VLOGMAS 2 🎀 Cracker Fillers, Table Gift Ideas, Homesense Haul & New Car?

[Music] good morning guys how are we all doing welcome back to my channel and of course to another episode of vlogmas I wasn't sure with today's video I might Vlog over a few days 2 three days we'll see how we go but um I wanted to I wanted to pick up the camera anyway because I have well I've got a couple of returns I need to go and do at Primark and whilst I'm out and about I thought I might pop to home sens there's a couple of things I've spotted online um festive things that look right up my street and with home sents I feel like midweek is the best time to go so it's midweek for me now filming this video and yeah I thought we would pop over have a little look um what else do I want to do today I've also got a parcel that arrived I thought we could open from Pat hamper for Barney although he's at daycare right now cuz I've just dropped him off as I'm about to go to the shops but um I'll open that later uh what else have I got tomorrow I've got an exciting delivery coming for a week I have been loaned a car so we could show you that within today's video as well so yeah I thought I would pick up the camera see where it might be a bit of a kind of speak bit of a mismatch Vlog um for you today but usually the mismatch ones end up being the longer ones and I feel like you guys prefer the longer Vlogs anyway so it's a win-win situation for me I'm just picking up the camera as and when without No Agenda without No Agenda without any agenda apart from this morning which is primart returns and a little trip around home sents and maybe grab a coffee on the way to the shops this is also my little outfit of the day today I have just got on a jumper for from Primark very very soft and comfortable nice and high neck as well cuz it's a bit chil this Gile from the white company I'll leave everything I can link below this bag is also uniclo which you can get online these bags are honestly they bargain they're about £1 Stanley in hand although it's not necessarily part the outfit I've also got my Amazon Jupe Lululemon leggings on which I love and I think it's still in the sales so again we'll leave them linked and hopefully they're still in the sale reduce for you guys which honestly they've never done before so I'm so happy um I did order a couple of Bs myself and then also my ug Ultra minis just in the Green version for today let's get on the road at least it's sunny so we've not forecast rain so we don't need an umbrella which is usually the norm in Manchester not today hi what can I get for you hi can I please get a um gingerbread no sorry a tofy nut decaf latte a decaf tofy nut latte did you say yes please you got anything else um I'll get one of the do you have any of the pigs under blanket Panini yeah Sor want pig on blanket yes please yeah did you want cream one do you LTE uh yes please thank you yeah else that's it thanks than see the window thank you we're trying a festive Panini today we've got a couple festive Feast Panini or pigs under blanket Panini which is the one that I've gone for we're at the shops just need to fuel with some lunch I also I'm going to go to Costco cuz they've got um I've seen on Tik Tok they have the Cheesecake Factory so we're going to see if we can go and Hunt that down cuz if they've got a big cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory then it is definitely coming home with me especially if it can be frozen it's like just a good dessert to have always in but the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake just nothing quite like it Shar sh where can we put you let me just pull Sabrina hopefully you didn't hear that lyric I did also pick up this they had them in the window and I just thought how festive oh is that what a good gift idea as well how gorgeous it's like gold with the Deep burgundy red oh I love it it's like a reusable hot or cold these ones oh we'll bring that out every single Christmas decaf tof nut latte sweet today wow very sweet and then pixer blacket which is like sausages bacon mustard cheese I think M good B that mustard really nice [Music] feeling Al long kind of Misty can't see the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake anywhere but these do look amazing chero bites they're in the freezer section so you just heat them up in the air fryer is giving a vintage Christmas they have loads of like uh fun colors and everything this year they've got all these ribbons which I actually have this white one which I use all year round and they're really good I mean it lasts for ages but it's also wired so you can really shape it into like a big boat they've got a couple that they've done up there just like as an example but honestly it's the best ribbon I've ever used and they've got loads of Christmas designs also how cute is he a little vintage Mickey and mini decorations if you've got like a bit of a Disney theme I feel like that is made really well looks lovely that's $49.99 and what else we've got this guys oh I have my eyes on this but ooh I was going to say but it's so expensive but it has got 60 off of it yes 60 off it is now reduced down to 99.99 it's like a little Carousel I just don't know where I'd put it it's so [Music] big it's cold again but I know will be warm sitting by the fire and [Music] dream tell me again with a [Music] whis okay back in the car we couldn't find The Cheesecake Factory cheesecake in Costco but not to worry um I did get a couple of other bits I got some my Ginger this like the lazy way rather than doing it yourself the lazy way to have your Ginger shot in the morning um I did go for two of the ribbons it's quite red this one that's the only thing I would have preferred a bit more burgundy but a poer red doesn't hurt nobody for Christmas and with a bit of tartan as well I got the