Vlogmas Day 5 opening the advent calendars

On December 5th it was Day two of the annual Osoyoos Lite-Up where I took part in an Ugly Sweater Contest at Sears Osoyoos, visited the Kiwanis Christmas Craft Fair, and bought a few more "ugly" sweaters to wear in December!
For my ugly Sweater I wore my George [walmart] Reindeer knit sweater with the cute scarf [really reminds me of Harry Potter.] Sadly I didn't win the contest. 

After that It was time for me to open my December Advent Calendars. For my Chocolate Calendars I got a Salted Caramel from Purdy's, a mini Kinder Egg from my Kinder Surprise Calendar, as well as a Lindor Mini Milk Ball from my 24 Day Lindt Teddy bear Calendar. Lastly I got an Olaf chocolate from my Frozen Advent! 

Craft Crossing Calendar aka Beersmas featuring BC BREW

In side station four of my Craft Crossing Calendar I found the Dominator a Farm house styled Beer! 

12 Days of Clinique

 For Day number four of my 12 Days of Clinique we found Hydrations little helper which was a 30 mL jar of Moisture Surge extended thirst Relief Gel-Creme. Which is my all time favorite clinique product. You can find it here in a 50mL bottle for over $45.00 [Click Here] 

From my Gabz Collection 24 day advent I found a gold & Rhinestoned purse charm

My Other posts about Vlogmas Day 5:

WordPress: 

Blogger:

YouTube: [Ugly Sweater contest] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh8dJK7KQd4

• [Osoyoos Kiwanis Christmas Craft Fair] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scdJI3d60j0&list=PL1XRRHCh46sy26NezRr3nK1foBqvjooLw&index=24
• [Cookie Decorating Fail & Christmas Shopping] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09xvqcHTgDc
• [Advent Calendar Opening December 5th] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIWEuCO42g

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg?view_as=subscriber
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• Just a Pinch: [My Recipes] http://www.justapinch.com/me/CeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Benefit Cosmetics Party Poppers 12 days song

The first advent calendar that really caught my eye and looked like a good price & was available at a store close to me was the Benefit Cosmetics  Party Poppers which includes 12 items to help you embrace the 12  days of Gorgeous. Benefit Cosmetics has always been a brand that has peeked my interest yet wasn't one I wasn't sure was worth the more expensive prices. I was once given a bottle of the PoreFessional Face Primer  and was very impressed with it. 

However I still felt clueless about trying the Benefits Cosmetics Brand because there was just such a HUGE variety in products each with a cost more than I could afford. 

This year I saved most of my money and decided to treat myself to the 2015 Benefit Beauty Advent calendar and familiarize myself with the Benefit line and get a better idea of what products I would use/need. 

I also like how this calendar sings and has a more New Years Eve type count down. Which is when I'm planning to have finished this calendar by [starting close to Christmas & ending in time for the ultimate party popper aka end of 2015

Since I really want this calendar to be a true surprise one, I decided not to look up any reviews nor search up on the products listed as included in the calendar. When I open these little boxes  I want to have truly unbiased views and impressions of the products. As well as using trial and error to get to know how best to use each of the products! 

Look for me doing a proper video review of the Calendar closer to when I actually start to open it, but for now enjoy the video I recorded of my calendar singing! 

Benefit Cosmetics

• website: https://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/party-poppers#BVRRContainer
• FacebooK: https://www.facebook.com/benefitcosmeticscanada/?fref=ts
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benefitcanada/

More posts about my Benefit Cosmetics Party Poppers 12 days of Gorgeous 2015 Advent Calendar 

1. WordPress: https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/benefit-cosmetics-party-poppers-2015-advent-calendar/
2. Blogger: http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/benefit-cosmetics-party-poppers-12-days.html
3. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfw4fZyApPA
4. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/-0gOmGQzj8/?taken-by=princesscece1991

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Holiday Countdown scratch & win advent calendar

When I was younger I remember there being these really cool Lottery Ticket styled Christmas Advent Calendars. Albeit I was too young for the Scratch & wins I remember getting a few of them through out the years and having fun with my family as we see who won what. 

