My Sweet Valentine

I hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday, whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not. For me, it was just like any other day - staying at home and working. But I still wanted to do something sweet for my boyfriend (literally!) so I spent a few hours in the kitchen. He loves combining sweets with salty things, so I made him chocolate covered pretzels. There really isn't a recipe, you just melt chocolate and dip the pretzels in it. It's not really fast, but it's easy and if you like to multitask, just like I do, then you'll find this a pleasant thing to do. I used white and milk chocolate and added some colorful sprinkles on top. The result was pretty good I must say! I definitely recommend trying it out. I made a huuuuuge bowl, so we ate some last night while we watched our favourite TV shows and I packed the rest so he could take them to work the next morning.

As for him, he showed up on my doorstep with some beautiful flowers. I haven't been feeling well in the past few days, so they really cheered me up. Also, we'd decided that we would stay home and perhaps order some food. But the sweet and thoughtful man that he is, he actually went to all of my favourite restaurants and picked up my favourite things from each one. He got me soup from one, a salad from another, 2 different desserts, pizza and sushi. He spent almost 2 hours going from one place to another. It was so sweet!

So yeah, that's my Valentine's story. I really hope you had a wonderful day and if not - I hope today is one! xo

(Photos: Iva Yaneva)

Happy Birthday to my niece!

Teenagers are hard to shop for. Haha, I sound so old right now!

My niece has a birthday today and here's what I got her: a cosmetics bag, a Clean & Clear Morning Energy facial scrub (I've heard great things about this one), a bunch of tiny travel-sized goodies - Balea deospray, a Rexona deo stick, a Balea young face cream, a Balea feet softening cream; and a very cute floral notepad.

I really hope she likes these!

(Photo: Iva Yaneva)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful time with your families, just like me. I'm visiting my parents' house for the holidays and it's lovely!

The holidays are always hard for those who try to eat healthy. This year I tried to stick to chocolate covered nuts. They were so yummy! What is your favourite dessert around Christmas?

Lanterns outside my window.

When I came my mom had already decorated the house. Every room is filled with snowmen, Santas and whatnot. Me and my dad decorated the tree, which you can see at the top. I love that some of the ornaments are over 50 years old! So pretty!

There is a tradition in my country to eat vegan on Christmas Eve. We also have an uneven number of dishes - homemade bread (with a lucky coin hidden in it), beans, stuffed cabbage and peppers, baklava. Everything is so delicious on this day, I just love the tradition and all the homemade meals!

And of course on Christmas day we have turkey stuffed with rice and pickled cabbage for lunch. It's so delicious and also healthy.

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all had a lovely time with your loved ones and found everything you wanted under the tree. xo

(Photos: Iva Yaneva)

Kids in the Park

A while ago I took my nieces and nephew in the park for a short photo shoot. Needless to say when you have a bunch of kids and a big lawn  inevitably there will be a lot of running, laughing, laying on the ground and generally - a lot of fun!

 

 

I hope I can take them out to play in the snow now that it's winter and take more pictures. It's been a while since I last made a snow angel or a snowman, lol.

(Photos: Iva Yaneva)

A Free Gift

Hey guys!

Every year I envy those who can take advantage of the Black Friday sales (well, I don’t really envy the lines and all the pushing, lol). So this year I wanted to join the fun! I’ll be including a present with each order placed this weekend (starting today till Monday). You will get a free pack of 5 postcards with my original photograph, which you can see in the photo. Envelopes will be included.

Click here to visit my shop.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate and happy shopping! xo

Drugstore Haul

If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know I have very sensitive, dry skin. Because of it I am constantly worried about products I use on my body. I was running out of body shower, which my boyfriend doesn't really like, so we went out and looked for a new one.

I got one from the brand Uriage. I haven't used it on my body yet, but I've used it to wash my face and so far I like it. It doesn't dry my skin but I'm still undecided as to how effective it is at cleansing it. The packaging says it's suitable for dry, sensitive skin, for washing your face or body, as well as for babies.

Boyfriend got a Klorane one that smells really good! A lot of products for sensitive skin have no smell at all, which to be honest I really dislike. I need my yummy smells, lol. So I'm really eager to try this one out and if it doesn't irritate my skin, I'm probably gonna switch to it.

The last thing I got is a hand cream. Now, I am not really someone who uses hand cream. I got a Soap & Glory one when I was in London, which had great reviews on youtube, and I really loved it. But after I read the ingredients I decided to stop using it and haven't really purchased another one since. That's until I was at a friend's house and something was smelling incredibly yummy, so I asked her what it was and she said "Oh, it must be my hand cream - everyone comments on it." So of course I had to buy it, especially since it was like $1, had no questionable ingredients and is by a local company. The texture is a bit thin, but does moisturize a lot, which I find great. I know some people like really thick hand creams, but I personally don't like to feel the product on my skin, I just want soft, yummy smelling hands.

Do you have any products to recommend, especially for dry skin? I'd love to try them out!

(Photo: Iva Yaneva)

Girls Night Out

I went out with my girlfriends last Friday. I took them to my favorite Italian restaurant, where we talked, drank wine and ate delicious food. Ah, I've missed hanging out with them!

OOTD: Top: Mango; Jeans: Fox; Belt: Mango

What do you like to do with your girlfriends?