Blogmas Day 01 ❄ Holiday Wishlist 2013

Seeing as it's December 1st, it's time to officially welcome you all The Mod Mermaid's second year of Blogmas! If you're unfamiliar with Blogmas, it's basically very similar to the YouTube version of Vlogmas, only instead of vlogging everyday until Christmas, I'm going to blog! Yup, every day for the next twenty five days you'll get a brand-spanking-new post popping up in your feeds! I hope you're all looking forward to it because I know I am, especially after not having blogged much this past month!

I decided to kick things off with a good ol' fashion wishlist post and these are some products I'm dying to get my hands this holiday season (two of which I've already received because my holidays started a bit earlier than most- thank you, Hanukkah) I'm surprised at how short my list is this year. I never expect everything on my list, but usually it's a big one. Anyway, let's see what I'm lusting for this holiday!

• Make Up For Ever Everlasting Eyeliners Set | It's seriously no secret that MUFE eyeliners are my favorite pencils. They're creamy enough to not tug at the eye and stay put until you've gone at it with a makeup remover. This set would be perfect because it comes with three full size pencils and three mini pencils for just $39 which is such a steal I'm surprised I haven't caved an bought it myself. There's a nice mix of everyday colors and a couple of colorful ones to spice things up.
• One Direction Our Moment Perfume | Now, okay, I'm not the biggest One Direction fan but this perfume smells delicious! It's sweet, fun, and girly- everything I could want in a perfume so I'd really like to gift this to myself. I sometimes forget that just because I'm 20 doesn't mean I can't wear the fun and fruity scents!
• Pandora Winter Mittens Charm | Around the holiday's is when I really like to receive charms for my pandora bracelet. Out of all the winter charms this one was by far the cutest with the two little mittens linked together and red hearts on the front, and I'd love for it to be on my bracelet. There's a lot of blue and not nearly enough red so it should tie in together quite nicely!
• Michael Kors Large Selma Satchel | *drools* Okay, as of one I made this wishlist, this was one of the things I dreamt about receiving as a gift. I tried hard to save up for it but my mom beat me to it and actually gifted this to me on Hanukkah. It's gorgeous and absolutely everything I wanted it to be. It's like my little baby now and I'm so thankful to have this be one of the gifts that I've received from this list!
• Urban Outfitter's PomPom Beanie | I loooooooove me a bauble hat. Seriously, is there anything more exciting than a beanie with a bauble? I loved that the beanie was white with the small black hearts on it because it made the hot pink bauble really pop. The hat fit my head so nicely that I almost didn't mind the $30 price tag and bought it on the spot. Unfortunately my sister pulled me out of there before I could whip out my credit card, BUT she did end up gifting this to me for Hanukkah. The sneaky little devil ;D

That's all that's on my list this year! There's really not a lot I want this year and it's not because there isn't anything good. I'm just starting to appreciate the gift of just having someone willing to give you a gift. Also, money is always a really good gift that I've come to appreciate. I know some people think it's a bit unthoughtful to give someone cash, but HEY! you can always buy yourself something that you want with that moolah (or pay off some bills- that's always a lovely gift, haha) So now I want to know ...

What's on your holiday wishlist this year?

Alaska, Pictures & Highlights, OH MY!

Hello there lovelies! How has your transition between July to August been? I frankly cannot believe it's already August. I am not ready to go back to school. NOOOO! Other than that, I'm so happy to have come back from Alaska to read all your amazing posts! Seriously, none of you are making this 100 No Buy Challenge super easy! I've been back since Monday morning (really early morning). I also got a really bad cold on my holiday (wonderful, no?) so I took a small little break before I got back into the swing of things! As to not clutter you all with post after post of my holiday I thought I would just edit each day in to a set of six pictures and give you one or two highlights of that day. That way it's one big post you can choose to look at or not! You don't have to read or look at these pictures if it does not interest you and I will try to have another beauty post up super soon! Hope you guys enjoy these pictures and I'm really happy with the feedback on the posts I left whilst away! I will be replying to them tomorrow afternoon at work! So, on to the pictures!

• My sister's passport expired and no one had caught it until we flew 6 hours to Seattle, waited on a two hour line to board the ship and then just before we got our key cars someone had caught it. We were calling about half my family in New York to get into our home anyway they could and find her birth certificate. Luckily my dad was around and everything was sorted!

• We were at Sea for a whole day before our first port so we explored the entire ship (still got lost on the 7th day though. It was huuuge!) 
• Played Deal or No Deal and was two numbers away from being chosen to play for actual money! 

• Juneau was cold (DUH!) There were a lot of shops to browse around in and I loved the small town feel of it!
• I got a sore throat and so began my gradually sickness. But we discovered a real cute coffee shop so that was fun!
• Also discovered the company Del Sol. Everything in that store changes color in the sun! It actually works, so crazy! Check it out if you ever get the chance!

• We went dog sledding on top of a mountain glacier! My mom, sister, and I got to lead the dogs it was so scary! 
• I flew in a helicopter for the first time! Loved it, but I got an ear infection somehow from all the quick pressure changes, hooray!
• The Alaskan huskies in the bottom picture were named Kanga & Roo! My sister and I fell in love with them!! So fun!

• Glacier Bay was beautiful and sort of sad considering that the part we were sailing in used to be completely covered in ice. We saw parts of the glacier crack and fall which was LOUD.
• I ate at my first french restaurant! I think there was a form of duck in each of my meals. Duck might just be better than chicken! Delicious!

• Ketchikan was a rainy town. The shops were the same as the ones we saw in Juneau and Skagway so were just blindly walking around. 
• I was sick and tired and trying to just make it one block. We found a cute little shop that was outdoors called 'Good Coffee' and they had a drink called the London Fog. I being a sucker for names was really curious to try it and it ended up being just was I needed! Earl Grey tea, cream, and a dash of Vanilla! If I find a similar recipe I'll be sure to put it up as it was perfect for a cold, chilly day!
• I had BLUE popcorn. BLUE! It was so bizarre!
• Also, I had a little bubbly with my mom. Peach Bellini. If you have not had one, you must!

• Took a bus tour around Victoria, B.C. which is in Canada. The houses were all so lovely as well as the buildings! The Empress Hotel was just ... no words, it was that beautiful!
• My sister and I spent the night goofing off and snapping silly pictures in the lounge before bed!

• Our boat docked, our bags checked in and the trip coming to a close we decided to tour Seattle while we had the chance! We went up the Space Needle. The view is incredible and the elevator ride is scary fast!
• The Pike Place Market is beautiful! I'd love to be able to shop there for groceries if I lived around there. Bought some delicious hot sauce but it got taken away by the TSA. BOOOOO!
• Went into the first ever Starbucks store! Bought an exclusive designed gift card from them to start getting Starbucks Rewards! The line was crazy long but somehow my drink tasted 10z better coming from there!

If you made it through all that congratulations and thank you for reading! I don't know how to create a 'read more' tab so I'm sorry for the lengthy post. I had an amazing holiday and am really sad that it's over. Hope you all have an amazing week and I look forward to getting back to my regular beauty posts :)