Christmas bliss

Hello loves,

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and Santa was good to you. Can't believe the year is 4 days from ending...

The holiday season is one of my favorite times of the year. All the christmas music, the smell of baked goodies, smell of pine christmas trees, the lights on the tree, i could go on for days. This year I, had the option to have an elaborate spread with lots of people however, i decided to spend the day with my beau. Don't get it wrong. I love the feeling of being surrounded by loved ones. but due to the fact that we both had to work Boxing Day, travel was out of the question. Besides there is nothing wrong with spending time with someone special and starting your own tradition.

The beau and i opened our presents on christmas eve(opening presents on christmas morning is overrated…..Jk). I got a Dior perfume that i had been eyeing for a while and he got neat pair of shoes from Asos. He almost wore them to bed so I’m guessing he loved them too😀 These were among a few of the gifts that we exchanged.

We woke up christmas morning hoping for a white christmas, you know the kind in movies where everything is so pretty and peaceful and you sit by the crackling fire sipping on some hot cocoa, no such thing! not a single flake. Guess old man winter had other plans. Anyway it didn’t matter. The best thing about opening gifts the night before is that you don’t wake up wicked early because you’re anxious to find out whether you got a bounty or some coal. It felt good laying in bed sunlight streaming through the window flooding the room with light without a care in the world.

I have a sneaking suspicion that i might be dragging this out too much but it is how much i enjoyed it. 

Well, we finally crawled out of bed albeit with much hesitation, too much to do and not enough time. We had a hearty breakfast as the plan was to skip lunch all together and have an early dinner. Got some music going…you know the christmas classics that make you warm and fuzzy on the inside, and some drinks (i don’t think it’s ever too early for some wine😊)

The menu was simple; prime rib, some green beans and mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes and green beans were a piece of cake, the prime rib however was a different case. We have had some sour luck making steak or ribs for that matter as it always ends up dry as a brick and tasting like cardboard. So you can imagine the level of anxiety trying to make a hunk of meat filled with so much promise. Seemed like a life time while we waited. The flavors emanating from the oven made our mouth water. 

After hours of sweating in the kitchen (literally), the baking, mashing and frying was done, it was time to sit down and dig in. But first we had to get dolled up. We had our own little candle lit dinner to which I  wore a pretty red sweater which matched perfectly with my beaus cute bow tie. 

We popped some bubbly and after toasting to good health got to the business of digging in and boy had the day spent toiling in the kitchen paid off. I’m not one to toot my own horn but damn it it was good! The end product was pure magic a gift from the gods.

Here are a few memories we captured