This year The British Columbia Lottery Corporation has brought back this Beloved Scratch & Win called the Holiday Countdown featuring 24 days/games with every Lottery Ticket a guaranteed Winner. 

I purchased mine for $10.00 for a more official break down of the Ticket with the full Faqs at the BCLC website here 

As part of the Holiday themed Lottery Tickets the Holiday Countdown Advent scratch & win ticket is a part of the annual BCLC Tech The Halls . Where every eligible ticket that says "Scratch for your Contest Code" can
be entered online at https://www.techthehalls.ca/default.aspx?p=c_tchd_home 

Each Ticket gives you an entry into the Tech The Halls online bonus draw which gives you chances to win one of the many fabulous prizes offered in the 2015 Tech The Halls contest. Check out the prizes heCheck out the 2015 Tech the Hall prizes here https://www.techthehalls.ca/default.aspx?p=c_tchd_prizes 

One of the cool parts of the campaign is that you accumulate entries with every Eligible ticket you enter. With 5 bonus entries for every $5.00 worth of Lottery tickets you enter into the Tech the Halls draw! 

2015 Christmas Advent Calendars

This is a Holiday of many firsts for me. The first time ever attempting to do Vlogmas as well as Blogmas, the first time I've ever had so many advent calendars and lastly the first time I've ever bought more than just a little $3.00 piece a chocolate a day kind of Advent Calendar. So I must admit I went a little Christmas Calendar Crazy however I like to at least think that I allowed myself a vast variety of different types of Advent Calendars. Ranging from Scratch and wins to 24 bottles of beer, 12 tins of tea, 3 Chocolate Advent Calendars and what I am most excited for my 3 BEAUTY ADVENT CALENDARS. 

I purchased 10 calendars [with 1 still traveling through the Mail and I want to still buy a cheap little piece of chocolate a day calendar as well just for old time sake, and if I do that I will probably stagger starting it so that I can have CHOCOLATE through the whole month! 

Alongside this master list of Calendars  I will also be writing and recording individual reviews of each Advent calendar before opening them. I will then record myself daily opening each calendar as well as recording Weekly recaps & reviews [more so for the Beauty Advent Calendars] where I will go through what I have gotten so far, give my impressions after using everything for a week as well as providing swatches and that sort of thing. 

At the end of the month I will do a full review of each calendar from discussing Cost Versus worth, comparing size of products to what they normally are, giving feedback as to what worked for me, what didn't work for me [beauty] and listing my favorite items, the items I like or am impartial too and the items I wasn't crazy about, concluding with whether or not I would buy that particular Advent calendar again! 

2015 Christmas Advent Calendars

Chocolate Calendars

• Purdy's Chocolate Advent Calendar [Deluxe] - 24 Days
• Lindt Assorted chocolate Advent Calendar      - 24 days
• Kinder Surprise Girl themed Calendar               -24 Days

Miscellaneous Calendars 

• Holiday Countdown Scratch & Win ticket          -24 Days
• Gabz Collection Advent Calendar                         -24 Days

Drink themed Calendars

• Craft Crossing Calendar [Beer]                              -24 Days
• 12 Teas of Christmas from Davids Tea                 -12  Days 

BEAUTY ADVENT CALENDARS

• Clinique 12 Days of Clinique                                    -12 Days                              Plus I'm adding two products from the Bonus Bag I got extending it to  14 Days
• Benefit Party Poppers 12 days of Beautiful         -12 Days
• Hardcandy cosmetics                                                 -12 days

To see the specifics of each calendar be sure to read or watch my review of EACH Separate calendar each of which will have it's own Vlog/Blog and plenty of photos & details! Which is why I was more vague here - couldn't give everything away ;) 

Christmas book collection & 2015 Blogmas reading list

Not only do I love to watch movies but I also love to read. I have a large collection of Books including 19 different Christmas themed books. This Blogmas I will share with you my reading list as well as update you when I finish books. I am also considering writing Christmas Book reviews! So if you're interested let me know. 

