I´m back with another post! I´ve been doing Vlogmas (daily vlog series) on my YouTube channel, throughout the whole of December, until Christmas, and I want to thank everyone who joined and supported my work🌟
With this post I´m hoping to transmit a bit of the magical atmosphere of the holidays, from my beautiful town, Opatija.
Before Christmas, we took a little walk in Opatija (it was very cold that day, because the cold wind "Bura" was blowing, but luckily it was sunny so the walk was actually really pleasant).
When you visit Opatija around Christmas and New Year, you really get immersed in that magical atmosphere of christmas lights and decorations.🎄🌟
I also filmed a little vlog from that day, and the next day, when we visited the centre of Rijeka.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you spent it with your loved ones! We went to Italy for a couple of days, and we spent lovely time with my in-laws.
I´m back in Croatia now and will be here for the New Year´s Eve! I don´t have any plans other than to snuggle up by a fireplace, cook delicious food and enjoy spending time with my beautiful family.
I might still do one post before the arrival of 2025., but in case I don´t, I want to wish you guys all the best🌟 You are the best!❤️🥰
December is the month of vlogs (Vlogmas), but I can't commit to everyday vlogs (especially on weekends, when I work long hours!)...however, every now & then, I like to take my camera on the go with me & show you what am I up to that day! ;)
One of my recent vlogs is actually a collection of vlogs, I filmed my everyday life in Italy...I took you to grocery shopping, running errands and to check out the new shopping centre that has opened recently in my area!
You can watch my vlog here:
In the stores, I tried on some clothes that I liked, and I ended up buying some of these items (but not all of them!).
Let me know which ones were your favourite things out of the ones I tried and what would have you picked out?
Until my next vlog, I'm sending you all ♥ from Italy!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your family & loved ones!
I'm getting back at work tomorrow, I was at home for over a week and I really enjoyed spending time with my hubby :)
I'm still a bit under the weather, because of the virus of cold that caught up with me, but slowly I'm getting better!
The day before Christmas, I filmed a little vlog for you, I wanted to show you the famous italian Christmas markets ("Mercatini di Natale) and just a bit of pre- Christmas atmosphere from Italy ♥
You can watch my vlog here:
& here are a few pics that describe my Christmas this year:
Our little white Christmas tree ♥
The first Christmas in our new home...
Tronchetto di Natale Yummy!!! I ate the house & the chocolate fence & my hubby finished off the Christmas tree & all the sheeps, lol!
Home made italian lasagna...prepared by my hubby... we filmed while he was preparing this delicious dish :)
Done! It was sooo good, everybody agreed on that :) My hubby could have another carier, as a cook!
Another delish made by my hubby! The candle holder was a gift from my Mother-in-law, it's very pretty :)
Home made tiramisu
I really hope you all had Buon Natale- Sretan Bozic- Merry Christmas- Feliz Navidad ♥
I vlogged again a little bit, I hope you'll enjoy watching :)
I showed a little bits & pieces from a past few days in my life...I haven't been up to anything special, except for the Christmas dinner party with colleagues from work, that I had this past Tuesday.
I vlogged about my grocery shopping endeavours in the crowded supermarket, about filming & editing my new make up tutorial, about snacking on something really delish...
My late lunch/ early dinner "snack"
Prosciutto San Daniele with mixed salad, and Fiocchi di Latte cheese.
Freshly squeezed orange juice and as a dessert, yummy "Fruit basket", "Cestino di frutta" cookie :)
It doesn't get any better than this: Red berries "Fruit Basket", my favourite dessert!
Tuesday, as I've mentioned, I had my work/company Christmas dinner party.
The whole day of Tuesday it was really foggy outside, the fog was starting to get so dense that I almost cancelled the dinner and stayed at home (I'm always terrified to drive in the fog! In my hometown, we don't even know what the fog is, so even though I have been living in Italy for the past five years, I still haven't gotten used to the fog!)
I've decided to try to conquer my fear, and went to the dinner after all (this gathering happens only once a year, and it's usually always very glam and fun, I was kind of sad thinking that I might miss it this year!)
I drove in the fog like a 80-year old, no kidding, I was "glued" to the windshield, it was ridiculous! Plus, I probably drove not more than 50km/h as the fog was so dense, I couldn't even see the road, or where I was going (sooo terrifying!).
I managed to arrive safely at our meeting point, and I'm telling you, it was totally worth it, as the dinner party was a success, we all had so much fun! :)
We all took a whole bunch of photos, and I'll post some of them here, just so I can transfer to you a bit of the pre-Christmas atmosphere we all experienced that night:
With my colleagues Anna and Junior
Giovanna, Anna and I :)
With Luana, Giulia (that you met in my last vlog) and Giovanna
With Raffaella
All "The Blondes" together :)
Anna, Riky, Me, Giorgia (she's expecting!!), Alessandra, and Chiara
My dear colleague Riky
He's half croatian, so at work we always speak in croatian to eachother ;) while others watch, puzzled, lol :))
Me, Anna, Giovanna, Raffaella, Stefania and Giulia (you guys met both Stefi & Giulia in my vlogs, because I sometimes hang out with them even outside work!)
Luana, Me, Stefania, Giovanna
With Giovanna
One part of the group...watching pics from Anna's wedding album :)
I love this pic of us, we're all smiling :)
As far as my outfit goes, I've decided to wear my military style shirt from Pull & Bear, paired with sequin shorts from Stradivarius and an elastic waist belt with interesting gold buckle, from H&M.
I teamed that up with a pair of black suede like (calf- high) booties with high heels, and the styling was complete! :)
As accessories, I wore a necklace from Promod, and a sparkly leaf connector ring that I got in London at Claire's accessories.
You'll be able to see this outfit soon again, as I'm preparing a Holiday Party Styling Ideas videos...coming up next for you!!! :) And THIS IS HOW I STYLED my hair (to watch a hair tutorial, skip the review, and go to the min. 7.21)
You can watch my vlog video here:
I hope this enntertained you! :)
Love from Italy, I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!
I'm not doing vlogmas or blogmas every single day (knowing my routine, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to pull this off!), but I really had a lot of fun, vlogging a bit over the past week, and showing you my everyday life, my friends & just the pre-Christmas atmosphere here in Italy!
You can check out my "Vlogmas in Italy" video here:
In this vlog you'll see me cooking, shopping for our Christmas tree, hanging out with my friends & thrifting!...
I hope you'll enjoy watching & definitely let me know if you would like to see more vlogs from me in the future!
Now I'm off to get ready for my Christmas dinner with colleagues from work! The fog is really stiff outside, and I hate driving in the fog, I almost cancelled it!
Anyway, I hope I don't get lost driving (lol!)
I'll try to take a few pics or vlog a bit during our dinner & bring a bit of this atmosphere to you guys!
