Morag x

Christmas has just passed but gift-giving can happen at many dates within a calender year. Sascha of Coffee and Heels wrote about gift giving dos and don'ts.

I'm still looking for a good outfit to ring in the bells but The Beauty Department has posted a nail look I might want to re-create.

I love to cook from scratch and have been known to grow my own food but I've yet to attempt making drinks from scratch - this diy ginger liquer caught my eye.

I only briefly mentioned Hayley's visit to Glasgow to meet myself and Louise, but she wrote a full post on it. Glad you liked my non-christmassy Christmas card!

I tweeted this during the week because it was so good but here it is again: Star Wars Christmas jumpers.

I love breakfast but when it's 8am I don't always have the energy for anything fancier than baked beans on toast. However at the weekends I love a morning kitchen experiment. Here is 10 Breakfast recipes for the holidays - or any day when you're not working.

This would look terrible in my room but if you fancy a DIY project how about a light up headboard?

Three things that are important parts of my personality: I'm vegetarian; I love to plan a party; I can be regularly found in a kitchen. One of my life mottos is also 'go big or go home'. Wrap this all up at Christmas time and you end up with a vegetarian armed with trays of food ready to make a turkey look like a poor person's Christmas. 

Though it didn't get finalised until yesterday. So maybe not an organised Christmas day menu.

Christmas Eve with parents and granny

Christmas Day with the extended family

Sup internet? What has been tickling your fancies this week? Too busy working? Well then take a look at my fav links and enjoy your Saturday morning in bed.

I'll start by linking to the 30 best blogs with pasta recipes which mentions yours truly!

One of my idols Gala Darling celebrated her six-year blogversary this week and she wrote an excellent post on taking risks, sticking to your guns and going after your dreams.

Like every year the best vegetarian Christmas recipes are always on the Vegetarian Society website - and even if you're not veggie they have plenty of ways to add creativity to what compliments the turkey.

I want to re-pin everything on Chelsea McGuffee's Pinterest.

Did we all see the Gossip Girl finale? I was surprised in the identity of GG as I thought it was going to be a much less obvious character. Perez Hilton has an interview with producer Stephanie Savage on her train of thought for the final episode ever.

A woman after my own heart: Kate Bolick who, like me, sees no appeal to marriage.

If you haven't decided on your 2013 resolutions this year then maybe you could use this as a guide: 101 Creative Resolutions.

Planning a project in 2013? Like lists?  Then Amanda Genther has just what you need!

Have fun reading.

And for the foodie who prefers their kicks a little stronger...

I thought for this outfit post I should put on, say, a bit of a tutorial. I believe I'm a bit of a dab hand at fancy dress/not being afraid to dress ridiculously. And if the Scottish Blogger Christmas party is anything to go by I'm not being too cocky with that statement.

When I heard there was a competition for the ugliest Christmas jumper I was all over it like a glitter nail polish. I love the challenge of dressing for a particular theme and I think it's darn rude not to adhere to a dress code (true story, if you're ever invited to one of my bashes you adhere to the dress code goddammit!).

And I made a plan. Just for a Christmas jumper (but a lot of these rules apply to most of my fancy dress escapades)

Don't shop where everyone else will. Okay so we don't necessarily know where 'everyone else' will shop and when you're competition is a bunch of fashion bloggers knowledge of indie brands is high. But I said I wouldn't touch Primark, H&M, or New Look, despite the options available. Too likely someone else will turn up in it. So I headed to the 'granny shops' in the St Enoch centre.

Think outside the box. This is where I have to help you understand what Jack Daniels has to do with Christmas. When debating this jumper in the changing rooms with the snowman one I deliberated between the obvious Christmas jumper and not-so-obvious jumper. My excuse? For some people Christmas involves a lot of whiskey.

Stick to the ugly theme. Don't try and cheat by wearing a pretty Christmas jumper - I won the competition because mine was ugly.

Don't be afraid to dress it up. It might be an ugly Christmas jumper competition but I'm still a fashion blogger so out came the pleather skirt (I do wear other skirts, promise!), studded color, and red lippy.

If in doubt, make your own! I seen plenty on eBay that I could have made myself and if I wasn't running about on adventures all the time I would have sat down with transfers, crafting glue and cotton wool.

Morag x

I'm not even going to lie that this is my dream apartment - 32 Signs You're Living in a Hipster Apartment.

And that's clearly you're weekend sorted, not because you're knee deep in Christmas shopping or anything...

As so many of my beauty reviews recently have been along the lines of okay if you have the money, good if you're travelling but not every day or might be better if you had dry skin I decided I should post about a product that has become part of my daily routine and I really see myself re-purchasing.

Like a lot of beauty bloggers I take more care of my eyebrows than you're average person on the street. I'm also not naturally blessed  in the eyebrow department (along with acne, eyebrows are what I see when I see teenage photos of myself) so that also explains why I have a more extensive eyebrow routine than most.

When it comes to similar products I bought the No7 eyebrow tamer back in 2010 but will admit I was unimpressed with it. I bought the MeMeMe version as part of a sale and was more after the highlighter than the tamer but when I received the product it was the eyebrow tamer I was more impressed by.

I find it really does brush my eyebrow hair whichever way I want it to and then keeps it in place. Also because it is brown coloured it means it helps colour my eyebrows. However a negative is that you have to be careful the formula doesn't make it onto your skin and smudge. It easily coverable with concealer but be careful as it can slow you down in the morning if you have to tidy up the edges.

As for the highlighter I have to admit that it is pretty average. Not terrible, but nothing special either. I remember borrowing a really good highlight by Elf a while ago but for some reason never purchased myself. But as it is attached to an amazing product I will accept it as being there (this product in under a tenner, so hardly a waste of money!).

Also, as with all MeMeMe products, the packaging is awesome.

Lots of tamed eyebrow love,

Morag x

It is still an unusual dish and for someone who tends to avoid bitter foods, this isn't something I'm going to be making a habit of preparing. It is an acquired taste. But where's the fun at avoiding things you haven't tried before?