Oversized Hershey's chocolate bar which translates to a good start early in the morning!

Later in the evening, I bought a baguette from Delifrance and made bruschetta. Its really easy. Just cut tomatoes, capsicum and onions into chunks and mix them in a mixing bowl with some olive oil with sprinkles of majoram leaves.

After a light dinner, I went down to Ion Orchard to meet my cousin for last minute Christmas gift shopping. I know, we always do that. But well well well, everyone's busy especially during year's end.

As usual, we ran out of ideas of what to get for our cousins so basically we were getting food and drinks and doing some window shopping or rather, shopping for ourselves. And then we came across this store, dENiZEN which is a subsidary brand of Levi's. Their merchandise includes basic tees, polo tees to casual shirts and of course denim jeans. So basically, we bought 3/4 of our Christmas presents over there before heading to New Look to get the last present. We bought clothing for all of our cousins this year. Anyway, I saw a shirt which I really like over at dENiZEN. The material is like wool, so soft.

And the real damage was at Samantha Thavasa. Yes, Samantha Thavasa is now available in Singapore!

In case you girls are not familiar with Samantha Thavasa, it is one of the most popular handbag, accessories brand in Japan. If a Japanese girl can't afford Louis Vuitton, the next best thing to own is a Samantha Thavasa.

I checked out their bags and I really love them. Oh my. Maybe I shall get it when I get my next paycheck?

Samantha Thavasa also have a collection featuring Hello Kitty prints. You know, even though I don't really like Hello Kitty that much now, but after seeing Samantha Thavasa's Hello Kitty collection, it kinda make me fall in love with Hello Kitty again! You probably won't understand but wait till you go into the stores and you will definitely get what I mean!

Even their cashier counter has got customized Samantha metal carvings.

So what did I get? You girls must be curious huh?

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Samantha Thavasa Coin Pouch

Ain't it lovely? When I saw the frilly prints and the bow, I knew I had to get it because its so me! I was torn between brown and red. But the red one has got its frilly prints in light color which would meant that it would be stained easily. So I went ahead with this one. I kept stealing glances at the red one while making payment though. Girls are always fickled-minded.

You could place an ID or EZ-Link Card at the back.

That's where you store all your loose change.

Christmas Eve was spent over at Uncle's place where we had a sumptuous feast, think fusion. We had everything from western to oriental and even Italian delights. I made bruschetta again with Elvin and Ebony's help, this time round with basil leaves and it tasted so much better!

It was so pretty and fairytale-like that everyone couldn't help but to snap pictures of it be it using their iPhone, digital camera or semi-pros. So that kinda explains why I put up 2 pictures of the log cake, because its too pretty. And you know what? No one could bear to cut it and we were all waiting for each other to cut it. Haha.

As we all know, Christmas is a season of giving and sharing. What's a Christmas without exchanging presents? Instead of the norm, we have a huge teddy bear to replace the Christmas tree.

These are what I received!

Laneíge Makeup Mist

I did considered to get this makeup mist previously but I striked it off my list because I did not think that the price justified for it. So imagine my delight when my cousins got this for me! Awww, thank you lovelies. (:

Elizabeth Arden 4 High-Shine Lipgloss

My first ever Elizabeth Arden product, from my Aunt and Uncle. The shades are all very pretty and I reckon the coral peach and plum shade would be my favourite!

The set even comes with a tiny detachable pouch which you could use to contain the lipglosses when you want to bring them out. How handy!

That's all for today for it has been such a long post. Till then!

XOXO,
Patricia