Guestpost

Hey sweeties, today I’m taking over Nora’s blog! Wondering who I am?

I’m Jo from Golden Bohemian (click) and in this post I will show you what I would wear for Christmas depending on what I have planned.

Christmas is right around the corner and one should maybe already start thinking about what to wear  for that special night! That’s why I put together three different looks which might inspire you for your own outfit. The three outfits consist of a comfy, a sort of cute and sweet , and a as I like to call it, sassier look which you could wear to a party with your family, a dinner or if you’re going out.

Rocking around the Christmas tree

glitter knit jumper: zara leggings: h&m shoes: primark (3 euros! whaaaaat) hat: primark

Who says you can’t wear leggings for Christmas? If you want to wear a comfy, yet nice oufit, why not wear some basic leggings along with a sparkly knit jumper and flats. I would wear this outfit if I wanted to stay at home with my family or friends for instance. You also don’t need to wear heels for Christmas, flats can totally work with a dress  or something more sophisticated looking.

Santa Baby

glitter knit jumper: zara velvet skirt: american apparel necklace: h&m tights: primark quilted bag: asos

This outfit is very comfortable but it looks cute and chic at the sam time in my opinion. I think the velvet skirt makes the outfit look a lot more luxurious and I personally feel like velvet reminds me of Santa Claus haha. The sparkle in the jumper also has a festive feel to it. Mixing two different textures during the winter time always makes an outfit appear interesting and if you wear velvet and knit, it’s cozy as well. I added jewellery to get some gold accents and make it look more playful. I would actually wear this outfit to a dinner at a restaurant or to an event.

Jingle Bell Rock

sequin shirt: h&m hat: primark black jeans: primark blazer: h&m shoes: primadonna

Yes, I’m still into that black and white all over look! Black and white will never go out of fashion and is always a classy combination. I wore this sequin top to make it a bit more interesting ; we ladies need a little bit of glitter around Christmas time, don’t we? Along with that I wore my Primark hat because I just love how sassy I feel when wearing it haha. I also added my Mary Jane heels because they look lovely, only downside to these is that I can’t even stand in them for 10 minutes, it’s just unbearable. I’m sure you will be able to find a more comfortable pair of Mary Janes.

That’s it sweeties, I hope you liked this little guest post and if you’re new to Nora’s blog then go ahead and follow! For more of my posts check out my blog : Golden Bohmian.

Leave comments below telling us which outfit you liked best ! Also tell us what you have planned to do on Christmas eve!

Big kisses, Jo  

Primark buys

As I'm flying back to Luxembourg tomorrow, I went to Brighton for the day one last time with two girl friends and we had an obligatory stroll through Primark. It's safe to say that I'm absolutely broke now, but I really love the few things that I picked up!

This clutch was a rather spontaneous buy but I found it so pretty and sparkly, yet not over the top, so I went for it. It was only £10 - you can never go wrong with a clutch for that price! It also has a chain, so it can be worn as cross-body/shoulder bag, which is a plus for when I get tired of carrying it in my hand!

Fluffy jumpers have been everywhere this fall and even though I always really liked the idea of wearing something that feels as if you were wearing clouds, I never actually got to find a jumper that I really liked and wasn't too expensive. When I found this beauty for £12 and it fitted perfectly, I couldn't say no! I'll be wearing it on my journey home tomorrow, so I'll be super cozy on the plane, hehe!

In case you've been reading my blog for a couple of months now, you've noticed that I already own two £5 skater dresses from Primark and this is my third that I added to my collection today! I love the simplicity of these dresses (and the price, hello?!) and the pattern on this dress is just too cute. The fact that it's black and white makes it a lot easier to wear throughout the entire year, either paired with denim jackets and sandals or cropped sweaters and ankle boots.

Lastly, I also picked up this cropped, mixed grey sweater. It's incredibly light and perfect to wear with skirts or over dresses (it looks great together with the dress shown above!) and it was only £5 as well, so I went for it.

Tomorrow, there'll be a guest post from a fellow luxemburgish blogger online, which I'm really excited about as I've never had anyone guest post on my blog before! It's also the perfect timing as I'll be on the road the entire day of tomorrow and probably too busy catching up with my family to update. Until then, I'll already wish you all a nice Friday and talk to you when I'm back in Luxembourg! xo

Christmas Wishlist

Now that we are slowly approaching mid-december, I thought it would finally be appropriate to make a good old Christmas Wishlist post. As I have learned from my past experiences regarding Christmas present lists and I started collecting ideas of what I wanted during Autumn already last year, I did the same this year and scribbled every little or bigger wish down on a piece of paper and man am I happy I did that! I now have nice wishlist with things that I not only want but also need. Enough with the rambling now though, let's get started!