monster of all salads just to have dinner tonight lunch tomorrow lunch the day after and then that's probably it as per Tom's request he likes these shower gels in bulk and some toothpaste he also likes his frozen berries he has for breakfast in the mornings and then yeah I saw these and had to pick them up so we'll see what these are like little churo bites stuffed chero bites oh okay there's different ones I didn't realize that there's the Bavarian cream filling and then chocolate and hazelnut which is the one I'm thinking I'm going to like and then also when I went into Primark to do my returns I left with some more bits but just Essentials I showed you these in my Primark hul and I'm not kidding when I say I like them that much that I decided to just you know what stock up in a couple more sets and also these ones looked really nice as well they are thermal socks they're quite thick so you've got a gray in there and a beige so I've got two sets of those and then also a two pack of black ones so yeah I'm going to have a bit of a sock L around I think get rid of any old scraggly mismatched no I would never wear mismatched socks I'm not that person not mismatch but socks that are past their due date let's just say they've been worn a little too often some white company gifting in there as well the only problem is with that is that if I buy white company as gifts for people I end up keeping it myself which is so bad and not a great Habit to to be in but if it's just like a generic white company gift especially if it's candles I'm just like end up using them myself so I did get a couple of candles for myself as well um but yeah let's head back home and I'll show you the home sense bits which are in the boot hello hello hello we're back home and I wanted to sit oh God it's so sunny and so fast of in here with the tree I absolutely love it I wanted to show you the home sense bits that I got um just at the shops there was actually really good I got a few things not that I need any more Christmas decor although I will say tip is to um with everyone looking at the all the Christmas stuff at this time of the year don't underestimate the non- festivy things because I feel like like I said no one's paying attention to them with it being full of Christmas stuff at this time but I got a couple of non- festive things I really like as well so anyway all my gifting lined up in the background as well I've got all my kind of like sacks I like to give presents to to family members I just find giving them in a sack makes them look a lot Fuller it's a lot easier to like let me just get a CH grab a Pew uh makes it easier to like gift the items knowing who's got what it's all just in one one big sack of gifts so yeah that is all being organized behind me we're going with a messy bun messy bun right I thought I would show you the pet hamper pet hamper pet hamper things I ordered for Christmas day oh I need to get some scissors we are hosting this year and I have my brother and his wife Coming my sister-in-law get used to saying that after they got married this year they're coming and they have a dog as well so I thought I would get a couple of doggy bits for Bonnie and Riley to have a play with on Christmas Day I got a couple already which I think got a couple of smaller ones which might be better suited to Riley cuz he is a he's a miniature sausage um where's obviously Bonney he's a big golden retriever if you're new to my channel and don't know who he is he is yeah 38 kilos if you didn't already know although I think he's a bit less than that now cuz vet said that he's a bit overweight I don't think he is he doesn't look over to waight for me over over to wait I just say he's heavy boned okay he's not a chunky dog by any means like when people look at him they always say oh he's very slim I'm like tell the vet that you know anyway um he's just big boned okay he's quite heavy um so I yeah ordered a couple bits from pet hampa which is a lovely business that I love been to their you they've got a little shop that you can go and visit but for online gifting and guys look at the Christmas gift bags oh love them for gifting for pets and pet owners they're f a and cuz obviously I know her she's written me a little note she didn't have to do this hi frya thank you so much for this year's Christmas order I've added a few extra bits in for vanney I've also set up a discount code for your friends and followers if you want anything guys Freya xmus 20 for 20% off until the 22nd of December thank you so much Emily hope Barnie loves everything that's very kind of you so oh this is like I should be doing this with him really but he's still at daycare and also this is for Christmas so it's going in his Christmas sack so we don't need to give him them too early okay so the first thing that I ordered I think is genius for any kind of dog owners out there that have pups that like to steal you slippers and your shoes and your socks I won't squeak it any of these toys cuz it is annoying isn't it when you watch a video and the squeaker goes and you dogs like this in the background so if you pups of patiently sleeping don't worry I won't scoop them but guys look it's like a little mini ug slipper toy think this is one that he's going to destroy and love destroying so you know what for Christmas day we'll let him um and then the other thing that I ordered is this which is um it's a little cup that says Starbucks so cute and it is a doggy drink so it's a dairyfree packed with natural goodness in eggnog all you need to do is add water and stir I've never given him like I don't think anyway a treat in terms of a drink I know you can get like por SEO and stuff like that and I just thought a little egg no glatte so cute although I was going to say although this runs out no it doesn't it runs out middle of 2025 so we're