Onesies!

When you hear the word 'onesie' does your mind instantly think of a garment designed to be born by infants?

Most probably, yet onesies are becoming a new fashion trend.

My cousins bought me one of Christmas

Snazzy eh?

I have to admit I have worn a onesie before! It was on rugby tour and we had to dress as babies/toddlers. Not my favourite costume theme but come the end of the night, passing out in my tent in my comfy onesie was a blessing.

People are even having onesie parties...looks fun.

You can get so many different onesies now, from American flags to zebras

Hello sexy

I'm sure there's one for you.

It's you again!

I have been on a bit of a movie marathon of late and one guy keeps popping up in the films. Who is this guy...the one and only Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

He plays cop John Blake in The Dark Night Rises

the sexy Joe in Looper, which is a better movie than I thought it would be

Abraham Lincoln's son Robbie in the epic Lincoln

I have to say I think he is a great actor and he's obviously been a busy bee. His upcoming comedy Don Jon's Addiction which he wrote, directed and starred in has just received great reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. There's no stopping this guy! He's definitely come a long way from playing Tommy Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Locked out of heaven

I don't usually follow the music charts, let alone like most of the songs, yet I have to admit that I do like Bruno Mars' current song - Locked out of heaven. This song has been no.1 on the US Billboard charts for 4 weeks which I think deserves some congratulations as it's a great upbeat song and has a funky bass line which is always a winner in my book.

I have to point out that I think the reason why I like this song is that it reminds me of several The Police records. Check these out and see if you agree.

Kisses on the end of txts

One of the bizarre things I have noticed while being back home in the UK is that British people put kisses on the end of their txts whilst their Canadian counterparts do not. Has anyone else noticed this I wonder?
You may think this is a weird subject but I find it quite intriguing. Is their some sociological or psychological factor behind this?
If you are unsure what I am talking about altogether, let me explain. Whilst txting friends, family or even partners in the UK, most people always end the txt with a kiss in the form of an X or x. What I have found on this trip is that more people are putting several kisses (xxx) as a sign of loving endearment. With unlimited txt packages most people don't care how long their txt is so a few extra characters on the end of their message doesn't matter but what really do these kisses mean. I remember when I was a young teenager and you would see how many kisses or any at all a boy would put on his txt to you. For some reason we thought the presence of a kiss would symbolise that he liked us romantically.
Nevertheless, what I have found in Canada is that people in general don't put kisses on the end of their txt. Why I am not sure.

I now try and stop myself putting kisses on my txts whilst in Canada but sometimes it's just habit. Maybe us Brits are more liberal with our love and affection for each other, after all a kiss is free to give and the best things in life are free!

Rain...

I am really enjoying being back home for the holidays, however there is one thing that is bugging me...the rain. Since I have been back it has rained every day. The air is damp and everything is wet. Now you would think I would be use to this and I am, but trust me when I say it is depressing and it does get everyone down. Maybe that's why us Brits drink so much tea and booze!

So today I had to venture out in the rain. My Mum gave me an umbrella to use...awesome I thought. Turns out this brolly was broken but even if it wasn't the wind would have blown it inside out.

Don't you hate it when this happens!

I suppose I should do the British thing; stop complaining and get on with it. So I will, but I have checked the forecast for the next few days and it doesn't look good. White Christmas...more like Wet Christmas. And even if the Mayans are right and the world does end tomorrow, it's already dark and gloomy here so we won't be able to tell if it's happening or not!

Aeroplane jukebox

I flew back to the UK last night and was happy to learn that the aeroplane had personal entertainment systems. I always prefer this as otherwise I'm usually in the worst seat to see the hanging screens. After looking through and deciding against watching any of the movies, I turned my attention to the music section. There was a wide selection of albums to choose from, and I spent the next 5 hours exploring them. Here is the list I sampled with an accompanying album track:

Sloan - The Double Cross

Adele - 21

The Guess Who - American Woman

Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion

Gord Downie - The Grand Bounce

I couldn't resist a bit of country...

Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party

These are a few of my favourite things - festive edition

I am flying home on Sunday for the holidays and I honestly can't wait. After spending last Christmas in Canada, I am looking forward to experiencing a British Christmas again with all it's unique quirks.

Here are a few of my favourite things about the festive period in the UK:

• Cheese board - I love cheese, especially British cheese. All throughout Christmas Day I snack on cheese

• Turkish delight thins - my Mum puts these in my stocking ever year. Delicious!





•  Brussel sprouts - Christmas dinner isn't the same without them

• Christmas pudding - with lots of booze please



 

• Board games - my family is extremely competitive

• The Queen's Christmas message - to be honest I usually miss this when it's broadcast live but I always catch it later on the BBC. She's our Queen after all.