My Christmas Holiday Recap
Well as usual, the holiday goes by so fast! We spent the last few days with family and friends, eating a ton of food and catching up on TV and movies. I’m going to quickly share my Christmas holiday recap with you guys.
I slept-in Friday and spent my day running a couple errands, drinking hot cocoa, wrapping gifts and doing laundry. Super exciting haha. The OA was also on non-stop, we binge watched that new Netflix show really quick. OMG is it good! Can’t wait for the second season.
Christmas Eve was a relaxing day for us. My family went to my nana’s for dinner and we watched movies (Down by Law) and ate a ton of food. I mean my nana made two roasts, ribs, veggies, two types of potatoes and a trifle. My mom brought over shrimp skewers, gnocchi and pizza. So ya, we were quite full haha.
Then, it was Christmas Day! Where did the month of December go? Our first stop was to my parents for presents and brunch of pannettone french toast. Then a quick trip to Curtis’s moms for lunch and a visit. After, it was back to my mom’s for more food and cocktails. She made beet root ravioli, miso marinated sablefish with vegetables, and homemade cheese twists. Then to top that off, it was a pomegranate lemon souffle! Also we of course watched A Christmas Story, Love Actually, Jerry Maguire (I haven’t seen that in YEARS) and Home Alone.
Most days, Curtis and I slept till 10! Sometimes we woke up to snow and literally didn’t shower till 6pm. What I love most about the holiday is having no plans or need for the alarm clock. Those days were filled with eating leftovers and watching TV. There were so many series and movies we watched over the holiday, love those $.99 deals and Netflix!
What we watched:
Lovesick
Minimalism
Captive
The Nice Guys
Twin Peaks
A Bigger Splash
Twilight Zone
Man Up
Ex Machina
Cafe Society
The Family Fang
City of Gold
High-Rise
The Seven Five
Rats
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
The Flat
Curtis’s birthday we went out for dinner with my family to El Caminos. Who doesn’t love eating tacos and drinking margaritas on your birthday? I got Curtis a Japanese candy subscription box, full of flavours like sweet to humboldt squid. Ummmm we will try it, but I will have a chocolate bar handy haha.
Then the rest of that week was relaxing, went shopping with my mom and brother, went for a date to La Mezcal, had lunch with my nana and purged our home of broken dishes and clothes. Cleaning that stuff out felt so great!
On NYE, Vancouver was hit with a blizzard. We originally planned on going for dinner with my brother in the city but cancelled those plans. We walked up the street and grabbed dinner at Raisu. Thinking most places were booked, it was awesome to see it empty because of the snow. Later filled up, but we scored seats and ate a delicious meal.
How was your holiday? I see some people are leaving to sunnier destinations. Lucky bums!
Today was back to reality with work and the gym. I also started using the 7 Minute Workout app in the morning for a quick burst. Also see my New Year’s Resolutions for this year. I stuck with easy ones, like carving out “me” time. It’s so important to be able to take time to read or just enjoy a bath. For me at least anyways haha.