Lisboa. /3

Suddenly it dawned on me that I hadn't shared the pictures of the last day of our trip to Lisbon. So with a little (a lot) delay, here are the last pictures:

Lisbon skyline

December.

I know, I know, first I say the only thing I want to commit to this year is to spend more time here, on my blog, and then I go and disappear for two-three weeks. Not exactly what you would expect. But I'm here now and I'm all excited to tell you about what I did in December. It was a very christmassy month... And I loved it!

1. I gave blood (together with the boyfriend + the in-laws) // 2. Studying for my French exam.. Just like old times // 3. Sinterklaas has come to work... // 4. and at home! // 5. Went out to eat tapas with my highschool friends // 6. Being crazy with the boyfriend #wewokeuplikethat // 7. Dinner of the month; fish burgers // 8. Sneeky selfie from the boyfriend // 9. INSIDE a christmas tree in the mall / 10. Went to a christmas fair in Oberhausen and saw a huge Lego store // 11. Super cute store window (I love disney) // 12. I also went to a christmas fair in Brussels with the boyfriend and saw a cool light show... // 13. and our national symbol: Manneke Pis! (first time for the boyfriend) ... // 14. and the most awesome merry-go-round... // 15. and took more selfies with the boyfriend // 16. We eventually finished the month with baking some goodies: poffertjes!

2015.

First of all, a Happy New Year, everyone! I wish you all the best for 2015, may all your wishes come true. Unfortunately, the holiday season is now officially over (well, for most people, the Boyfriend's birthday is tomorrow so I still have one last party to go). I hope you all enjoyed cosy family dinners, crazy party nights with friends and got lots of lovely presents.

I'm not going to bore you with all of my resolutions for the new year since I still have half a birthday bucket list to complete and well, I always give up my new year's resolutions before February has begun. No, I decided that from now on, my birthday is the day I set new goals for myself which takes the pressure of January. No dieting or sports for me this year. The only thing I've told myself to do is spent more time on this little webpage of mine here. But first let's see if I'll make it to February.

Christmas wishlist.

It's that time of year again... Christmas is coming. I have to say, I get easily bored with winter. I'm always cold, freezing my ass of while waiting for the train to come, constantly with hair in my face because of the wind and my hat. But the holidays are what make this all worth while. All the pretty christmas lights, decorated trees, christmas fairs, hot cocoa everywhere and of course: presents! Here's what I put on my wishlist this year. I don't have that much to wish for. I'm spoiled, I already got it all.

1. Reflex Suede Strap Watch from UO // 2. Subscription to Flair Magazine // 3. Fisheye phone lens from UO // 4. Veet Easy Wax // 5. Polaroid film

November

1. View from my workplace // 2. Making dinner with the boyfriend // 3. ... and dessert to of course // 4. Going to 'de Boekenbeurs' (a book fair) // 5. And of course we couldn't come back empty handed // 6. Going to the movies to see Fury // 7. Making soup with the boyfriend this time // 8. Enjoying my bunny onesie // 9. Forgot my lip balm at my sister-in-law's place// 10. Going to wagamama: Chicken Katsu Curry! // 11. The boyfriend likes it as well // 12. And I cut of about 20cm of my hair. 

In November I also:

• had a sleepover at my sister-in-law (see also number 9.) with my other sister-in-law. Due to the stupid (I really want to use another word here but I'm being polite) strikes I couldn't get to work. Fortunately, my dear sister-in-law lives in Antwerp during the week and she was nice enough to let me stay over. We had a lovely girls' night. 
• started a new tradition with the boyfriend. As you may know, we are both taking a cooking class together and we're enjoying it very much. We both love cooking and so we started cooking meals every Sunday for my parents and ourselves. So far we made pasta with shrimp (see 2.), brownie (see 3.), mushroom soup (see 7.) and a lot of other dishes that are not pictured here such as: petit-beurre pie, salmon sates, patatas bravas, albondigas, different appetizers, risotto with mushrooms, ... . I'd love to share the recipes here one day but did you know that it's very hard to take food pictures in winter? I mean, I do my very best to post pretty pictures (which might not always be enough) but by the time I get home or when dinner's on the table it's dark out and there's no way that I can take pretty pictures. And in the weekends I'm just too busy to cook! So, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting any recipes. I'm trying to figure out a solution to photograph my food in lovely way but as I'm not the best photographer out there, it may take a while. I love posting recipes so I'm sure I'll come up with something ;-)