Happy Hump Day %

Hello my lovelies!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas? I really enjoyed mine with family back home in The Hague. We had lots of snow & relaxed at home with lights, candles, LOTS of amazing food and all this by the smell of a real Christmas tree (♥ it!). Here a quick little collage of my time in Holland over the holidays :)

Also I got this cute email from a friend a few days ago and wanted to share it with you all because it's such a lovely message and much very in the spirit of Happy Hump Day and the upcoming New Year celebrations :)

'Let's keep living our lives like we know best, and to fly even further and higher in 2011!' 

Lots of love xoxo Roz

Christmas OOTD

Merry Christmas Everyone! Thought I'd quickly share my Christmas Morning OOTD

I got this jumper in London last week when I spotted it in a sale, cute right?

Louche Pearl Intarsia Sweater from Joy

Get it online here now on sale for only £24.50

Hat - Santa's ;)

I also want to take this moment to say a HUGE thank you to all my readers and followers! I only started this blog in February this year and never would have thought that I'd have over 660 followers by Christmas time :) I truly hope you all have a MAGICAL Christmas, filled with joy and happiness. Mine will be spend with family and lots and lots of food ;)

xoxo

Christmas White Chocolate Rocky Road

Hey everyone,

I am happy to report that, very early this morinng, I arrived safe & sound in a freezing and white Holland. After a little power nap I spend the day catching up with friends over Glühwein (= mulled wine) at the beach (which was covered in snow....) Afterwards I wrapped up all my presents, placed them under the tree and did some last minute 'baking'. I love giving people foody presents and when I found this recipe online, I thought it was an excellent idea as a Christmas treat! It's really easy to make, with no baking involved and you can pretty much change the ingredients according to your own preferences. 

Check out my DELICIOUS Christmas White Chocolate Rocky Road:

Ingredients:
♥ 250g white chocolate, chopped
♥ 1/3 cup chopped pistachio kernels, toasted
♥ 1/2 cup dried cranberries
♥ 100g white marshmallows (I used mix of white and pink)

♥ To make them even more festive & Christmassy; I added some silver decorative sugar balls to mine!

Note: You can be pretty flexible with the types and amounts of ingredients you use.

Method:

♥ Line the base and sides of a baking tin with baking paper and allow about a 2cm overhang. 

♥ Place the white chocolate in a heatproof, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until melted and smooth.

♥ Place pistachios, cranberries and marshmallows in a large bowl. Toss them all together. Then add melted chocolate and stir to combine. Press the mixture into the prepared pan. Refrigerate, covered, for 2 hours or until set.

♥ Cut into squares and serve. Or like me, wrap them up in cellophane and give them to people at Christmas! Don't they look yum and Christmassy? ENJOY! Merry Christmas xoxo

Happy Hump Day %

Hi, I hope you are all well and not stressing out to much to get everything ready before Christmas? Only 3 sleeps till Santa!! :) I had planned to leave for Holland this Friday morning with the Eurostar train but due to the snow & increasingly bad weather conditions in London and Europe, there have been some SERIOUS delays and cancellations. These poor people have been queuing at the station for days in the cold and were not getting on trains :( The idea of not getting home in time for Christmas really started to stress me out, so I decided to cancel my train ticket and change my travel plans. Plan B: I'm now going on a massive overnight mission by bus & boat tomorrow night! It's been YEARS since I have spend Christmas at home with my family & I'm really looking forward to it so fingers crossed it all goes according to plan....

Happy Hump Day:

Feel a bit sad however because I got some very bad news regarding my grandmother's health today. Even though it wasn't completely unexpected, I was still shocked and upset.  It made me think about the concept and value of time, so when I spotted the above picture, I thought, gosh if only we did have the option to have 'pause', 'forward' or 'rewind' buttons for life.... I really hope you all value and enjoy the time you spend with your families this Christmas, because you know what? Life is just too short and precious NOT to! Lots of love xoxo