My oldest Christmas Book is a first edition from 1931 titled So this is Christmas by Temple Bailey

For those who are interested following what books I read besides christmas books feel free to visit my profile on GoodReads where you can find me at https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991

For those who don't know Goodreads is a place where you can keep track of the books you read including doing updates as to what pages you are on etc as you read the book in real time. It's also a great place to Rate & Review books. I also use it to keep track of what books I own and break my reading down into specific lists. 

My Christmas Reading list & Book collection is as follows

1. So this is Christmas by Temple Bailey [Link to it here on Amazon] 
2. Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Jingle Bell Christmas [Link to it  Here on Amazon] 
4. The Book of Holiday Awesome by Neil Pasricha [Link to it here on amazon] 
5. The Judge who Stole Christmas by Randy Singer [Link to it here on Amazon] 
6. The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements [Link to it here on Amazon] 
7. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham [Link to it here on Amazon] FUN Fact: Christmas with the Kranks is the movie based on the novel Skipping Christmas. However  the movie title was changed in order to avoid being confused with the Ben Affleck movie Surviving  Christmas. 
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [Link to it here on Amazon] 
9. Dear America: Christmas After All - The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift written by Kathryn Lasky [Link to it here on Amazon] 
10. Dear Canada: A Season of Miracles - Twelve tales of Christmas [Link to it here on Amazon] 
11. Pretty Little Secrets - A Pretty Little Liars Collection by Sara Shepard [link to it here on Amazon] 

Christmas Book Series 

American Girl Book Collection featuring

1. Kit's Story Collection including Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story by Valerie Tripp and Walter Rose [Link to it Here on Amazon] 
2. Samantha's Story Collection including Samantha's Surprise, a Christmas Story written by Susan S. Alder, Valerie Tripp, and R. Grace.  [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Kristen's Story Collection including Kristen's Surprise written by Janet Shaw and Renee Graef [Link to it here on Amazon] 

Santa Paws

1. Santa Paws #1 by Nicholas Edawards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
2. The Return of Santa Paws #2 by Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Santa Paws come home #3 by Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
4. Santa Paws to the Rescue #4 By Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
5. Santa Paws Our Hero #5 By Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
6. Santa Paws and the Christmas Storm #8 by Kris Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 

Note I'm missing Santa Paws and the New Puppy #6, Santa Paws Saves the Day #7, Santa Paws on Christmas Island #9. 

So there you have it my Christmas Book collection. I will update everyone after week as to how many & which of the books I was able to read that week! I will also tell you As to any new Christmas books I buy/read! 

ALL BOOKS WERE LISTED UNDER AMAZON LINKS www.amazon.com 

More Posts related to my Christmas Book Collection:

• WordPress : https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/christmas-book-collection-2015-blogmas-reading-list/
• Blogger: http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/christmas-book-collection-2015-blogmas.html
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/0bB3g3hee6s
• GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991

Christmas Movie collection

A vast majority of my DVD collection is split betweenen Halloween/Horror movies & Christmas Movies. Here are the pictures of my Christmas DVD collection [the ones along the top of the couch are ones I've bought for this Christmas!] 

By the numbers I own: Approximately 115 Christmas themed DVDs

Having added 16 new Christmas DVDS to my collection this year. I also have 12 VHS Christmas videos. 

Between November & December alone I have already watched 35 Christmas Movies! 

So what I thought I would do is at least share with you what I watched each week. I will also include what I watched on TV/On Demand/Netflix/Rental/YouTube. 

I may even do a select few to do Movie Reviews for [given the size of my movie collection I'm sure you understand why I can't commit to doing a movie review for every single Christmas Movie I own let alone for absolutely everything I watch this month!

