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Metal Outfits From March 2019

3/15/2020

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We went to Bergen to see a Deep Purple/Uriah Heep tribute band, and Bruce Dickinson talking about his autobiography in March last year, and this is what I wore to the gig and show; 
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Outfits & Selfies From February 2019

3/4/2020

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A couple of outfits and selfies from February last year. Love the grey knitted dress! It being winter and not that long after my hip surgery, I didn't go out or dress up much, or at least not enough to take pics of the outfits. 
The red "Wingardium Leviosa" dress was my outfit for my brother-in-law's birthday. 
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Outfits & Selfies From January 2019

3/2/2020

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Since I've been so bad at blogging over the past few years, I will keep on posting things that I never came around to posting on here from last year. Further back than that I can't be bothered with. I'm still very much a shopaholic, and I love to style outfits and try out new combos and styles, though I try to keep to my main "image" which is studs, leather and band tees. But sometimes I dress up, and sometimes I dress down and keep it simple. Here are two very different outfits from January last year. 
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Books I Read In 2019

3/1/2020

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I need to wrap up the books I read last year as well! In 2018 I read 35 books, so that was my goal last year, and I came pretty close. I had a reading slump during the summer, because even though it was a rather short book, I didn't quite "feel it", and that was "Treasure Island" after watching all the seasons of "Black Sails". But then I got back into putting aside time to read, and like I said, came close; 33 and a half book, plus a short novel.
Here's the list of the books, and the ones in blod are the ones I liked the best.
​I try to read a Harry Potter and Tolkien book a year, but didn't get around to a Tolkien book. I also try to read a "classic" book, though I struggle with getting through one. I dunno why, because they are the source and inspiration to so many books, but "Dracula", "The Vampyre" novel and "Treasure Island" were, well, not for me. 
I also started out taking pics of the books I read, created another bookstagram account and all, but then I just stopped, as I rather read than taking pics of books and props... Of course, a quick pic, just to document the book, and it's pretty cover, doesn't take that much time, so I'll try to do that this year for next year's post, haha.
1. The Surface Breaks
2. All The Wandering Light
3. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
4. The Beast Within
5. Dracula
6. The Wicked King
7. Evermore
8. Caraval
9. The Force Awakenes
10. A Court of War and Ruin
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11. Empire of Storms
12. After The Funeral
13. The Corset
14. Selvskryt - Bli Din Egen Heiagjeng! 
15. Legendary 
16. Flame in the Mist
17. BlackSouls
18. Treasure Island
19. Coldest Girl in Coldtown
20. Wicked Like a Wildfire
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21. A Court of Frost and Starlight
22. Escaping from Houdini
23. Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix
24. Sawkill Girls
25. State of Sorrow
26. The Haunting of Hill House
27. Fang Girl
28. The Last Werewolf
29. Hocus Pocus
30. Farvell, ting
31. Crimes of Grindelwald
32. Miss Mayhem
33. Reign og Shadows
Plus I started reading Tower of Dawn, and read the short novel "The Vampyre".
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2019 Wrap-Up Part IIII

2/15/2020

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The final wrap-up post from 2019 feat. the rest of July, plus August and September. 
July: We spent the rest of July after visiting my folks and going to festivals at home, and being local sightseers here as well. 
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Vågsberget Handels og Gjestgjevarstad
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Kannesteinen
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Pusi was as usal not amused...
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Lunch on a very warm day in July
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Pizza date and drinks
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August: I celebrated my 30th birthday, and my family came for a visit. We also started working on "Marita - A tribute to Twin Peaks". 
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Lunch at Didriks with my grandparents
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Birthday celebration at Aske Bryggeri
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Visting my grandfather's uncle and aunt :)
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Dinner date at Aske Bryggeri :)
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Twin Peaksing in the woods! :D
September: Celebrated TJ's 40th birthday in Bergen with dinner and stand-up show. Working on the Twin Peaks tribute. 
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On our way to Bergen
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Check-in at the hotel
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No Bergen trip without vinyl shopping!
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A shot of espresso to stay awake! Turning 40 isn't easy!
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Birthday wishes - cheers! :D
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Did a Marita's Metal Mania on Mötley's album "Shout at the Devil", on September 26th, and we'd finished decorating for Halloween by the look of the background :p
See previous posts and pages for October, November and December, and previous wrap-up posts! :)
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2019 Wrap-Up Part III

