy to get it haha. Usually the person who gets it will hide it from the rest and watch them eat until their bellies are so full they almost pop like an evil mastermind, and then when after everybody is wondering where it has gotten to ("Has it dissolved in the porridge???") whoever gets it will finally confess and claim their prize. This year that person was me :-) :-)

The next event after the porridge is the Christmas Dinner, which is the most delicious thing your mouth will ever feast on, take my word for it. No almonds here, just marvellous food, drinks and the company of your dearest nearest.

After everyone has finished we move on to the presents, and I don't know if whoever stumbles upon this post remembers my dilemma about this gorgeous-I-have-never-seen-anything-so-nice jacket? .......... Anyway, what happened there was that I returned to the shop not long after my post about it, stared at it for a while weighing the pros and cons before I decided I could not leave it behind. The kind owner wrapped it for me, as the only way I could ever get it was if it were a Christmas present from Silviu, so I paid for it, took it home and unwrapped it yesterday. Goodness, what a great eye he has for things ;)  ;)



Such a great buy, I regret nothing!!!!


Jacket by Selected Femme HERE

Not only that, I've been craving for this wool underwear set from a Norwegian designer Kari Traa, it's incredibly sweet and cool and cute <3 and yesterday(!!!) I unwrapped another gift from my love and there were the pants of the set! They were the wrong colour, as I originally wanted the purple one but boy,oh boy haha, I no longer know what I was thinking, wanting the purple ones, because these red ones are so much nicer!! Xx


The pants are to be found HERE by Kari Traa. Top is by Devold (also a xmas gift)

There you are with some insight of my Christmas and the gifts I got. After finishing opening presents our guests left and we eventually went to sleep.... Where I dreamt Silviu and I were vampires and he didn't love me anymore but we still hung out and this girl kept chasing me trying to kill me because I had killed someone she loved but I wasn't even scared! Hardcore-scary-but-cool-vampire. There was something about a shop and a bus too.

Anyway.
Lots of warm wishes to you all, I hope you have a great Christmas and enjoy yourselves and get everything you wrote on your list to Santa xxxx

MAJOR DILEMMA!

Well, hi! It has definitely been a little while.
I've been having a lousy couple of weeks but today I am very optimistic and do you want to know why.....? I'm going shopping!!!!

I have already started a bit. I drove my dear grandfather to the bank this morning and peeked into one of the local shops as I was waiting for him to finish. In the end he was the one waiting for me... but anyway! I was the most exquisite black and white beaded/sequined jacket. The pricetag (1699kr/£170) made me die a little bit, or a lot. But I was thinking I could buy it for myself for Christmas and it would be the gift from my fiancé... And I could clean the whole house before I got it... Gosh it's a lot of money though isn't it? I'm supposed to be saving up for a house... But it was so beautiful. But I'll feel really bad. But I would be supporting the local shops by buying from them.

Pros:
1. So gorgeous.
2. Supporting local shops.
3. Timeless piece.
4. Formal and formal casual.
5. I'd have it forever wouldn't I? Big time wardrobe investment.

Cons:
1. 1699!!!!!!???
2. Beads will fall off. Comes with extra beads, which is definitely a pro!!!
3. Facing fiancé.
4. Will feel bad.
5. 1699.

I'll need to think about this. I also saw a gorgeous knitted jumper, and then there's the wool chill set I wanted.