all good um so yeah you just get the little sachche of bits to pop in there and have it as a little drink maybe even pop some squirty cream on have it like a little proper Starbucks papuco I just think that's amazing so I got one of those the do can share that on Christmas Day I'm sure um they will share happily okay oh I love it guys perfect with the theme this year as you guys know I'm going more traditional like any kind of tartan I've been loving so this is from the foggy Dog San Francisco again won't squeak just in case any sleeping pops out there oh a cute little rope toy guys it's a festive candy cane in green and white oh wow okay they've got loads of stuff to play with this year amazing um we also got some festive poo bags an essential and then what's in here pet hamper tennis ball have they got FES of tennis balls this year oh they have guys look at these FES of tennis balls so we've got fetch but make it festive F la la and then lastly cute little Christmas trees anyway let's move on to the home scent find now guys oh I ordered one of ordered bought one of these reusable bags at checkout first because it's festive and cute but secondly because this is heavy I didn't think a normal carryer was going to last right I'll start with the festive finds oh I love these server patters so for hosting these are perfect I actually picked up two of them cuz I thought again for hosting quite often we'll need two server plates maybe even I was tempted for three but I thought no stick with two cuz I have got other options for any additional bits and Bobs I've got like some Christmas tree shaped plates and BS and stuff cheers um but yeah how cute with Bose being all the rage this season I thought this um bow platter serving platter was just perfect and these were $12.99 each I needed one more gift sack for a family member to give their presents this year so I picked up this one this like velvet green with deer Sant on it's just so cozy and festive $6.99 these are and then I also speaking of gift bags picked up these mini gift bag sets of of um 13 again with the Vintage Christmas theme I thought these were perfect so only $5.99 I'm not sure what I'm going to use these for because I think these might be too small for table gifts um maybe even if I've just got a couple of small things I need to gift on Christmas morning that I want a little bag for this could be perfect or for Neighbors if you do like baked goods you could give them in a little gift bag like this um but yeah four table gifting perfect but I do think I have some linen stockings that I might use this year I might not I might use these we'll see $5.99 I might share with you guys some ideas of like and show you what I've got to cuz I'm doing DIY fill my own crackers this year as well as table gifts um which also make good ideas for little stocking fillers maybe that could be a good idea obviously it was cracker gifts and table gifts they've got to be fairly small I suppose a table gift doesn't have to be that small but either budget or small so I've got loads of different things that I will be throwing in in the mix but yeah I'll probably share some ideas with you and then I also got some Christmas cards I've got a few already so I don't need loads but $4.99 this one is and it's just again a very traditional simple little illustration of a senta um holiday sticker labels this is this is a huge pack actually there's 20 different uh no six different designs 20 of each and these were $3.99 together with the bow plate I think this one is my favorite find and it's a cute little candle which comes in the most gorgeous aesthetic little glass pot with the wooden lid which is obviously the roof guys it's like frosted glass it's just gorgeous so obviously once you've burned it out if you're even willing to burn it this might be one that we get you oh it smells amazing too I didn't even smell it in store oh that's nice does it say what scent it is fur needle I should have got more of these I love it so so nice I'm going to have to burn through that I just I want to be able to bring this out year after year maybe I should go and get some more they're only $7.99 as well the lid doesn't it's not like a it doesn't stay on it's just loose so when you're in store if you see one just bear that in mind you have to be careful but guys isn't it just the best so so cute so they're all the festive finds that I've got and then I saw this mirror which I thought would make a lovely addition in our bedroom we've got a kind of chest of drawers which I just have a little lamp on and a candle I think that's it so I thought it'd be nice to have a little uh vanity mirror on that unit cuz it's where my hair products are and my makeup so quite often I'll just kind of like perch on the floor and do my makeup but in my tiny little mirror of my eyeshadow palette which obviously isn't the best so to have a bigger mirror would be so much better and guys look how pretty this is it is is just like a dark Mango Wood acacia wood kind of etched out design like beading around the edge really pretty very simple but only $19.99 I thought that was so affordable for that and you can actually remove the back if you can see there you can take this off so you could even if you wanted to use this as artwork instead and put some prints in instead of having it as a mirror you've got the option to do that as well $19.99 I love that and it is solid oh this one is also very solid and it is this gorgeous scallop B I've been on the hunt for this I saw a few people Tagg this when they brought them out ages ago and ever since I was keeping my eyes peel for them cuz I love the look of this sat on a coffee table a solid marble scalloped bowl with the black and white Polaroids in just like sat on top of a coffee table I think that's such a lovely kind of like way to bring a