Christmas Weekend

The Christmas weekend for me was a very busy time! I spent Christmas eve helping my mum out at her shop (and it was very busy and full on!) and seeing friends at night. Christmas Day was at my parents house so I was helping with food, cleaning up and socialising. Before I realised, Christmas day was almost over and I had taken no photos! The above photo was the only one I did actually take. My sister and I took the dogs out for a quick drive in the late afternoon and they both loved it. 

We also had other family come up and visit on Boxing day and the day after so it was really an extended weekend of family time! It was great to catch up with some family that live further away but also with family that live close who we don't see very much. I was gifted some very lovely things and I felt very spoilt! Half the fun on Christmas day is watching people open their gifts that I have bought for them. 

I sort of took a mini holiday from the Internet also...I scheduled some blog posts and was checking my emails very infrequently. It was nice to have some time away, but now I need to get back into the swing of things! 

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Merry Christmas!

New Instax!

This year Grant and I decided that because we would be spending Christmas away from each other (both with our families) we'd exchange our gifts early. Part of my gift from Grant was a Instax Mini! I was so excited to receive this, I have wanted a polaroid/instant camera for awhile but I've always had more pressing things to do with my money. After a bit of a noob effort with the first photo (I didn't realise that the first one was the front of the film bit, not an actual photo!) I took my first instant photo of Grant with his birthday cake.

I have already started planning a case for my instax, one that will be padded and cute, and easy to keep in my handbag. I want enough room to keep spare films with the camera and maybe batteries too!  

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