My December Faves & Things I Loved in December

I usually post these two post separately but decided to combine them this month.

I am also only posting my fave photos up to the date we left for the UK because I plan to blog about our UK trip separately (and there would be a ridiculous amount of fave photos!)

My December Faves

1. Tea Advent Calendar – I managed to find an advent calendar full of tea for last Christmas. I drink lots of herbal teas and so this was the perfect solution over Christmas so that I could enjoy having an advent calendar.
2. Our Christmas Tree – I loved our Christmas tree this time round. It may not be the most atheistically pleasing tree but it was all ours.
3. For the Aussie’s birthday we went kayaking on the Brisbane River and under the Story Bridge. It was a really fun way to spend the morning and he really enjoys getting out on the river.
4. 5. and 6. were photos taken on the same day as the kayaking trip. In the evening we went out for a sushi dinner at a restaurant that the Aussie discovered in the city and after dinner we went on a hunt for Christmas decorations in the Brisbane Arcade and then at City Hall / King George Square. Number 6 was a lighting display on City Hall which was a very cute Christmas story as well.
5. As with 4.
6. As with 4.
7. This is a particularly handsome cat who has an excellent moustache who I see on my walks around the neighbourhood in the morning. He / she always looks quite disappointed by my exercise activity!
8. The weekend before we went to the UK we paid a visit to Carols at Twilight on Southbank. I love a good carol concert and enjoyed singing along. Unfortunately it did rain on and off the whole time we were at the Carols but it was still worth it.
9. After the Carols we visited the Cathedral of St Brisbane who had a lighting display called the Lights of Christmas which was projected on the Cathedral. Again there was a very lovely Christmas story played and in between each story they projected some very festive images as well.

Things I Have Loved – December 2018

MOVIES

The Grinch – Naomi and I went to watch the Grinch on our festive day before Christmas. I don’t think I have seen the original movie(s) before but really enjoyed the animation version which worked well on an adult level and I saw that the children in the cinema also seemed to find it funny.

Tag – I watched Tag on the plane to the UK. I remember when it was released in the cinemas, reading about the true life story of a group of friends who for one month every year play an insane game of tag. The movie was a bit crazy and far fetched but was overall very entertaining.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society – this is a movie that I meant to watch when it was released but missed. I didn’t really know that Guernsey had been invaded by the Germans during World War Two so it was really interesting from that perspective. The movie itself was lovely with a very sweet story which I really enjoyed.

TV SHOWS

The Americans – when we flew from London to Singapore I binge watched series 1 as I couldn’t sleep. This is a story of a couple from Russia who were KGB spies and entered into an arranged marriage before moving to America to spy for the Russians. I really enjoyed the series and I am on the look out for the rest of the series.

The Bodyguard – this was a UK series which we found on Netflix. It is a bit of a thriller and we binge watched the series over a few days. There were a lot of twists and turns which really did keep me guessing and I couldn’t have predicted the ending. I hope that there might be another series as it was well worth a watch.