personalized touch to your home without having loads of frames everywhere this one also was $19.99 oh look at this a perfect place to vlogg in this car oh if only I had this in my one so guys I am in the the new vehicle we are um loaning we've got the inos 1924 Grenadier and it is a bit of a step up from my previous or my other vehicle which it not my previous vehicle my current vehicle which is the Tesla so sizewise it is a bit a bit bigger a bit more robust a bit beefier a bit chunkier she's chunky but the size I'm okay driving still ing I'm like everything feels a bit old school in this car which I like I like that kind of rugged kind of like just I just need a car to throw the dog in the back and just get out to the countryside and this does like off-roading and all sorts of like things that are beyond my capability but Tom is on the insurance as well so he has been driving it and enjoying it and I'll just show you inside it quickly show you what I mean in terms of like it's a very I mean look looks like in like a cockpit of a of a plane up here as well look at all these obviously this is the limited edition Bell staff one which essentially just has some extra branding badges it's got the leather um steering wheel the diamond cut Wheels what else has it got it's got the green trim which you can kind of see on camera it's actually like a really nice country kind of British racing green dark green I really like it so this is the Grenadier this is our car for for the week we have Barney in the back I think he absolutely loves it especially compared to my car the fact that he's got so much boot space and they've popped a um dog Garden for us which is perfect but yeah the fact that he can like stand up in there and just move around a lot more I think he is a big big fan but anyway we are just going to run into the shop Tom's just jumped on a call so he's popped in two gals I'm going to go join him I'm going to get Barney out the back and go grab a coffee grab some breakfast and then we're going to head on the road and go for a nice long dog walk I think not sure where we're going to go though weather it's like sunny at the minute forecast rain the sky this morning I should have videoed it was bright pink red sky in the morning Shepherd's warning so um hopefully we won't get rained on but if we do we do we're just we're dog walkers it's always what we do especially when you've got a big dog that he's walking regardless of rain or shine oh yeah I wanted to show you some I'll show you later some like Cracker filler ideas I know I mentioned it earlier in the video I thought actually yeah I'll show you the bits I've got and also like some ideas I've thought of in the meantime um so yeah a bit of festive stuff coming up later on this afternoon First St coffee time [Music] tell me again with a [Music] whisper little things that I want to hear and the Stars up above they are Shining with loveing to this song playing on listening to this song [Music] playing we're back back home put the Christmas tree on it's from Cox and Cox by the way that Christmas tree I get quite a few questions every time you see it within a video you say oh where's that tree from there's always someone asking it's from and um I got home to we got some cute photos of like just it was just a really nice walk so we um we actually took a few photos wanted to see on my Instagram so we've had a nice few hours out of the house to be completely honest with you and I I've only had that breakfast I had at gails this morning the oats and it's approaching 3:00 so I think we're going to have an early tea tonight rather than have lunch now and then dinner um we're going to have like a fish and chip chippy tea tonight at like 4: in like an hour or so so yeah in the meantime I might just have to make myself coffee to keep me going I always find of coffee just fills me up with um if I need to anyway I got home to this parcel which arrived from unicone and I ordered just two sets of um loungewear both same sets just in different colors I was thinking if I like this I'm going to want it in multiple colors and they have loads more colors to choose from but I thought I would go for the cream creamy beige one which is the color that I wanted I also went for the dark green but it is actually very dark I don't know if I love this color I don't hate it it's just a lot darker than I thought it would be but anyway I'm going to try it on the bottoms are basically like I got both in a medium the top and the bottoms in both colors I will try this set on for you this color I might even keep it on if I like it for a nice cozy chilled afternoon because I don't know about you as soon as I get home especially if I've been out and about I am a jewelry off hair up makeup off comfies on not always makeup off sometimes keep makeup on but definitely comfies on and I am in comfy clothes today anyway but because I've been on a dog walk I feel like I just need to get into clean clothes sometimes yellow and Little a little wow I can't speak a little bit muddy on our dog walks so let's try the set on and I'll show you what it looks like here you go if I stand back you can kind of see so they are a little bit shorter on me um which is fine if you kind of want to like hike them up and wear them more of like a cropped style they still look really ni nice but I do actually think I would prefer the longer leg length not enough to send these ones back though I will keep these just in case my other let's cut the Lael out just in case they don't bring this cream back in a medium in a longer leg length then I will keep these but I think what I might do is maybe keep an eye out for it and then if they do come back out get those ones as well as these ones top in a medium I could have maybe sized up for a bit more of an oversized fit but the sleev are quite