Week favs October 4th

Song of the week

Wake me up – Avicii

Well, this is the song I have been listening to on replay the whole week. I really like the lyrics and the music makes me feel happy and full of energy.

Series / Tv show / Movie of the week

Grey´s Anatomy – 1x10

Oh My God!! I feel like I´ve been waiting  for this season for ages! I have been watching Grey´s Anatomy for more than 5 years now and it is still one of my favorite shows.

Quote of the week

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough” Ernest Hemingway

This quote always makes me smile and it motivates me to enjoy more each day.

Moment of the week

I went to a book fair with one of my friends on Wednesday and laughing with her for a couple of hours gave me energy to finish the week. Plus, I love going to the fair without anything planned and finding awesome books that if I hadn´t been searching through the shelves, I would have never found.

And then this is not a “moment” but I laughed a lot when it happened!

Mom -she is a cake decorator, an amazing cake decorator, by the way- : Gabi, I have to make those “onions”.

Gabi: What?

Mom: Those yellow things that sing banana!

Gabi already laughing: ooh, Minions?!?

Look how cute her "Onions" look!!!

And this is my cold porcelain clay version of a Minion. Yes, he is bald, but what is the world without diversity!? ;)

How was your week?

I hope you have a wonderful Friday!

Gabi

When 24 hours are not enough

My school year is coming to an end and it´s now when I remember all the things I need to get done and I literally cry: I have projects to hand in, exams to study for, classes to prepare for my students and I feel like doing a thousand other things that I don´t have time for.

I love drawing, painting, doing crafts and sewing and I like to think about what I want to do, which materials I want to use and how am I going to do it, and that takes a lot of time. So, after thinking about all those things, I always realize that I don´t have enough time to actually do what I have been planning to do and I get frustrated.

Has this ever happened to you? How do you manage to study/work (or both) and do the things you like without feeling overwhelmed by the lack of time?

[The picture does not belong to me, credits to the owner]

5 Winter Favorites

Winter is gone here in Argentina so I wanted to share with you five things that I have been loving for the last couple of months.

1) St. Ives body lotion

We all know that skin gets extremely dry during winter so after trying several body lotions I finally found a not-so-expensive brand that I really like.

2) Elvive Kera-Liso: Hair treatment and conditioner

I have curly hair and even when these products are designed for straight hair they have kept my hair soft, shiny and almost without frizz throughout the winter.

3) Combat boots

Since they are very comfortable and they go with almost any outfit these have been my go-to autumn/winter foot wear.

4) Fuzzy socks

Well, there is not much to explain…what is winter without cute fuzzy socks?!

5) Tea and Books 

I find these things to be particularly special during winter: there is not a better feeling for me than the one I feel when I lay in my bed with a hot cup of tea and a book on a cold/rainy day.

(The books in the picture above are: Las hijas del frío (The Stonecutter) by Camilla Läckberg, El mundo amarillo (The Yellow World) by Albert Espinosa, Matched by Ally Condie, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.)  

Tell me what your winter favorites are!

Have a nice day!

Gabi

Welcome to Eight O´Clock Tea!

Hello everybody!

I decided to start a blog to share a bit of my life with you: I´m a 21 year old girl, university student and English teacher who loves reading, doing crafts, learning new things, and above all: enjoying life♥

Feel free to comment, and if you have a blog link it below so I can check it out! :)

Have an amazing day!

Gabi