Winter Favorites.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ~Charles Dickens

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
~Norman Wesley Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas," 1976

I really love Winter and now with Christmas on it's way, our winter activities have a magic touch to them as the days go by. Everyday I listen to Christmas Carols and totally get into the Christmas spirit. Does anyone else listen to Christmas songs and carols? My favorites are: "God rest ye merry gentlemen", "Carol of Bells", "O Holy Night" and "My Grownup Christmas list". If you haven't heard them do check them out! I thought I'd share some of my favorite winter things and activities I've been doing the past winter days.

Elina and I at Cargo, it's our favorite Cafe/Bar, so gorgeous for the Holidays too!

I love Starbucks' Christmas feeling with all the decorations.

Me and my friend Roula, check out her blog: http://justreous.blogspot.com/

My best friend Elina :)

I adore all the Starbucks Christmas specials!

Winter is perfect for wearing beanies.

I wear Uggs everyday, I have 4 pairs to combine with different outfits.

Christmas Tree.

And of course Christmas decorations.

And Christmas gifts. I love giving gifts to all my friends and loved ones and especially crafting cards and doing all the decorations, love!

What are your Winter favorites?

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A little bit of eki: Christmas Giveaway.

The beautiful Eki is doing a Countdown to Christmas giveaway! She will be giving out a lovely Coach purse (so kawaii) and pretty pink lip gloss. The give away is open to anyone throughout the world. Visit her blog to see all the details.

http://ekimura.blogspot.com/

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My Kawaii Nails.

I have be in love with Sanrio characters ever since I was a little girl. I remember myself collecting Sanrio stationary and exchanging letter sets with my friends (it was a trend back then, back then??? wait I'm 25 only I'm still a kid). I should really do a post on my Sanrio collection sometime.

Anyway inspired by My Melody and Hello Kitty I'm going to share my kawaii deco nails that I did last week. I also did my friend Elina's nails. The nail polishes I used are by a company called "Tommy G". It's a Greek company and so far, for me they have one of the best nail polish lines I have ever tried. They're color variety is vast and they run for about 4.50 euro a polish. They dry quickly and layer beautifully. I will do a post on their polishes later this month.

So on with what I used! I used for the first set a mint colored nail polish (Tommy G) and pink colored deco hearts. I think mint and pink is such a cute combination. And for the second set I used a hot pink polish (Tommy G), stickers, nail gems and white glitter. Hope you like them and let me know what you think! Would you deco your nails kawaii style?

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Mint & Pink Hearts.

Elina's Kawaii Deco Nails.

"MJ" is for Michael Jackson ;)

My Hello Kitty Nails.

"G" for Gina.

Yankee Candle Lip Balm Review

I have been a fan of Yankee Candles for years and adore their scents. So when I found out that they had released a Lip Balm with all the good-smelling characteristics of their candles, I had to try it out! They are even shaped like their jars, how cute! And luckily they had released in one of my top favorite Yankee Candle scents: Black Cherry.

They make your lips softer and smoother leaving you infatuated with the delicious scent of Black Cherry. Packed with SPF 15 it protects lips and is formulated without harsh chemicals or parabens. This is definitely now a must have for me and can't wait to try out other scents of this lip balm.



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To find out more on these lip balms and to order them visit http://www.yankeecandle.com

Thanksgiving.

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson


We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ~Author Unknown


Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~Seneca

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated mainly in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks to all that we have in each others lives and a day where family and friends gather together. I have very fond memories of Thanksgiving while growing up in the United States, all the activities in art in school and all the stories we learned about the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. Unfortunately, I didn't celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year. Nevertheless this special day made me reflect on what I'm thankful in my life which I'm about to share with you.

I am thankful for:

1. My family and friends

My family and friends have supported me over the years I'm so thankful! Especially my friends who have been there through good and bad and are always there for me when I need them, I'm thankful and love you!




2. My boyfriend Andreas

Andreas and I have been together for almost 2 years now, and I love him so much, words cannot explain. He is one of the most understanding people I have ever known, he is always there for me and always truly listens to me. I couldn't be more thankful.



3. My cat Frankie a.k.a Meou

I'm very thankful for my cat because being an only child such as myself, it can sometimes get pretty lonely at home. My cat always lights up my heart :)



4. My dual upbringing

I'm thankful that I have had the opportunity to have spent half of my life in the United Stated and the other half now in Greece. Having two different outlooks in life has helped me see things without being judgmental and has helped me be more open minded.



5. My Blackberry

This might sound a bit silly but I'm really thankful for my Blackberry Bold 9700! Whenever I have had the need to get online but wasn't home, whenever I needed to snap a picture but didn't have my digital camera with me, my Blackberry was there! So I thank it very much and apologize for abusing it :P



6. My car

I'm really thankful that I have a car! In the area where I live public transportation does not really work for me and the hours that I leave my house. On a normal basis I leave my house around midnight so having a car to get me wherever I want is pure bliss.



My list can go on and on and on, but I think I'll put a stop here before I bore everyone, what are you thankful for Dolls?

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My Birthday Bash at Villa Mercedes.

It takes a long time to become young.
- Pablo Picasso

On Sunday, the 14th I had my belated birthday bash at Villa Mercedes closing party for the Sunday SPA event. I had the time of my life! It was an amazing feeling to be surrounded by all my friends and loved ones who came to celebrate my special day with me. My friend Elena even made chocolate truffles for the event and my boyfriend brought an amazing vanilla-chocolate cake with strawberries. I became 25 years old and I'm still trying to get used to the idea, but as me and my best friend Elina say, "We will never grow up".

So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land.
-Peter Pan

At my party I wore a one-shoulder leopard print blouse from Bershka, a black satin skirt from Forever21, black booties from Forever21, sequined gloves from Tally Weijl and my D&G gold watch.

I will soon do a blog on all the great gifts I got.

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Birthday trip to Nafplion.

November 7th was my 25th birthday (snif snif) and my boyfriend Andreas and I took a trip to Nafplion. Nafplion is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was the first capital of modern Greece, from 1829 to 1834.

It's such a beautiful town and just about an hour and 15 minutes away from Athens. It was the best way for me to celebrate my birthday with my beau taking in all the beautiful scenery. We went for dinner, took walks around town, visited shops and sat down for a cappuccino. Can't wait to go again!

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