Feel free to follow me on LetterBoxd which is a site you can use as a sort of diary/checklist regarding movies. Find me at CeCe1991 http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/

For those who haven't heard of Letterboxd before it's basically a place where You can rate & review what you've watched as well as specify the date you watched the movie. For example if you add them chronologically as you watch them, it automatically adds them to a Movie diary for you. Thus giving you a timeline/exact day of what you watched! Which is pretty cool. 

Tell me what some of your favorite or must watch movies are during Christmas. Play I-spy and spot different movies in my collection, telling me which ones are your favorites, which ones you've never heard of before, which ones you own or those on your DVD wishlist!

Links Pertaining to this post

1. WordPress: https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/christmas-movie-book-collection/
2. Blogger Blog : http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/christmas-movie-and-book-collection.html
3. Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bB3g3hee6s

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Shift Your Shopping

Shift your Holiday shopping and commit to shopping local & independent through out November & December

The goal of the annual Shift your shopping initiative is to build a tradition through out North America  by encouraging people to Shift their Holiday shopping towards shopping Local, Independent and shopping small. With the goal being to  help strengthen the local economies, expands employment, nurture a sense of community, and provides a more relaxed, fun, and rewarding shopping experience.

The Grassroots campaign of Shift your Shopping currently engages  more than 160 local business organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

Whilst  encouraging residents to take job creation and economic concerns into their own hands by strengthening their own local economies.

The Shift your Shopping movement strives to provides a platform to highlight work done in communities across North America and provide open-source tools and resources to communities, organizations and small businesses.

It is estimated that customers spend large portions of annual shopping budget between November 1st and December 31st.

Did you know that only 6 out of every 10 consumers intend to shop locally? Choosing to buy  local and independent is an effective strategy all year-round, but especially important at the holidays. Keep in mind that sometimes the holidays can make or break a small and or independently owned business.

So ask yourself this Consider the overall value your independent retailers provide you, as well as the important civic and economic benefits they offer your community when making your shopping choices. Imagine your community without these small locally and independently owned businesses. 

I personally challenge everyone to join me in making it my personal goal to shift 10% of my Holiday shopping towards shopping locally by making my Holiday Purchases from locally owned operated and independent businesses within my community.

Sign the pledge below

I ______________ [Your name] of __________ [Your city] Pledge to shift ___% of my Holiday shopping to locally owned and independent businesses such as ___________ [add your favourites]

When you do decide to Shift your Shopping use Consider using one or more of the following hashtags for your social media posts throughout your local campaign: The official hashtag of the campaign: #ShiftYourShopping #ShopLocal2015 

Facebook messages to use:                                                                                             Did you know: When you buy from local businesses like ours, up to 2-3 times more economic activity occurs in our community?  We hope you’ll #ShiftYourShopping this year and choose local and independent businesses for all your holiday purchases. www.shiftyourshopping.org

Tweet this on Twitter:                                                                                                       When you choose local & independent, everybody wins. We encourage you all to #ShiftYourShopping this holiday season! http://ow.ly/qB6MF

Shift your Shopping Social Media

1. official website http://shiftyourshopping.org/2013/
2. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/shiftyourshopping/timeline 
3. Fan made Facebook Event encouraging people to Shift your Shopping https://www.facebook.com/events/167078790303162/ 

Check out more of my official pledge & dedication towards shifting my 2015 Holiday Shopping and committing to shopping local, shopping small and in particular Shopping BC

• Learn more about my personal goal, pledge and promise towards shifting my 2015 Holiday Shopping and committing to shopping local, shopping small and in particular Shopping BC
  • BC Buy Local Week [November 30th to December7th] BLOG https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/bc-buy-local-week/ http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/11/bc-buy-local-week.html
  • Shift your Shopping Blog [November/December] https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shift-your-shopping/ http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/11/shift-your-shopping.html
  • Small Business Saturday https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shop-small-saturday/
  • My Holiday Shopping pledge https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/this-christmas-i-pledge-to-shop-small/

BC Buy Local Week

Did you know that between November 30th and December 6th it is BC Buy Local Week ? The BC Buy Local campaign celebrates local Businesses  in order to better promote Local British Columbia Based Businesses and high lightthe contributions they make to the BC Economy. 