Black Platform Boots from My Mum Made It As you might already have noticed in case that you’ve been reading my blog for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been lusting after a pair of chunkier, heavier black boots for a while now, including the simpler, lower-heeled Vagabond version. After unsuccessfully ordering a similar pair to the Vagabond ones, with a heel that was a tad higher on Amazon, my hope vanished and I buried the thought of the boots in the back of my head. Not long after, I stumbled upon this online shop called My Mum Made It and it has the most gorgeous clothes, shoes and accessories! When I first found these boots, I wasn’t sure if they weren’t too heavy for me, but I decided to simply ask for them for Christmas and see what the postman brings me!

It by Alexa Chung You would think that I had enough to read as a partly English literature student, but this book is one that I’ve been reading about a bit here and there recently and I really feel like it would be a nice present as it’s a good change from the usual books I have to read for my classes. I don’t know too much about the book, other than that people loved it everywhere, so I’d love to give it a try myself!

Vegan for Fit by Attila Hildmann As already mentioned a couple of times on the blog, I’ve been looking into vegan lifestyle and cuisine quite a lot recently, this book being one of the main reasons that I even got interested in the subject. Attila Hildmann is a German-Turkish guy from Berlin who completely changed his lifestyle (google pictures with his name and look for before and after pictures, you’ll be stunned!) by switching from omnivore to vegan eating lifestyle. He published this book a little while ago (about 1 year ago I’d say?), which basically consists of a 30 day challenge to eat vegan and follow specific eating patterns, including the most fantastic and delicious recipes. If you would like to learn more about it, I’d recommend you to watch the “trailer” to his book here. I’ll probably give the challenge a go in mid-January as it’s supposed to make you feel incredibly good, lose some weight, build up muscle and it’s super tasty too!

Nike Free Run 5.0s As many other people, I’ve completely fallen in love with the whole sneaker-during-the-day style and I’ve decided to ask for a pair that I’d mostly wear during the day for Christmas. I’ve been thinking about getting colourful ones as they can really spice up an outfit, but as my mum already said, I already own a pair of pink Reebok sneakers which I could wear if I really feel like adding a splash of colour to my outfit, so I’ll probably go for the simple black/grey/white version.

Vegan Chocolate As you have already been able to read about, I've been eating vegan 95% of the time lately, chocolate being one of the few exceptions of food that I eat that is not fully vegan. As I really am a huge chocaholic, I told my parents (ehem I mean Santa) not to buy any chocolate stuff yet as I really want to go chocolate hunting myself and try the vegan version! The chocolate in the picture is from a german website called alles-vegetarisch.de in case any of you want to go have a look! (and yes, they have white chocolate too there, mmh!)

Yoga pants / running pants from H&M As I'm currently working out several times a week, even almost daily if I can fit it into my schedule, I'm always happy about a new pair of pants to wear to my workouts. I especially want a properly long pair of running pants as the longest ones I own only cover my knees and I always have to wear a pair of jogging pants on top of them so that I don't freeze to death when walking back to my flat. I have a few workout clothes from H&M already and I'm really really satisfied with them! They're not too expensive and the quality is more than good, so another pair or two of such pants would be of great use for me.

A blender This is something I’ve been wanting even back when I was still living at home, as we only have a very basic blender there, nothing fancy to make smoothies in. Before I came to Uni, I already mentioned the wish of a blender but I decided to wait for Christmas to ask for one. I don’t have any particular brand in mind as I’m not too well informed on the subject, so any suggestions are highly welcome! My friend who I’ll also be living with next year will probably get a blender to make cakes with, so that way we have all the equipment we need to make everything from cakes and cupcakes to smoothies or homemade falafel!

Silver (boyfriend) watch I already added this kind of watch to quite a few Polyvore outfit combinations and I'm quite sure that it has appeared on a few monthly wishlists as well. I don't have any particular model of preference in mind right now, but this one is one I found on Asos which I really like.

Money Even though money often seems quite unpersonal as present, I'm always happy if I get a little money here or there, simply because you can never have enough back um money for those trips to Primark and Topshop! I'm also currently organising a 5 day trip to a great city in January with a friend right now, so a little money would definitely come in handy, but more about that in another post..!

What are your wishes for Christmas? Is there anything that you think that I forgot to put on my wishlist?

Simplicity

jeggings: dr denim denim shirt: romwe trainers: reebok bag: zara

As I already mentioned when I got my mint green coat from Romwe, I ordered something else as well which arrived at the beginning of this week. I've been looking out for a slightly darker and especially shorter denim shirt for years now, as the one I own is light blue and is long enough to be worn with leggings. This shirt wasn't exactly the cheapest (I'm not saying it was expensive, but it could've been cheaper!) but I decided that it's worth to spend more than £20 on as it's a staple piece that I've been wanting to add to my wardrobe for so long. I decided to pair it with basic black pants, a black bag and my black coat and added my pink reebok running shoes to spice it up just a little bit. I was mainly looking to wear something comfortable today as I spent a couple of hours in the library after having been to pilates and the gym earlier in the morning. I'm now back in my room and waiting for my friend to come over to try out a recipe we found to make vegan and sweet potato curry mmmh!

Quick & tasty vegan pizza!

I feel like this 'recipe' is almost too obvious to post on the blog, but since I really really love this meal and I've already made it for the second time within a couple of days, I thought it would still be nice to share this very basic but very delicious meal!

