dont call me scrooge

As I sit here writing this entry I am listening to my Christmas playlist, just got done watching one of the movies on my Christmas list,drinking some Glogi and eating some cookies. What is Glogi you ask...well it is this Finnish Christmas drink that is so yuumy, it taste like Christmas in a glass. Really when you have your first sip of this drink you cant help but get in the Christmas spirit! You can either have it hot or cold, i prefer it cold, but always with some cookies! :) I am hoping to bring some home somehow so everyone can try some!

The other day I was walking by a lil store and it was selling a bunch of candles for real cheap so I decided to see what else the had, my lil Christmas corner was not doing Christmas in Finland any justice so I decided to browse the store to see what I could find to spruce up my apartment with. I ended up leaving the store with a bunch of candles, some garland, a mini Christmas tree and some ribbon. I ended up only spending maybe 10 euros for everything! Success! Now my Christmas corner has turned into a Christmas spread! :)


I am happy to say that I have most of my Christmas shopping done already, with the exception for my mom and lil sister. But the other day we had the afternoon off so I headed to the town of Tampere and met some friends there so we could shop and see if we could find anything there. Sadly I came back empty handed but now I have a few ideas what to get, I head home in about a week so that leaves me plenty of time to finnish my Finnish christmas shopping! :) The city of Tampere is easily one of my favorite cities here, it is one of the bigger towns, all the Christmas lights were up,people walking around and even some snow started falling! We finished the night with a good dinner and a few drinks, it was an end to a nice day off!

tis the season

I cant believe its already December!!! I have been here for 4 months now and it seems to have flown by, which im extremly grateful for! I found out that I get to come home for Christmas!!!! I am coming home December 20th and staying till the 29th, it a short trip but it will be worth it to spend Christmas time with my family and friends!
Here in Finland Im already getting into the Christmas spirit. I made myself a Christmas playlist and I am watching a Christmas movie a day, sometime more than one, until the day I leave for home. So far I have watched Its A Wonderful Life, which I had never seen before and yes i did shed some happy tears at the end of it and I also watched A Christmas Story. I have plenty of Christmas movies to keep me busy, alot i havent seen, but here are a few: a christmas carol, holiday inn, miracle at 34th street, scrooged, gremlins, twas the night before christmas, a charlie brown christmas, four christmasas, frosty the snowman, home alone, santa clause 1-3, the polar express and plenty of others! let me know if i need to add some to the list!! :)
i bought this countdown to christmas calendar thing at the store and you punch out the days until christmas and there is a piece of chocolate behind each square, but instead of a countdown till christmas, my countdown is until i leave for home on the 20th! my friend saw that i was making a christmas song playlist so he bought the Frank Sinatra christmas cd. how cute huh?! and then the red box was from my secret santa on the team that bought me some candles.