Opening the first door of an advent calendar.

So we've officially entered the month of Christmas, and boy does it feel like it! There's about four inches of snow outside, it's getting dark really soon in the day, it's freezing cold and the decorations are all coming out one at a time. But most importantly, today has been the day for one thing- opening up the first door of my advent calendar!

It's a joy I share with many students (and obviously millions of children, but they don't matter), and I'm going to be honest, I don't think there's a year where I haven't had an advent calendar. This is mainly thanks to my nan who goes out of the way and gets me a Dairy Milk one every twelve months. I think sometimes that maybe I should tell her that I'm too old for one, but hey, it's free chocolate.

But this year I have been blessed with having a Christmas loving housemate known as Louise. Yes, Louise is the one I told you about before, buying Christmas decorations well in advance in mid-November. Well with them decorations, we each got an advent calendar (mine being a Doctor Who one). So alongside the one I got off my nan, that makes two advent calendars for me to eat chocolate from...WIN! And if you're really bothered in knowing what chocolate shapes I had today, I got a train one in my Doctor Who calendar, and a cracker in my Dairy Milk one.

Being as though today has been a busy day, and a lot of things have made me smile in that day, it was hard to choose what to write about. But chocolate wins all the time, and it wouldn't be Christmas without good old advent calendar chocolate to munch on every day.