Jess In Retrospect: December 2015

|| 2016 || Resolutions & A Look Back On 2015

So here it is, the dreaded new year's resolutions post! Yes some of these might be 100% cliché and yes I might realise in, say March that I haven't gone through with more than one but I still wanted to give it a go this year. I remember last year I typed up this little post explaining why I wasn't gonna make any resolutions for 2015 simply because the whole year ahead seemed so daunting and scary and unpredictable - crazy to think that that was 12 whole months ago!

Thursday, December 31, 2015
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Christmas Baking: Owl Cookies

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Hi guys! Happy 24th of December and a Merry Christmas to all those of you who, like me, celebrate Christmas tonight :) If you're looking for an easy peasy last minute Christmas cookie recipe then look no further! I made these delicious gingerbread spiced owl cookies yesterday and not only do they look great they also taste delicious and took no time at all to make! Perfect eh?! So here's how to make them...

Thursday, December 24, 2015
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London's Best Ramen | Bone Daddies Soho

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I have been craving a good ole' bowl of ramen ever since autumn came around and the temperatures dropped. Simply because there's nothing more comforting than a warming soup with ALL the flavours on a cold and rainy London day. So naturally we made our way to Bone Daddies, just off Wardour Street in London's lovely Soho! The first thing I really liked about the place was that they don't take any reservations, you simply turn up, sit down and slurp your ramen! ;-)

Friday, December 18, 2015
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Christmas Baking: Bavarian Vanillekipferl

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Happy third Sunday of advent everybody! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and therefore it's high time to get started with the Christmas baking. Last year I shared my Gingerbread Men recipe with you guys, which you can check out here, so this year I thought I would share with you something traditionally christmassy from Germany: Vanillekipferl. These delicious vanilla biscuits can be found at every bakery and Christmas market at this time of year in Germany and are a firm favourite of mine. Living far away from home meant I couldn't just eat my grandma's or mum's biscuits but had to actually make them myself.. and I'm quite pleased with the result! I had to improvise a little bit as I couldn't get my hands on vanilla sugar here in the UK (does it exist? does anybody know?) but it worked so well! So here's how I made my delicious Vanillekipferl:

Sunday, December 13, 2015
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The Super Quick Body Moisturisers Every Busy Girl Needs

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So recently I seem to be in a continuous state of hurry.. I either need to be somewhere, do something, get some work done, think of Christmas presents... the list goes on. But now that I have ALL my Christmas presents - on the 6th of December! YAY for being super organised this year haha - I've finally got the time to tell you guys about my favourite super quick body moisturisers! I love using these two after a quick shower with not much time to spare.

Monday, December 07, 2015
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Autumn In Photos | Photo Diary

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Woooooow... long time no see! I know I've been pretty absent from this blog for almost a month now and there will be a little blog post explaining a little more about what's been going on and why I haven't been on top of everything blog but seriously where has the past month gone?!?! It's like I blinked and October turned into December! I have however still managed to take heaps and heaps of photographs these past couple of months here in London so I thought - as a picture is worth a thousand words - I'll just show you what's been going on in a couple of snaps from my autumn in London.