This year the goal
of the 4th annual BC Buy Local week is to Illuminate The local market whilst making BC based Businesses, products, food and wines as well as people like local artisans more visible to consumers. 

The #BCBuyLocalWeek  campaign mission is to provide a platform to highlight BC Based businesses and products and taking part is as easy as answering the questions: Why Local? What is Local? Where is Local? Businesses should be able to answer the question How are you local? 

The campaign centres on the ability to identify BC owned businesses as well as BC made and grown products by defining what is local from a local economic impact perspective. For a better idea look to this list found on the official website  http://bcbuylocal.com/about-bc-buy-local/

Become a Local champion  Today by pledging to buy locally grown or Locally made products from locally based Businesses.

When you take part be sure to Enter the Buy Local Week social media contest, promote the hashtag #BCbuylocal, engage your favourite businesses, produce and products in BC. Visit bcbuylocal.com to sign up for news about great BC products and businesses all year long.

There are also several other campaigns and initiatives through out November & December aimed towards encouraging people to shop local.

•  Shift Your Holiday Spending  campaign [See my blog post here]
• Small Business Saturday [See my Blog here]
• See my own personal Holiday Shopping pledge combining Shifting my shopping, whilst taking part in both Shop Small business Saturday as well as BC Shop Local Week
• See my local Christmas Craft Fair Haul blogs [here]

BC Buy Local Week Links

1. BC Buy Local Week http://bcbuylocal.com/about-bc-buy-local/
2. Loco BC http://locobc.com/

Learn more about my personal goal, pledge and promise towards shifting my 2015 Holiday Shopping and committing to shopping local, shopping small and in particular Shopping BC

• BC Buy Local Week [November 30th to December7th] BLOG https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/bc-buy-local-week/  http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/11/bc-buy-local-week.html
• Shift your Shopping Blog [November/December] https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shift-your-shopping/
• Small Business Saturday https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shop-small-saturday/
• My Holiday Shopping pledge https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/this-christmas-i-pledge-to-shop-small/
• My local Holiday Craft Fair Shopping hauls 

First Ever Blogmas & Vlogmas

December 2015

This year I treated myself to several different kinds of Luxury/Non Food based Advent calendars and from there things snowballed into me creating elaborate plans to participate in my first ever Vlogmas and Blogmas during the holiday heavy month of December.

My elaborate plan is broken down into a few key areas

1. Advent Calendars
2. Christmas Baking
3. The daily things  I do [such as going to Concerts etc]
4. Reviewing the books I read as well as the movies & TV specials I watch
5. Holiday Crafts & DIY
6. Holiday Hauls

Which I broke down into how I was planning to actually vlog/blog and post on Social media which were broken down into

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• over all recap & review

As well as experimenting with posting Recipes tutorials/break downs, craft Tutorials on both my YoutTube Channel & Blogs.

   

As of right now I have 10 different Advent Calendars here ready to be opened with one more coming in the mail [Don't worry it's a 12 day calendar so I won't miss any days.] I also want to buy just one more tiny cheap chocolate calendar hopefully one going all month long versus the 24 days.

Basically I was given several calendars for my Birthday [November 22nd] ranging from a lottery ticket, a Christmas Charm Bracelet as well as a Purdy's, Lindt and Kinder Surprise calendars. I myself bought a  Benefit, Clinique, Hard Candy [not here yet], Craft Beer and Davids Tea calendar.

I will be posting a break down of my Advent Calendar as well as a break down of my schedule and plans by the end of today because December and thus Vlogmas/Blogmas start tomorrow!

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Facebook: Chelsea Cameron-Horner https://www.facebook.com/chelsea.c.1991

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Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/