My vegan Christmas

If you've been reading my blog for a little while, you'll know that I've started getting more interested and invested in veganism (mainly diet wise at the beginning) during winter 2013/2014. While I still had the 'traditional' Christmas meal with turkey, potatoes in milk (also know as gratin dauphinois) and tons of non-vegan cookies, I was sure that I didn't want to eat any 'traditional' and non-vegan food this Christmas. So what did a vegan in a family of omnivores eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? Let's have a look!

Merry Christmas!

dress, shoes: primark lipstick: sephora

I'm going to keep this relatively short as I've still got some food duties to do (more about this tomorrow!), but I wanted to wish each and one of you a very Merry Christmas! Some of you might've already celebrated yesterday, so this is a bit late for you guys, but I hope you had a fantastic day/will have a fantastic day :) I'm going to mentally prepare myself for all the food now and I'll be back once I'm out of my food coma again! ♥

Christmas gifts

I'm always up for filling up my wardrobe with pretty and soft socks, so these were a very convenient but lovely little gift!

Ever since I started informing myself about vegan eating, (about 6-7 weeks ago) I've had my eye on the Vegan for fit book, which isn't only filled with delicious recipes but a lot of great knowledge about the eating style as well. I'll be doing the 30 day challenge with a friend in January, actually! The other book I got was a surprise from my mum. I don't think I would usually have picked it up myself, but I'll definitely read it in the near future.

Even though I expressed my wish of a pair of nike running shoes a couple of times on the blog lately, I ended up picking these trainers. They were a lot cheaper and I actually like them even better than the shoes I had my eyes on first! I can't wait to wear these, I've got my head full of ideas on how to wear them.

The picture shows the colour of this turtleneck, cropped (well, it's cropped in the front and longer in the back) sweater wrongly, as it's a dark, electric blue which I love! When I saw it on asos, I had to ask for it as I've desperately been looking for a cozy, pretty turtleneck sweater for months now and this one is simply perfect! It's really cozy and warm and the colour is simply gorgeous.

Along with the things in the pictures, I got money, a small vase, (which I forgot to take pictures of) matcha (green) tea powder (I might make a seperate post about what exactly this is etc.) and another book (It by Alexa Chung) is still on its way to my place. I had a very nice Christmas, ate way too much (the way it's supposed to be, am I right?) and am more than pleased with my presents.

PS: Oh yes and I sneakily bought myself a pair of shoes I've had my eyes on since April and a cute sweater which are on their way to my place right now.. A little Christmas present for me, from me hehe!

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?

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

I've been wanting both dark blue and highwaisted jeggings from Dr Denim for a while now, so I was so happy when I found these and my dad (uhm, I mean santa) agreed to give them for me on Christmas

 I finaaaaaaaaaally can start taking proper outfit picture without any human assistence (haha), I will buy myself a remote for my camera ASAP as well, so no more excuses (apart from the lightning..)

 Left: my family (mostly my mum and I haha) is planning to have a two week trip through England in summer, including London and Cambridge (can't wait to go back there!!) Right: I am definitely getting fat now, I found myself drooling over all the cakes in there for at least 20 minutes yesterday..

 Since I already have black/white converse, I decided not to get vans in the same colour, but plain white ones, love them! Now I've just got to wait for less rain and dirt outside..

 I went to pick this fake fur jacket myself and chose it a bit oversized (it's a size M), so that I can also wear it with a few layers underneath in case the weather's turning really icy again.

 I'm so so in love with this watch, it's kind of rose gold-ish and ah, beautiful. It is (of course) a bit too big for me, so I'll have to drop by a jewelry shop the following days, but I already expected that - my wrists are ridiculously slim

Nothing special to say here - plain, simple, golden jewelry (the squares are earrings). Oh yeah, and just to give you an idea: see the slimmer bracelet? Well that one actually fits my wrist, just so you can imagine how small my wrists are!

I love absolutely everything I got and I feel so blessed! I also got some money, which I'll try and keep a bit for the moment, if I can manage..

I hope all of you had a great Christmas, with lots of good food, great presents and laughter!

PS: Pleasde excuse the different lightning in some of the pictures, but the sun couldn't decide whether it should stay behind the clouds or come out and I couldn't be bothered waiting for either options, so..

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I'm off to the Restaurant with my family soon to have lots of good food and later we'll come back to my place and unwrap presents! Enjoy your day, no matter if you celebrate today or did yesterday, xx

Last Christmas Pictures

 Like every year, we had goose liver with bread mhh, love it!

 

 My brother and me when we must've been around 7 and 4 years old, he had such chubby cheeks, aw!

 Random decoration

 The tuuuurkey! Omnomnom

 Our christmas tree with the presents under it

And I have no clue what they're called in english, but I love taking pictures of them, so pretty

So that's it with Christmas for this year I guess, I hope you all had a good time and got what you wanted :) And for those who don't celebrate it, I hope you had a nice weekend, hehe!

I gotta hurry now, I'm going to town with Kathlyn to have lunch and then go through some shops, see you! xo

L.O.V.E.

I basically sing this song all year long, but when I hear it around Christmas, it's one of the few songs that immediately puts me in a Christmas-y mood! Again, Merry Christmas to you all, I'm gonna hurry now to be ready for the turkey!

Mewwy Kwistmas

picture I found on weheartit

I'm probably a bit late with all the Christmas-y mood and everything, but I somehow still don't feel like it is Christmas.. weird me! Well however, I wish you all a Merry Christmas!
In my family, we celebrate the 25th december more than the 24th, but we'll still have a cozy dinner together, just the four of us. Tomorrow the grannies are coming over and I'll stuff myself with turkey and other delicious things, mmmhh!

25th

 

 Yeah, he looves it when I'm taking pictures of him, hahah

 

My dad opened the bottle a bit but then had to do something else, so I had to hold the cork in case it would open itself

 

My present was the coolest - it's a salt shaker which you can charge and it then rolls over the table, cooolio, huh?

 

I finally got a clock radio I wanted for a while now. + I can connect my phone and iPod to it!

 

A bracelet and earrings, made with real soft water pearls.

I also got a big mirror, which I'll take pictures of as soon as we hung it up. I'm getting presents from my grandmas, etc as well, the next time we see them, I guess. Aaand another part of my presents is ofc a little shopping in Brussels;)

What did you get? xx

MERRY CHRISTMAAS-

yeeh, i finally got my presentss (: !
got a lot of jewellery from my uncle, he :b (see the pictures)
+ a hat :DD (see the pictures)
aaand i'll have some money tooo (:


this lovely bracelet + the earrings, from dad ((:

this preetty pendant (?) from my uncle

this cute little, golden mirror from my dad, from Latvia!

and finally another pretty bracelet with a heart, fishes + a cross & an anchor(?)
sorry for the bad pictures..

and this hat from my mum, i loove it! :D

the turkey was tasty! had a really good day + sure gonna take some nice pictures tomorrow.
what did you get for christmass?
x

Merry Christmas, everybody!

Outfit i'll wear tomorrow.
Althought i took pictures yesterday, i forgot to upload them, so here they are:)


yes, today's the 24.december, christmas eve. are you getting your presents tonight? because i won't, we celebrate the 25., with family and big dinner and lots of presents :) i'm so looking forward to tomorrow, because we'll have a turkey ! mmh :))

today i baked 4hours with my little brother, 3 different kinds of cookies + brownies! and after that, the whole house smelled like cookies :D
so this evening i finished packing some little presents, helped my mum to decorate everything for tomorrow, had a nice dinner with my family and now i'm sitting here, writing this (:

hope you'll all enjoy your christmas eve & tomorrow too,
xx