FILIPPA K

Before our last Christmas celebration this Sunday we made a quick stop at the shopping centre. In thirty minutes I only managed to get into one store and get out of it with one tiny piece of linen.

With forty percent of and a gift card I got this linen tee from the very simple and minimalistic brand Filippa K for a ridiculously low price. It’s one hundred percent linen and in such a lovely quality. I bought it in a medium instead of a small and it hangs so flattering. The original price may seem a bit too much but this tee will probably last me a lifetime.

Invest in your basics, they’ll be your best wardrobe friends.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

Vans Old Skool / Calvin Klein Bralette / Man Repeller by Leandra Medine / Wera Stockholm wallet

#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso / Fazer dark chocolate / Tromborg Lip Balm Rose / Style By subscription / Rörstrand Swedish Grace plates / Tacky pink key ring with my name on it

I’m ashamed to tell you that the things on the pictures aren’t all that I received, I received more.

So except from the amazing things on the pictures I also received a gorgeous bag from Zara that I’m sure will make an appearance really soon, a gift card at a shopping centre, dry shampoo, socks & underwear, workout clothes, Body Salt Scrub Lemongrass also from Tromborg, Rörstrand Swedish Grace plates in a larger size & Rörstrand Swedish Grace bowls.

A big thank you to everyone for their great kindness, I’m still overwhelmed.

CHRISTMAS DAY

The mandatory Christmas selfie with the tree.

As mentioned in yesterdays post I celebrated Christmas with my mother’s part of the family today. Compared to the calm and cosy celebration yesterday today’s was a bit louder and more pacey but filled with a lot of love and laughter.

I received such nice things and the last two gifts from my parents got me by surprise since I really didn’t expect more from them. I really am so grateful for every single item, even the tacky pink key ring with my name on it.

CALVIN KLEIN

After publishing yesterdays post stating that I wanted to do a post on my Christmas gifts I realized that I’m receiving my last gifts on Sunday and since Sunday is a few days away I decided to post a sneak peek on what my brother got me.

Obviously I have been a really good sister this year!

CHRISTMAS EVE

Merry Christmas!

Only a few minutes ago I crashed down in the sofa after spending Christmas Eve at my grandmothers with my father’s part of the family. Here in Sweden we celebrate Christmas the 24th on Christmas Eve and I have no idea why, it just happens to be. Even though, I will be celebrating tomorrow too with my mother’s part of the family.

I’m absolutely overwhelmed with the love and gifts I received today and I can’t believe that I will receive both more love and almost the same amount of gifts tomorrow. I’m really pleased and thankful for the things I received and I’m thinking about doing a post on that in a few days.

I wanted to do a whole body Christmas outfit but the rain poured down and a space with both a good background and good lightning doesn’t exist in my house. I wore a new dark grey polo knit with black culottes. On my face I wore The Body Shop Dusty Fawn eye shadow, IsaDora Perfect Lipliner in number 36 Ruby Red and Loréal Collection Exclusive lipstick in JLO’s Pure Red.

QUEEN BEY

To be completely honest I haven’t been a fan of Beyoncés music for so long but on the other hand I’ve been a fan of her as a human being and woman for years. This is worth watching and listening to, both because of the beautiful black and white video and the powerful speech.

LONDON

Last year whilst walking through Oxford Street at two in the morning.

In the past four years I’ve been to London five times and I’ve managed to build such a strong relationship to that city, it’s my second home and one day I hope to make it my home for the rest of my life. It felt empty not going this fall but I guess that it's also making me even more excited that Elin wants to go and that she wants to go with me. In January, after receiving my highest salary yet, I hope that we’ll book a weekend there in the spring and that I then will see her fall in love the way I did.

EYEBROWS

I am the worst at selfies.

A few years ago I never thought that eyebrows would be such an important thing in my life and that when I do my make up they would turn out to be the thing I spend the most time on. I’m not pleased with my natural eyebrows so I dye them about once a month and fill them in religiously. Today I tried to fill them in a bit different than usual and I was so pleased with the result, they were at their absolute best today and I guess that’s why I’m so thankful for managing to take an okay selfie.

CHURCH

I am an atheist and today I went to church.

My belief has been clear to me for about four years now but every now and then I go to church. This happens about one time a year but I don’t go there for any religious reason, almost every December around this time there’s a great Christmas concert that happens to take place in the church. My cousin is a part of the very talented choir and her participation is mainly why I started to attend these concerts many years ago.

Even though my belief I still respect religion and as an architecture lover I appreciate the architecture of churches.

STORM

It’s supposed to be a storm outside tonight but I don’t know if I would call it a storm. It rains quite a lot and it’s a bit more windy than usual but to cancel all the trains in the area I live is a bit exaggerate. I really don’t mind the rain as long as I’m sat inside with a blanket and some candles. 

Except working a lot more than usual and being sick I’ve been having a few bad days mentally. I feel that I annoy everyone I approach, even my closest friends, and haven’t really been in contact with anyone for the past days. I know it’s silly and probably only making the people around me think that I’m not interested in talking to them which I actually am, I just feel so annoying. I’m sorry.

SWEDISH IDOL

After working four long days I took yet another train to Stockholm Thursday afternoon. This time the main reason was that me and two of my friends got tickets for the final of Swedish Idol.

Swedish Idol have had surprisingly good guest acts performing between the contestants this year, for example Ed Sheeran and Olly Murs, and topped it all off with a guest performance from One Direction.  Even though they only performed one song and then went straight to the airport they managed to be as charming as always, posed for a selfie with the good looking host and brought a little girl up on the stage during their performance.

The two finalists haven’t really been my cup of tea. They’re both talented but nothing unique so I didn’t care that much about who won. Even though, it was really exciting to attend a live TV recording.