It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

 Which I'm genuinely very happy about! And that's why decided to write a blog post, hoping it'll make you feel a little bit more festive, so here we go!

 For me Christmas is the most magical, delightful holiday, and these are only a few of the many things why I look forward to 'The Most Wonderful Time of The Year': 

 - Being able to drink loads of hot chocolate (which, in my opinion, gets even yummier in winter) 

 - Bring on the Christmassy films! My personal favourite is Home Alone, classic! 

 - Fairy lights! 

 - Knitted socks and scarves are just the best, aren't they?? 

 - Not even mentioning the Xmas jumpers! (this one was knitted by my mom, so obviously it's my favourite one) 

 - You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I'm telling you why...Santa Claus is coming to toown! (bet you sang that!) 

 - Of course, as the holidays approach, kitchen becomes the center of the house, buzzing with cooking/baking activities and producing amazing smells. So my friend and I are definitely looking forward to baking some chocolaty treats for our families this year! 

 - Speaking of smells, who doesn't like to light up a sneaky scented candle on a cold winter day? This one that I have is an apple-cinnamon one, and I absolutely love it! 

May you lot have a wonderful Christmas and let it be filled with snow, happiness and love..oh and heaps of presents :D

Stacey x

Recipe: Basic Chocolate Muffins

 What can possibly be better than a good old chocolate muffin for breakfast on a Sunday morning? Today I'm going to share this wonderful recipe with you, which is, in my opinion, the easiest way to make yummy chocolaty treats.
 I remember finding it on the internet a while ago, and I think this is the kind of recipe where you can let your imagination do the thing and add chocolate chips, M&M's, granola, apples, nuts (anything you like!) to make it even more delicious.
Right then, let's get cooking!

INGREDIENTS:
-1 cup of flour
-1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
-1 cup of granulated sugar
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
-3/4 cup hot water (if the texture is too thick and lumpy, add some more)
-1/2 cup canola oil (you can use sunflower oil instead, no problem)
-1 large egg
-1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

First of all, you'll need to preheat your oven to 190°C and line a muffin tray with paper muffin cases, or simply use the silicone/metal molds as I did.

Then combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt in a blender

The next step is to add the water, oil, egg and vanilla, but as you can see, I did not use vanilla in my muffins, because I didn't find any in the house, and could not be bothered to go to the supermarket (sorry!). But frankly speaking, the muffins turned out splendidly, even without the extract. 

Blend all the ingredients on medium-high speed until the mixture is sooth and well-blended 

Spoon teaspoons of the mixture into the paper/silicone/metal cases, dividing it evenly and bake for 15-17 minutes, until toothpick inserted in the center of one muffin comes out clean 

My muffins came out a bit overbaked, as this little one brought all the toys he could reach and just wouldn't let me go and check them, but I mean, how can you say no to him??

But eventually, I managed to slip away and take the chocolate treats out of the oven, and this is what they looked like

When you take the muffins out, just let them cool for about 10 minutes, and if you like, you can decorate them, but I thought mine smelled too good to wait any longer, so the best decision is to pour a cup of tea and enjoy :)
Stacey x

Feeling Autumnal

 Good day to you reading this! October is officially here and I decided that it's time for a good old autumnal photoshoot!  Personally, I'm a huge fan of the season so it wasn't really hard to get inspired, even though 80% of the grass is still green where I am. In this post I am going to talk you through the things I'm wearing, and would like to apologise in advance, as I could not find some of the exact items online. Enjoy!

I am wearing:
Blue printed blouse - Pull & Bear
Leggings - H&M
Hoodie with a zipper (not exact, but the closest I could find) -  H&M
 Bowler hat - H&M
Boots (not exact as I bought mine a while ago) - Bershka
  Vintage bag (not exact) - Topshop
Time Turner from Harry Potter - Amazon

 Now on to the makeup! All the products I've used in this look are by Essence, and I have to say, this brand is just lovely! 

                    

                     

Eyeshadow - Essence
Mascara - Essence
Lipstick in the colour 3 'Dare To Wear'- Essence

                            

                                     

 

I just love this necklace so much! ^^ 

 I bought these boots about two years ago in Bershka, but oh my goodness, the quality is absolutely amazing! They still look almost brand new! Maybe it's because I don't wear them too often I don't know, but what I do know is that they are one of the reasons why I look forward to autumn. 

I hope this post have made you feel the autumn and probably have given you some ideas on what to wear in October  ♥ 

 -Stacey 

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Deep Breath Review (spoilers alert!)

   Okay so first of all a massive sorry for not posting anything in quite a while, I've been super busy preparing for school, trying to remember all the formulae, grammar rules and physical laws (this is my last year of school by the way!) and putting everything in its places and oh, this is just crazy!

   Right, back to the point, as you may have noticed in my previous post I casually mentioned a thing called Doctor Who. This is a science-fiction television programme created by the mighty BBC, and it’s all about time-travelling (yowzah!). If you’re a fan of it, you already know what this post is going to be about, if not, you should whether check it out first and come back to this post, or just give up reading if you don’t care.

   The long-awaited first episode of season 8 was aired yesterday on BBC One and in my opinion this is a great start of the new timey wimey epoch. The new Doctor himself, who's now played by Peter Capaldi (captain obvious yay) deserved my appreciation straight away. Having just regenerated and looking so serious, fierce and sophisticated, the poor Doctor doesn't know what on Gallifrey is happening to him, but as the episode goes on we begin to understand the forming personality of the 12th.  

                  

 

 

   Surely the Doctor never travels alone, and Clara Oswald happened to be the person who saw him change, but at first she felt rather confused and even disappointed by the new look (which was slightly selfish of her and super annoying for the fans). Thank goodness throughout the episode she realises that it’s still him, though the prospect of him becoming her boyfriend is gone for good.     

                                          

   Also that telephone conversation bit honestly made me cry, I didn't expect to see Matt Smith in this episode!  

   

   I think that the funniest thing about Deep Breath was Strax, our precious potato man, whose unintended jokes softened the seriousness and solemnity of the episode 

And of course our wonderful couple! Vastra and Jenny were a great part of the episode as well!  

   The whole episode was an emotional hurl, but I personally enjoyed every minute of Deep Breath and I'm pretty sure the next episodes are going to be just as good as this one and maybe even better.

Sorry if I couldn't highlight all the bits, I'm still feeling quite excited about the whole thing and definitely would love to know your opinions about the episode in the comments below.

Thanks for reading,

Stacey x

The last spark of The Summer

'No matter how painful it is to say, but we've only got one month of summer left', a person can say, but to me, to be honest, it doesn't really matter, because for me every season is special and I think you can find loads of activities at any time of the year. This summer wasn't overly filled with trips and most of the time I had to entertain myself indoors (bored), but in general, I enjoyed it quite a lot. So here are a few things I enjoyed doing this summer: 

Eating loads and loads of strawberries and making the most delicious fresh smoothies ♥   

going to the seaside ♥  

Having a photoshoot with Mom... ♥ 

And Friends ♥  

And making pizza, of course! ♥  

Last but not least, I also loved spending time on the Internet watching YouTube, films and more importantly such series as Doctor Who and Sherlock (you'll get to know in the future that I'm a huuge fan of these two) ♥  

I hope this post will cheer you up if you're feeling down and will help to come up with a list of things to do in August if you're stuck for ideas, 

Thanks for reading, 

Stacey x