Five Happy Things in December

What a month December was, definitely one of the busier months we have had in a while. I didn't feel that Christmassy this year. However, we still managed to have a good month so here are 5 happy snippets from it.

Christmas Lights in Trentham Gardens

On the 12^th December we visited the Christmas Lights around Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent and they were lovely. I’ve never done anything like this before and it was the perfect thing to do for Christmas. The gardens were big, and the trail went all the way around them in a big circle. I was quite ill as well this weekend and so felt like this was the best thing to be out in the fresh air and just taking time to appreciate the lights. I’d 100% do it again next year and would like to visit the gardens when it isn’t Christmas.

Jersey Boys UK Tour

On the 18^th me and my fiancé’s family went to the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham to see a matinee performance of the Jersey Boys UK Tour and it was good. It was a unique show, and the music was the highlight, the voices of the cast were amazing. I would recommend if it is your kind of thing. I have a full review which I will link, Jersey Boys UK Tour Review

Spiderman No Way Home

I love going to the cinema and I love Marvel films, going to see this film was a given and we rewatched the others with Tom Holland as we had never seen them, and they were so good. However, this film was the best of them all, it is a very emotional with some unexpected twists and turns. Tom Holland is a very good actor and portrays the emotion of the character so well.

Christmas

Like many this Christmas, COVID meant we had to spend it just me and my fiancé. Unfortunately, my fiancé tested positive before Christmas and initially I was devastated that Christmas would be ruined. However, we have amazing families that bought us our food and presents which meant we had a lovely day at home, just chilling out. I had 5 days off over Christmas and it was so nice to just do nothing and not have to leave the house for those 5 days.

New Year’s Eve

In contrast, we were able to have some friends over to celebrate New Year with us. We didn’t go out anywhere instead we got a load of nibbles in and some drinks and just put the music channels on the TV and spent the night like that. I am so grateful to be able to have my own house where we can have friends over and to have just such special people to make memories with.

I hope everyone had the best end to 2021 and an even better start to 2022.

2021 Reflection and 2022 Plans

Until next time,

Stacey x

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