Late Christmas loot (third edition)

It´s being a while, but I am back from my Spanish Christmas holiday (which consisted on

tons of social interaction, and food too. Actually, it also consisted on tons of drugs against influenza, but that´s a far less interesting story unless you enjoy fever & chills horror stories), and this means I am back to upload about my latest adventures too. Althought it´s been a while since Christmas Day, I thought following my old January tradition would be ok.

I already told you about my festive season presents back in 2013 and 2014, and for some reason people looked to like those, so I decided to go ahead this year.

Well, if you have been reading/following me for some time now, then you know books are a surebet with me. The first present I unwrapped on Christmas morning was this specimen from the novel Horns by Joe Hill. The author was an old member of my "must read" list, and he had been stuck in there for too long.

A friend of mine recommended 20th Century Ghosts a while ago, but I couldn´t find an edition I fancied. In between, I made that little thing you should never do:

yes, I watched the film before reading the book.

And I was shocked about how much I enjoyed (you never say no if Daniel Radcliffe is on the movie, do you?), so I started craving to put hands on a paper copy.

Well, The Gentle One is always listening, you know?

I hope I will tell you more as soon as I finish it.

Following with the literature department, mum and dad agreed books are a girl´s best friends (or THEIR girl´s best friend at least, to be more specific). I received this beautiful H.G. Wells vintage edition, published in London in 1945.

The only thing I love more than books are VINTAGE and rare books.

You can´t imagine how happy I am as the new owner of a book printed the same year Second World War finished. This is not only a lovely story, but also a historic piece I will keep carefully for its next owner.

But let´s move to fashion now. 

My mother in law is famous to make pretty and unique presents to me. 

This year, she thought I would be in the need to add some more lady-style pieces to my wardrobe as a consequence of the bunch of formal social events coming together with the wedding. She gave me this lovely Zara necklace all full of black and transparent crystal I am dying to match with some of my cocktail dresses. 

I already made a couple of matching tests with it and the results were awesome ♥

The Gentle One also gave me this adorable piece from Heart & Roses London, and as you can see I quickly started playing to match it with my new necklace and some old H&M pumps. The dress is so spectacular, I am afraid I won´t be elegant enough to wear it properly... That´s going to be a challenge, I can tell you.
I would have loved to take more pictures of it for this blog, but then I remembered we are probably going to the opera this month, and that could be a nice ocassion to give it a chance as a proper outfit.
 Let´s see.

And of course I couldn´t finish this post without showing my nerdy gift to you all.

I wonder how many of you do recognize this little magic treasure.

Well, maybe you didn´t know I am a Harry Potter fan but I AM (indeed, I just read the whole series in six weeks, as I referenced when I was in the early stage of my mania).  

Well, Hermione Granger´s wand was my number one election (just followed by Mcgonagall´s weapon) and my family was nice enough to get it for me.

I think I will need to save up a bit before I can afford the next HP item on my list...

Well, that was all for now!

So tell me darlings, what did you get for Christmas this year?