With the new year well and truly kicking in - Happy New Year everyone!! - I had a look through some of my iPhone pics over the Festive Period.
There are some great ones so I thought I'd share them with you.
So lets start with Christmas Eve...
We were planning on visiting the Christmas Markets there and saw a crowd collecting in the Southbank Centre around lunchtime - and what a treat we found ...
A live band and lots of dancing!
The atmosphere was buzzing and full of Christmas cheer, and the Clore Ballroom was filled with people jiving away.
There was twirling...
... and more twirling...
... and everyone was boogie-ing away - dance partner or no dance partner!
After the dancing came to a close, we ventured out into the cold - and I got to wear my new jacket! The only thing in my wardrobe with sleeves big enough to fit my cosy cape jumper underneath.
We headed into the markets and delved into the tasty snacks on offer.
Unfortunately, as you can expect with British weather, the skies turned gloomy and started to grumble so we made our hasty escape back onto the tube and back into the warmth and safety of our homes.
Which were totally spruced up and glowing in the run up to Christmas Day itself!
My sister and I had been busy decorating our tree the day before. We covered it in all sorts of baubles, crystal ice drops and throwbacks to our childhood with rocking chairs and christmas stockings.
Swarovski's 1992 christmas snowflake ornament of course made the cut.
As did these cute little Russian dolls which made the journey from Moscow itself.
And not forgetting Mr and Mrs Claus - they had pride of place at the front of our tree.
Then came the big day itself!
We donned our Christmas jumpers and tucked into a huge feast ... followed by an obligatory post-meal snooze!
Hope you all had a lovely break over the festive period and a happy New Year.
Here's to an even better 2015 and thanks for reading!
Outfit:
Coat: H&M (here)
Jumper: Massimo Dutti (old but similar here and on sale!)