2/4/2020

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June: We went to Bergen and the hospital where I had my hip surgery six months before, to have a final check-up on the progress. My hip has healed fine, but it remains to be seen if I need to remove the five screws that were put in to hold it together. 
We had burger at our favorite diner, ER-AN veikro, went for a walk near by the B&B we stayed at, and the day after we stopped at the mall outside Bergen, Åsane Storsenter, where we did some record shopping before going home.
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Then we went to Trondheim and "Trondheim Rocks" festival with bands like Def Leppard, KISS and Iggy Pop. It was an awesome festival, and Def Leppard was just amazing! Here are some pics, and the festival report we did for my YouTube show; Marita's Metal Mania:
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July: We went to see my folks, and did some local sightseeing, and then we went hotel crashing, record shopping, eating and drinking, making our way to Flekkefjord and Kvinesdal for Norway Rock Festival with headliners like D-A-D, Skid Row and Dee Snider. Awesome festival! Will post a festival report soon, but here are some pics (from the sightseeing, shopping, eating and drinking, and the festival, lol).
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Sightseeing at Austråttborgen.
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Just a hippie exploring history :)
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We went bowling for the first time in like ten years. I won ;)
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When the background matches your outfit! :D
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Sightseeing at Austrått fort.
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Movie outfit for seeing Spider-Man: Far From Home :)
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Austrått eika
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When you find a chair with your name on it :D
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Burger-time at O'Learys :)
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Metal Church! \m/
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Matching outfit and background became a thing :D
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Knastret record shop :)
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In my natural habitat ;)
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Pre-festival selfie :*
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Dream Police at Norway Rock Festival
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D-A-D at Norway Rock Festival
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Flekkefjord
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Ready for day 2 at Norway Rock Festival
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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons at Norway Rock Festival
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Waiting for Skid Row like... \m/
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Metal Militia - Norwegian Metallica Tribute at Norway Rock Festival
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Come Taste The Band at Norway Rock Festival
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Dee Snider at Norway Rock Festival
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Festival outfit for day 3 at Norway Rock \m/
And then we were in Stavanger, starting to head home. Did some walking and shopping around town first. Pretty city, never been there before.
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One night in Bergen before the final trek home. Did some record shopping at Apollon, and drinks and giggles at Kråken. 
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Stopped outside Bergen at Åsane and in Førde before going home. Good times! Great festivals! :D
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Since this has turned into a very long post, I'll make one more with the rest of July, August and September. October, November and December have all been well documented on this blog if you scroll down, and see previous pages :) 
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2019 Wrap-Up Part II

1/27/2020

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May: In May we celebrated Norway's Constitution Day, and I went to London with my bestie, Live, to see Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre, and attend the MCM Comic Con. It was a great trip, and I took a lot of pics. Here are some of them, plus more "in detail" day to day; 
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Not sisters by blood, but sisters by heart <3
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Ozzy Osbourne and Paul Stanley outfits in they hotel foyer \m/
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Marble Arch
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Cheers!
Day 1: ​We arrived on Thursday, May 23rd, stayed at Hard Rock Hotel, had brunch at a local café called  Patisserie Valerie, and started down Oxford Street, heading for Baker Street and the Sherlock Holmes museum. We also found a cool rock shop called "It's Only Rock N' Roll", and "The Beatles" shop.
​Then we had a short frappuccino break at Starbucks before heading back to Oxford Street (doing some shopping along the way, of course), and Selfridges where we had ice tea and cake at EL&N Cafe. Then after being up since 05:00 am, we just chilled at the hotel, before having pasta and beer at a restaurant just around the corner from the hotel.
We probably didn't fall asleep before 03.00 am, drinking Rosé wine, watching Black Mirror and just talking about all and everything.
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Rockeprinsessen in her glass sneakers :D
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This became our motto! :p
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Vintage shopping at Top Shop :)
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The dress that got away!
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Gonna see this play some time as well!
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Well, I felt right at home! :D
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I don't remember the name of the drink, but I called it a "Bitter Flint" because Black Sails and said papa pirate! ;)
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Energy refill! :D
Day 2: On Friday it was time for more shopping after having breakfast at a cozy corner and coffee shop which I can't remember the name of right now, and we made our way down Oxford Street to Top Shop, Disney Store, H&M and such. We also found "House of MinaLima" - a mini Harry Potter print museum with a merch shop.
Cappuccino and lemon muffins at Starbucks before spending time at Foyles - a many stories high book shop. We also found a record shop called Fopp, where I found some CDs and vinyls.
We had Italian for dinner again, and "Pornstar" martinis at "Marlborough Head" pub, and more drinks at the bar at the hotel. Late night again! We're night owls! :D
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They closest we got to Tom :D
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Day 3: ​On Saturday we had brunch at Selfridges, where we tried the "Afternoon Tea" deal; a three tier high tray with sandwiches, scones and cakes, and tea of course.
Then we did some more shopping before heading back to the hotel to get ready for one of the main events of our trip; the play "Betrayal" at The Harold Pinter Theatre. I've never seen a play before, but it was an awesome and intense "first time" - Tom Hiddleston popped my theatre cherry! :p
We didn't get to meet him, but very few did that night since the queue was sooo long. But Charlie Cox made a round and signed my Betrayal booklet.
After the play we shared nachos and had "Princess" martinis at Planet Hollywood, and more drinks at the bar at the hotel. Stayed up late even though we had to get up very early the next day.
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​Day 4: Sunday the alarm rang brutally 06:40 am, and we had to get up and get ready to go to MCM Comic Con. I thought about doing a Rogue cosplay from X-Men, but ended up wearing a Star Wars tank top and a silver Phasma bomber jacket. It was waaarm there, with at least 50 000 people.
Live wanted to queue to get Sebastian Stan's autograph and see him on panel, so I ended up wandering alone shopping some and checking out cosplays. I also saw David Harbour on panel.
It was a great experience to be at such a massive convention. I've only been to HobbitCon in Bonn, Germany in 2015, which was very small compared to this con.
We were very tired after the con, so we chilled and packed our bags at the hotel after, and had... More Italian for dinner! Right across the street from the hotel.
I was super frustrated packing, because the Aragorn figurine I bought was freakin' huge, and did not fit in the bag I intended for it. But he made it home safely in the end, all parts intact ;)
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So much sweetness!
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Another dress that got away!
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Let them eat cake! :D
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Paddington at Paddington station :D
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Day 5: We had breakfast at Patisserie Valerie, and did some last minute shopping on Monday. I bought some towels to protect said Aragorn figurine :p And we started to venture back to the airport around four o'clock.
The journey home went well, and all in all we had a very great trip! My bestie and I can talk about whatever, and we're major fangirls with dirty minds, so it's all good fun, hahaha! :D
Hoping to go back to London soon! So much more to see and do! :)
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Back in Norway :)
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2019 Wrap-Up Part I