To make pizza for 2 people, you need: 2 or 3 pita breads (depending on how hungry you are and also I use whole wheat pita bread to make it a bit healthier), 1/4 to 1/2 onion, 1 to 2 garlic cloves, half a can of chopped tomatoes, dried and fresh basil, toppings of your choice (in this case I used mushrooms, bell pepper, cherry tomatoes and black olives), salt, pepper and olive oil (which is not in the picture). Oregano would be a great spice to add to the recipe, but that's something I yet have to buy. Depending on your taste, you can also add some chili or dried tomatoes.

This is as easy as it gets: spread the chopped tomatoes on the pita breads, then mix the chopped garlic, onion and olives with olive oil, salt, pepper and spices of your choice in a cup before adding the mix onto the pita. garnish everything with your toppings (apart from the dried tomatoes and fresh basil, they might burn!) and put it in the oven. I tend to preheat the oven at the maximum heat (usually around 250°C) as this comes pretty close to the heat of the traditional italian pizza ovens. 10 to 12 minutes should be enough for your pita bread to start getting crispy on the edges and for the vegetables to be cooked through without getting burned.

All you need to do when you've taken out your pizzas out of the oven is to add the fresh basil and your chopped dried tomatoes! If you're a big cheese lover (even though I am, I skip this step because this is already incredibly tasty the way it is), you can chop or blend cashew nuts to get a 'parmesan' replacement!

Would you like me to post more vegan recipes? I've got meals like zucchini pasta or falafel that I could easily show you how to make if anyone's interested :)

Small Photobomb / Life lately

These two things are the only things that I bought in London which weren't food related (should I be happy or shocked about that?). The first item is a vegan cookbook, which I'm really excited to use! Unfortunately, it doesn't have any pictures, which is something I usually look for in cookbooks, but there's a lot of little personal stories from the author in the book and little tips and tricks for the vegan lifestyle here and there, so it's quite interesting to read, other than to just use to cook! The ELLE (UK version) magazine is something I also bought in Harrod's (I could spend days in their book/magazine department!) and I'm surprised about how much I like the articles in it. I've always liked looking through an ELLE magazine every now and then (no matter if in French, German or English) but I always ended up being a bit bored by the content. I haven't finished reading it yet, but I'll definitely consider buying that magazine more often in the future.

In Harrod's, I also bought Fiji water for the first time - simply out of curiosity on whether it tastes any different. I decided that I did not taste a difference, but the bottle is too pretty (and practical, it's made out of quitw thick plastic, so it doesn't break as easily as other water bottles) to throw away, so I'm using it as my re-fill bottle on the go at the moment.

In case you've never heard of Graze - you're missing out! They're a Swedish brand who will send you a box with 4 different little, oh-so-tasty snacks every week or twice a month (or more often if you want them to, obviously) and I always forget about the boxes until I receive one again, so it's always a little, fun surprise to find one in my post box! They cost between £3 and £4 I believe and you get to pick your preferences snack wise, choosing between different kinds of cookies, flapjacks, nut mixes, etc! I might stop the whole Graze-traffic for a little while though, as sadly most of their (especially the incredibly tasty ones) snacks aren't vegan. I really do recommend you to go check out their website though!

A little while ago while I was in Brighton and left half the content of my wallet in Poundland, one of the things I bought were these Christmas light. They don't look too Christmassy or over-the-top-glittery, but I enjoy turning them on every day as soon as it starts getting dark - so cozy! And by the way how crazy is it that it's already December? I'll be on the plane home in 11 days, oh my god!

As I already mentioned a bit earlier on the blog, I've started eating mostly vegan and today's lunch was incredible pita pizza which I simply had to share with you! I'm a very big fan of cheesy pizzas (well, cheese in general really), so I wasn't too sure about this version satisfying me but wow it was beyond delicious, full of flavour and made me full without feeling heavy and tired of having a ball of cheese in my stomach. If any of you want further directions/an ingredient list for these pizzas, let me know!

I've recently re-discovered my love for my bordeaux jeans and now really want to try to incorporate them into daily outfits more. I've been thinking about combining them with fur, patterns... any suggestions?

While I was typing, I looked outside the window and suddenly realised how pretty the sky looks right now! The quality of the picture is obviously not brilliant, but I couldn't resist adding this photo to the post.

Before I end this post, I though of a couple of ideas/questions I would like to ask you, hoping for some feedback!

1) Would any of you like to see more vegan meals, including the recipes to them? Or would any of you be interested in any kind of post related to vegan nutrition?

2) Do you have any specific requests on what you would like to see on the blog in the future? A Q&A post, more outfits, a post on a specific topic/trend?

3) Would any of you be interested in guest blogging on my blog sometime during December or even a little bit later?

Have a nice rest of your Monday! xo

Polyvore Looks

I'm feeling pretty uninspired lately, but I somehow had the urge to put together a couple of outfits I wouldn't mind wearing at the moment, given the fact that I actually owned all of these items.

Check out my Polyvore here.