What I got for xmas aka Happy times!

Ghouls of my heart, how are you?

I´m coming back to earth. These past weeks my head's been in the clouds, and I feel like I was trapped in some weird (happy) time vortex. There was xmas. There was lots of food (main courses were shrimp, turkey and bacalao), there were sweats and desserts (portuguese names, bear with me - baba de camelo, bolo de mousse, mousse, serradura, all kinds of sweets, ice cream ladidah). There were xmas presents. The mood was golly, and it felt pretty nice. The best way to explain it is, somehow it didn't feel xmasy, yet it was really nice and happy (same happened with new years celebrations!). There were no arguments or grumpiness, for which I was very grateful. We stayed up till 5 am in my brothers house, exchanging gifts, watching TV and playing guitar hero. The next day, we headed over to my aunt, played with my cousins, got some more pressies and had some moar nice foodies. Xmas was great this year, and I was very happy all the time. Yay!

So, in case you're curious (or maybe i´m just showing of, ah!) these are the pressies I got! I tried to divide the stuff in categories, to make it easier.

Clothes and stuff -

  JC lita replicas, a pair of black socks, and a bat jumper which I <3 (Also, my new years eve dress which I LOVEEEEEEEE and you will see in my new year's report post!)

Random stuff -

  Candle holder, peach candles, travelsize containers (for austria!), a scp (my portuguese football club) mug, a dvd and 3 books

Makeup and beauty related products:

Pre natal washing up without water liquid soap (great for festivals!), Acessorize makeup goodies box (3 nail varnishes, a body wash, a blusher, a mineralized skin finish and some body butter), a little box of lip-glosses and a metal makeup case (I freaking love the caseeee!! - and i think you can see what's inside, so no need to describe it)

A perfume (smells like raspberry, it's like yummy!!), a detangler spray, a coconut body milk (I hate the taste of coconut, but I love it's smell!), an anti dark circles under eyes cream (lol, i think i might have made up this name), a brush, a purple nail varnish, black glitter eyeshadow and eyepencil from Kiko (<3 that shop and their products!)

Last but not the least, YUMMIES!:

  A biiiigass praline chocolat box, two little bitesize shortcake packages (I was addicted to those when I lived in England, and my uncle lives there, so he remembered and brought me some. I cried a little when I tore up the wrapping paper and saw them!), some biscuits, some jelly berries, some mon cherie dupes (that i don't like, blah) and some xmas themed chocolat!

I´m missing a framed puzzle my friend Marco gave me, with stars and moons and wizards, which is completely childlike and amazing, but I left it at his house unfortunately :( Meh!

Also got some money and stuff (catxim!) but i wasn't about to photograph that.

I´m so grateful for everything I got! I thought that with the crisis and all, i'd have a slim stack of presents, but as you see, I was a very lucky gall and got tons of amazing pressies!

Thanks to my family, friend and pets for making my Christmas (and my life) a truly happy one!

<3  

Day in the life of - Animals, outfit, Sintra and books!

Hey dearies,

So the other day, I decided it would be really fun to take some pictures of the stuff I get around to, during the day, and post them here to show you guys. I only took pictures of the more interesting and nice bits, but it was a really fun day! I was all by myself, but went around doing different stuff and was really tired by the end of it. Come with me and check it out!

I started the morning cosy, as it was really hugely cold when I got out of bed. So I made myself a cup of chocolate tea (yums) and drank it while I checked my emails on the computer!

This is my cat, Junior! He is a "Noruguês dos bosques", I don't know the name of the breed in english, but he is huge and fluffy, and has a moustache, as you can see!

Look at his moustache! He looks like eça de queiroz, ahah

Time to show you some more pupz, this is my pipoca. Half chihuahua, half yorkie

And Freddie, my macho latino chihuahua! <3

My outfit! I love those converse sneakers! I bought them half price at an outlet, and the camouflage has skulls worked into the pattern! Btw, I LOVEEEEEE my batman sweater!

Now, as you creatures of the night now, 2013 is the year of the bat. So I knew there was this bat exhibition in Sintra, with loads of bat pictures drawn by kids and stuff. I had to go and check it out!

Some of the bat species that roam in Portugal! :D

Afterwards, there was another exhibition about Roman remains in Sintra, and I decided to check it out. I only took pictures of a coolass human skeleton, but I watched like an hour long video of all the roman remains and ruins present around Sintra. There's loads of stuff and it was so interesting and amazing!

  I then proceeded to go to some shops, and have a wander around my beautiful village. I´m sure you're all gonna turn green of envy, cause this is where I live <3

Isn't it absolutely breathtaking? It looks like it's part of fairytale!

Afterwards, I went to a expensive ass charity shop (where I only got a book) and to the library. The xmas decorations are out, and it looks so lovely! I especially liked the yummi christmas tree!

And inside, they had a xmas tree made from books! Aww!

These are the books I bought & borrowed from the library!

Lastly, I have a surprise... Sneak peek preview of my new hair colour :D

Cherrylicious!


Hope you like wandering around with me <3 See you soon!

The Alternative Corner - Have a very batty christmas! Playlist

My dear dear monsters,

Here's my early xmas present for you all, my HAVE A VERY BATTY CHRISTMAS! music playlist, that I put together specially thinking about you all. I think it is perfect to put you on that magical xmas mood, for when you are just doing random chores around the house, cooking, putting up your xmas decorations, or if you just wanna feel xmasy! It contains everything an alt christmas playlist should have, alternative xmas tunes and covers of classics (like Faith and the Muse, Nightwish, Nox Arcana, The Cruxshadows, David Bowie, Alien Sex Fiend), some of yee old but very very good classics (like Spike Jones,  Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt,  The Pogues, Bing Crosby), movie soundtracks (Nightmare Before Christmas, Anastacia, Harry Potter), some of the cheesy classics obviously (Wham!), and even some Christmasy electronic, trance and dubstep tunes. There is something to please everybody, and I´m really glad with the way it turned out! I´m gonna blast it through my house and on my Mp3 player all December long, weeee! So without furter ado, ghouls and ghoulettes, witches and wizards, goblins and faery creatures, I give you...

  
Just click on Frankie, Wolfie and Dracula! 

It is still a work in progress, so If you'd like to suggest some tunes, comment down below and I´ll add them <3

I hope you like it, I´m listening to it right now!