1/4/2020

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January: To quote Gandalf "I have no memory of this place"... A new year is often off to a slow start, and I think it's safe to say January last year was just that. Not that I'm complaining, as Whitesnake sang; So take me down slow 'an easy...
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But have my first selfie of 2019 :p
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And outfit :D
February: My bestie Live came for a visit, and we had one of our epic "Fangirl weekends" :D Talking all night, watching movies with our fave hunks and actors, eating good food and baked goods - courtesy of Live :) And just had a great time drinking Ginger Joe and playing some Pink Floyd. 
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March: We went to Bergen to see a Uriah Heep/Deep Purple tribute band called Purple Heep at "Madam Felle", and to see Bruce Dickinson talking about his new biography and such. 
The tribute show was great, and Dickinson is just hilarious! Gotta love that man! 
We also found this cool retro diner called "Roxy's Diner"
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April: I went to see my folks at the end of March and half of April. We went on lots of hikes, stayed at my parent's cabin, did some shopping, met my other bestie, Maryanne, and just enjoyed being home at my parents' place for a longer period of time. 
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Mandatory Café visits :)
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Trying on a very different outfit, which I didn't keep :p
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With my grandmother <3
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Marita in Wonderland... Always!
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My grandfather and mom <3
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Helping my grandmother sorting through her clothing-room... :O
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Many of great motives in Austråttlunden, lots of Lord of the Rings vibes and such <3
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Of course I had to make this edit! :D
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"If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take"... - Alice in Wonderland/Lewis Carroll.
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Lunch-break from hiking around "Teksdalsvatnet" :)
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Adventure walk with Maryanne and Frida in Austråttlunden :)
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Cabin in the woods :O
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Just another random selfie
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Squirrel in Austråttlunden :)
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Three generations :)
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Hike up to Engelen in Vallersund
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Another hike up to Osplikammen :)
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Two Easter chicks :D
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Lunch in Otta at Pillarguri Kafé
April was a rather eventful month, and we went on more hikes, "celebrated" Easter and such when I got back home after visiting my folks. 
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Hiking around Risevatnet :)
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Hike up to Risesætra
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It was an unusual picture of the Solheims... :D
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Selfie...
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I always wonder if cutting it is for the better...
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And hair before I cut it.
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But it's just hair, it grows back :)
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First ice cream of the year :)
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Another day, another hike
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I think this post is long enough, so I'll start with May in the next wrap-up. A lot of pictures, outfits and selfies to share since I haven't blogged much last year, only at the end of it. 
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December Wrap-Up Part II

