Set of 2 Reindeer Mugs | #Christmas2015

Hi Lovelies,

It's the most wonderful time of the year..

Last night I unpacked my favorite Christmas Tree and assembled it into one piece (am I late?). I still have not put up all the decorations yet but wanted to, at least place it where it should be at this time of the year. I ordered a lot of Christmas decorations online this season, I may have overdone it too but its Christmas after all! That's what we do at this time of the year. I know I need to be modest and have a kind heart towards the less fortunate but I am sure spending on the festivity during this time makes everything so magical and worthwhile. Do you agree? 

Over the weekend, I received my first order of the season, and I would love to share the details with you. I ordered a Set of Two Reindeer Mugs from Next online which I think are really cute, festive as well as economical. At £ 7.00 these seemed like a good purchase. These came in two colors - red and white. Both have similar pattern of reindeers printed on them. However, on the red mug the reindeer is white in color with a faded design and on the white one it is printed in red. I love this contrast of red and white and cannot wait to use these for my morning coffee!

How do you like these? Let me know.

You can purchase these ONLINE here. 

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Good Morning Coffee :)

This post is inspired by 2 things: 

My first cup of coffee at work every morning, &

Coffee is a magical substance that turns "leave me alone or die" into, "good morning honey!" - Aunty Acid 

I am a big-time tea lover but I started having coffee ever since the tea made at my workplace didn't taste so good. Of course it was being made in the microwave & not on the stove like at home. Tea has to be cooked properly, there's a recipe that has to be followed, it takes time for the essence to really show up to make it taste good. That doesn't happen when you make it in a microwave hence coffee. Instead of writing a paragraph on coffee let me share some interesting facts that I read over the internet lately. 

1. Coffee is actually a fruit - it’s a cherry. 

2. Legend has it that coffee was accidentally discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder when he discovered how crazy the beans were making his goats. And yes - he gave it a try too lol!

3. Coffee is a proactive (proactive: affecting the mind or the mental processes) & at high doses it can make you 'see' things.

4. Lethal dose of caffeine is approx. 100 cups of coffee. (Now don't try this okay!) 

5. The world record for most coffee consumption is 82 cups in 7 hours! 

6. North Europeans are the biggest coffee drinkers - Denmark, Norway & Sweden lead the pack. 

7. At first in Europe coffee was known as Arabic Wine.

8. 91% of coffee consumed is taken at breakfast, & sometimes 'is' breakfast.   

9. The second place where coffee is most consumed is in the workplace. 

10. Coffee is only grown near the Equator from the Tropic of Cancer to Tropic of Capricorn within a 1,000 mile limit. 

11. A coffee drinker averages 2-3 cups of coffee a day. 

12. Only 35% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black. 

13. It takes 40 coffee beans to make a cup of coffee. 

14. Ludwig Van Beethoven, the great German composer & pianist was a big fan of coffee & it was rumored that he was very specific about his brew. Before every cup, he counted exactly 60 coffee beans a cup!

15. Coffee has been around for over 11 centuries & is currently the most widely consumed beverage in the world. 

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