Chicken Nut Bread: Merry Kissmas! And a Happy New Year!

So... what did everyone get for Christmas? Did y'all get whatever was on your list? Christmas this year was very different for me. I was actually in the holiday spirit! It's been a while since I have too. I caught the Christmas bug in the office. Hard not to since they had an office Christmas party and organized Secret Santa. Unfortunately, my Secret Santa was NOT Danny Castellano so I didn't get a private dance number to Aaliyah's "Try Again". If you have no idea what I am talking about, please watch The Mindy Project. If you are Mark Jacob, please Google "Chris Messina, dance, The Mindy Project". Then reenact it. Hahahahahaha.

I went for Christmas Eve mass and it was pouring heavily. I wore a silver-y mint baby doll dress with my new Christian Siriano for Payless shoes, (These are the shoes that I got so distracted with, I lost my phone), topped off with my black leather jacket. Gotta keep it gangsta, you know what I mean.

After mass, I went to look for Mark to give him his Christmas present but he just had to disappear before I got to him. There was so much confusion going on. Basically, my parents left without me.

Merry Christmas.

Mark and I unwrapped our presents together when we got home. I got him 2 Manchester United bags. 1 duffel for him to put his (stinky) shoes and sweaty (stinky) clothes whenever he goes for hockey or futsal, and a backpack so he can show off his Red Devil's pride whenever he goes for classes.

I've got mad wrapping skills

Not bad la. The boy got me shoes. Very daring since he knows I'm very picky when it comes to my clothes (I don't do bows, floral print, etc etc). The shoes were fierrrrrrce as hell so yay. He has been observing my shoe taste. OH! And he got me LANA DEL REY! OMGAHHH! I screamed like a banshee. I was so preoccupied with the shoes that I forgot that he told me there was something else in the box earlier. I was still admiring the shoes until I looked down at the shoe box on the floor and saw something peeking out under the gift tissue paper. It was almost completely covered and all I could see was 1/4 of it but I already knew what it was. I can recognise the corner of Lana Del Rey's Paradise Edition cover art from a mile away. Thank you baby. I lafff it. Parents got me a Marilyn portrait. I'm a happy kid.

Marilyn, Lana and 5-inched heels. Ahhhh.

But probably the best present of all was finding out that my cousin is preggers! I'm so excited! I completely lost it when she told us at our family Christmas lunch. I must have looked like a puppy that knew it was gonna get treats.

My babies are also home! So hard to get all of us in the same time zone nowadays. (Ashqinn M.I.A.) I hosted a little slumber party at my place. I practically devoured a whole box of green tea Kit Kat's by myself. Also stuffed my face with more chocolate, carrot cake, Oreos and god knows what else. Not to mention Mal made us brunch the next day. Omelette du fromage topped with bacon bits AND bacon on the side. Ahhh, heaven.

My own Nigella Lawson

My parents were away so I brought out their mattress and mine so we could have a massive bed in the hall. I live in a tiny humble apartment so my hallway is pretty narrow and the angle between my parent's bedroom door and the wall is very acute. So while the girls and I were trying to manoeuvre my parent's bed through, I saw an opening and I took it. I yelled, "Pivot! Pivot! PIVOTTTTT!!!!!!" 4 for you if you got my FRIEND's reference. If you didn't, please watch this video and slap yourself for not being familiar with one of the best shows ever on television.

However, I honestly feel that the person who enjoyed the bed the most was my dog, Chloe. Felt this weight plop next to me halfway our Mindy Project marathon and I see this fool all snuggled up next to me. Kept trying to get her off the bed but she kept coming back. I gave up. She looked too cute.