12/31/2019

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The last week before Christmas we had our last "Star Wars Monday" watching "The Last Jedi". We've seen "Rogue One" and "The Force Awakens" as well, getting ready for the premiere of "The Rise of Skywalker". TROS was SO amazing! I have no words! We got many answers, though leaving room for theories, and just an epic ending to the saga. My heart is broken, but that's because I'm Kylo trash for life, but it was a beautiful ending as well, and I can't believe that it's over. The Star Wars universe has become one of my favorite worlds, and I love all the movies and shows. The Mandalorian has to be the show of the year as well. 
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We decorated our new Christmas tree. We decided to get a green one this year after years of having a white one. I'm so happy with the lights and decorations, and think it's the most pretty tree we've had so far! 
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A final shopping trip before Xmas had to be done, and we supported some of the local stores. Found a few records at the "Retro Nook" as well; Eurythmics - Revenge and The Look - Everybody's Acting, and Vandenberg for my hubby as he finaly bought a vinyl player for the livingroom. I've had mine upstairs for years, spinning records, and now he's finally caught the vinyl-bug :D 
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Here's the rest of the Christmas movies we watched in December:
22. Angel of Christmas 
23. Christmas Rush 
24. A Gift to Remember 
25. A Knight Before Christmas 
26. I'll Be Home For Christmas
27. 12 Days of Giving 
28. The Grinch 
29. Love Actually
30. A Cinderella Christmas
31. A Christmas Star
32. Will You Merry Me?
33. Miss Me This Christmas 
34. Christmas Cottage
35. The Santa Clause 2 ​
36. A Cinderella Story - A Christmas Wish
37. All I Want for Christmas
38. You Can't Fight Christmas
39. The Christmas Candle
40. A Christmas Wish
41. One Magic Christmas
42. Pottersville
43. The Muppet Christmas Carol
44. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
45. The Man Who Invented Christmas
46. The Santa Clause
47. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
48. ​A Christmas Story
Some of my new favorite Xmas movies this year are "Christmas Cottage", "The Christmas Candle" and "The Man Who Invented Christmas".
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On the day before Christmas Eve we had lunch at Didriks, another tradition :) 
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And on Christmas Eve, we watched "The Christmas Story", went for a walk, read Christmas comics, ate good food and dessert, and opened presents! So much nice stuff! I even semi-spoiled myself with a new guitar, a snow white Jackson Warrior, thanks to my Patreon support <3 
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I'm very happy with December and look back on a very cozy and full month packed with movies, traditions and just a general good vibe to end the year, and the decade. ​I'm very excited about 2020 where more music and adventures awaits! 
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Happy New Year and best wishes for 2020! 
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A 2019 wrap-up will be up soon on my blog. I'm so glad I got the blog-bug again, I've missed it. It's like an online diary for myself, but I'm happy to share things from my life. Ups and downs, small and big - "It is brought home to me it is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life". - J.R.R. Tolkien
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December Wrap-Up Part I

12/25/2019

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Ever since we got back from Oslo, it's been non-stop Christmas preparations and activities. After Thanksgiving we started decorating, and on December 1st, the 1st Sunday of Advent, we went to Tore-Garden's Christmas market, a tradition we've had for many years to start off the Xmas season. 
We ate some tasty "sveler" by Minibakeriet and had "gløgg", and bought some Christmas decorations. 
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We've seen maaany Christmas movies seen since November 10th, so here's a list from then till December 10th, the rest will be in the part II wrap-up:
1. Let it Snow
2. Last Christmas
3. Die Hard 2
4. Just Friends
5. A Perfect Day
6. A Nanny for Christmas
7. Klaus
8. Christmas With the Kranks
9. Jingle All the Way
10. Fred Claus
11. Deck the Halls
12. Home Alone
13. On Strike for Christmas 
14. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 
15. A Puppy for Christmas 
16. Elf 
17. Miracle on 34th Street
18. Surviving Chirtsmas
19. Prancer
20. Reindeer Games
21. A Christmas Prince - The Royal Baby
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The second weekend in December we stayed at my mother-in-law's place, and went Førde to do some Christmas shopping. A very cozy Xmas weekend with good food, Xmassy TV series like "Hjem til jul" and "Merry Happy Whatever" and movies, plus finding some new Christmas stuff and presents. 
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The weekend after we didn't go anywhere, just celebrating Saint Lucy's Day with saffron buns and the movie "I'll Be Home for Christmas" on December 13th, a tradition we've had for years - buns and said movie that is!  
We were also out and about, having dinner at China Resturant Chen and just enjoying a weekend of more Christmas cheer :D 
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