Little Moments

  Edinburgh is a really cool city that I visit often, but at Christmas time, London has my heart. Apart from  New York City  of course, which stole my heart many years ago. This year, instead of a yearly Christmas trip to London, we decided to change it up and visit Edinburgh instead. While it didn't quite match up to London, Edinburgh sure knows how to do Christmas and we had such a lovely time. Naturally, our trip started with Christmas coffee from Costa; my very first festive drink of the year.  As soon as we stepped onto Princes Street, the festive vibe was alive and kicking, with the Christmas market buzzing all along the street. I wasn't really expecting too much from the market, but actually, it was lovely! It was huge, with so many unique stalls and so many food options. These Christmas wreaths are my absolute favourite. They literally epitomise the smell of Christmas. When I have my own home, I'm going to fill it with these at Christmas time. This was the absolute

  It's really rare that I'm home for the run up to Christmas, which is my absolute favourite time of year, but this year we flew home as soon as school finished so we get to join in all of the festivities. I love Newcastle at Christmas time, it always feels so festive and has such a good vibe. We timed our flight perfectly as we arrived one day before the Christmas markets in town ended, so my first festive event was a  Christmassy day in Newcastle with my mam. We booked Brown's for lunch which is one of my favourite places in town. It's such a cute, cosy place, the food is always great and the service is excellent. I ordered from the festive menu and got a turkey dinner - it was delicious. All I want when I come home is home-cooked meals so this definitely hit the spot. We also ordered dessert, with mam choosing the apple crumble and I got the chocolate torte (because chocolate!)   After lots of shopping, for Christmas presents and some bargains for me, we checked out