Simply Had a Wonderful Christmastime

Yeah yeah more posts about my love for Christmas. I had a great time this year. I woke up at 5 or 6 am from excitement just like when I was a kid, but for opposite reasons.
The month leading up to Christmas (which is the best part) was also really good this year. I got to see all kinds of new sights in the city, and even though I was in school most of the time, I still got to have some holiday adventures.

Lets take a look at some of my photos from the season shall we? (via instagram)



1. Tree's decorated downtown, that's how I knew the holiday season officially began. :)
2. A scarf I knitted myself! It wasn't the best scarf ever, but I put in a lot of effort.
3. My little tree illuminating my apartment.
4. McDonalds' "holiday pie"....look how diseased it looks. Bleck!
5. Little Mason modeling a scarf of mine.
6. A drawing from a storyboard I drew as a final. I made it christmas themed cause it was all I could think about.
7. A beauuutiful sunset down on the water. So glad I discovered that park.
8. I'm so proud of my wrapping this year! I learned how to make little handmade bows out of ribbon.
9. One of the cards that I made. This one was probably my favorite, and had the most meaning behind it.

P.S. It's my birthday, I'm like a quarter dead now. (aka 20) yaaaaay! :D

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  I was so excited to decorate for christmas! Luckily I found time to fit in a little decorating between working on finals. Sure it's modest compared to what I'd like to do some day, but I think I did a pretty good job with the limited money, time, and resources available.  :) 

  I wish I had the whole entire month of December to focus on christmas like when I was little. Having to worry about school or work really makes it go by too fast. But regardless, I've been enjoying the season and loving the lights all over the city. I hope everyone else is enjoying their holidays just as much. 

Semi-Unrealistic Christmas List 2011

Ahh it’s my favorite time of year again. The magical, twinkly, romantic, freezing cold time of year they call the Christmas holiday season! Well technically it’s supposed to start in a week, but the stores have already been in Christmas mode for months.

Personally, I LOVE giving gifts. There’s something about planning out the perfect gift for your loved ones, sneaking around to get or make it without them finding out, anticipating their reaction and hoping they like it, and finally seeing the look of surprise and joy on their face when they open it. It just makes me so happy :) 

And if you appreciate my efforts, and want to do the same for me, I thought I’d help you out and make a little christmas list. You’re welcome. 

1. I still need an Instax 25 mini!! I know that if I wasn't a broke college kid, I would have bought one of these myself by now. (Actually despite that I still almost did once but was outbid...) 

2. The thing I want most from santa, and hope his budget can afford, a new camera lens! My 50mm 1.8 has served me well over the past year, but it's just too close sometimes. After researching lenses I found out that my real ideal lens is the 35mm 1.4 L lens....but thats like $1,200 or something! So I found a more affordable but still good alternative, the Canon 35mm f/2! 

3. Last February my mom finally upgraded our ghetto Sears brand TV to a brand new flatscreen, it's beautiful.  ( *_*)  But then I moved into my own apartment and had to take my old 99 dollar TV from Walmart...it's chunky, it's tiny screen-wise, and it has a weird purple splotch on the bottom of the screen. That's why I also want a new TV. 

4. I have a bad  back, a few years back I was even diagnosed with mild scoliosis. That's why you should feel sorry for me and get me one of those massage chair things.

5. A boring practical thing that I need is a new wallet. the one I have was originally a light tan plaid pattern, and is now stained blue from my jeans...I want a wallet that says "hey look at me I'm a classy grownup!" but at the same time isn't too boooorrrinngg. 

6. I can't believe I'm admitting this...but I'm really into Pretty Little Liars. I started watching it back in '10 to make fun of it...and now it's probably my favorite currently airing TV show...So just go ahead and buy me the DVD, and we'll pretend this whole thing never happened. 

7. I have a pair of headphones that I love from audio techinica, they're the best! But I don't like going out with huge over the head headphones, so I need an in ear pair for bus rides and such. I read that these ones have really good sound quality for their price. 

8. Once upon a time Davic wore John's clothes to school. I looked at one of the shirts and thought something along the lines of "Hey that shirt looks really good on him....and it would look really really good on me!" And ever since then I've been searching for a similar shirt and nowAE has one! (The blue option of this) 

9. I technically don't need one cause I never have time to play video games anymore, but I still want a 3DS. I mean there's a new cooking mama game out for it! How can I pass that up?

10. Anyone that's used prismacolor or copic markers knows they're both amazing. I don't think I need much more of a reason than that to want them.

11. Next to christmas, one of my other obsessions in life is Disney! Specifically, Disneyland! I haven't been since 2009, and I miss it! So if anyone wants to pay for an entire trip, and somehow line it up with my school's breaks without it being too much of a peak season, that would be greatly appreciated. 

12. I still have a lot of empty space on my walls and it needs to be filled with a big victorian-inspired picture frame. I can probably take care of the photo, but the frame itself has been difficult to find. I either need a white one, or one that's cheap enough that I can spraypaint it white without feeling guilty about it. 

Not white, but the right idea style-wise.

Other than that, I also need textbooks....but those are no fun. :(