nice and long and then with these sort of sets as well you can dress up with um not a Blazer necessarily but like a a nice tailored long coat or something throw on some Boots imagine if this was like in a longer length it's just what I've got here to grab and show you or even uh this Zar Gile that um that Blaze was from ND naked whatever we call it yeah I love how Cozy Lounge but throw on a nice big coat big jacket and some of boots and you've got a cozy kind of running errands type outfit to wear as well as a an outfit for in the house so yes I got this set from uniclo really really happy with it nice and soft as well that's the main thing for me it's got to be soft it's got to be comfortable and this is a two thumbs up from me anyway I thought I would share with you those kind of like Cracker ideas that I mentioned so many Christmas presents to start wrapping I feel like I might as well start wrapping sooner rather than later get a bit ahead of the game at least with like Tom's niece's gifts I can get all those ones wrapped up and popped in their stockings anyway so I've got a few ideas within here but I've also I'll insert some images of things I've also seen these little table gifts these little monen syrups I got these ones from boots from Costa but they're all the winter Edition um flavors same with like little mini Hotel chakola alcohol ones or Bailey's gin whatever the and drinks um minis for makeup we've got these minis from Bobby Brown that I thought would be really nice editions eyes Shadow palett a little on a little string this long wear cream shadow stick which I love little lipsticks could be good to throw in also table gift and cracker filler ideas because of the size of it but mton Brown do some lovely gifting bits in small sizes I've even got a couple of these bags which I got from cheser Oaks with the little Miniatures in for travel sized um body lotions and shower gels little pen Halligan set again these could could be lovely as someone's like in someone's stocking but it comes with three individual minis which you could um take out and use like how cute is that that would be a perfect cracker filler and the crackers that I've gone for the DIY fill your own crackers are plain white with like embossed snowflakes on they're from Lakeland and they're quite big so will easily fit things like that in oh I saw this insane spr little card bottle oer car perfumes air fresheners lip glosses these little mini games um shads and whatever all pulse point oils I know the white company do one this one is from esar I think I've already shown you them but I've got these um little holders for um everybody's table place setting with our names on and inside I've just popped a little scratch card in each of those although I have to say these scratch cards that you can get from they're just like National Lottery ones they are actually in the shape of gift tags they fit perfectly in here but you could even just um can you see where it says one pound there there's a little circle that you can pop out so that it's got like a little hole punch there that you can actually just use some ribbon and tight around as like a little gift tag on someone's um stocking or like I said table gift bag whatever wherever you want to put it sample sized perfumes this one again is penans but in a different shap but these little sample Siz um Hotel chakola do little miniature individual chocolates as well that you could pop in a little wooden book holder I've shown you this in my stocking filler gift guide but you basically have it in your thumb like this and then it holds open the pages really easily tell you the other ideas that I've jotted down so so a wooden honey dripper a little measure pot um like a little thimble measurer wine collar eyelash curling tool a little hair clip um a dice little wooden Scoops you know the little saering green ones little wooden Combs mini graters little cookie cutters um key Rings any kind of like foodie items in the miniature form nail clippers screwdriver sets little pack of cards measuring tape you can get many photo frames as well it would even be really cute to get a little mini photo frames for everyone and pop an individual photo of like you and the person or just the person or whatever um in with them jewelry items as well come quite miniature form as well so you can pop little earrings in bracelets a trolley coin is always actually very handy thing to add in there little individual tea strainer packets of seeds for growing flowers vegetables little mini bath bombs Mini candles like little votives or even tea lights and get like Miniatures from places like Lush little sample sized products just a few ideas there quite a few actually and when I get round to doing them I will show you the result um but I feel like that's a task for in a week or probably around the same time that I start wrapping my gifts which honestly I should probably just start now why not why not get ahead of the game but anyways for the rest of this afternoon we are like I said having chippy tea we're going to get the T on get a nice mov on oh in fact I've seen that Silo have brought out another series and I remember watching the first really enjoying it oh and 24 hours in police custody is back as well oh I love 24 hours in police custody it's one of my favorite programs honestly Silo season 2 Apple TV yes okay that could be the plan I've not told Tom yet but um yeah we can maybe watch some Silo this afternoon or a movie of some kind have a chippy tea and chill out but I think I'm actually going to round off the Vlog here today and thank you guys so much for watching I hope you all had a lovely half an hour or so with me just feet up chilling and relaxing and yeah have a lovely rest of your day and I hope to see you all very very soon in my next vlogmas episode bye guys [Music]