Sneak Peek: Christmas Decorations Haul & How We'll Be Decorating Our Home This Year

Is it too soon to be talking Christmas?
If you answered yes then I can bet a Terry's Chocolate Orange that this post isn't going to be for you. 
The other day, Scott and I went shopping for Christmas decorations and I feel like we found some real gems - so much so that I just couldn't wait to jump on here and share with you some of the festive goodies that we bought. 

We hit Maisons Du Monde pretty hard. Their City Centre Mirdif store has an UHHmazing selection of baubles and little trinkets, (if you're in Dubai I'd hurry because I'm told they won't be restocking so what you see is what you get!) I was really inspired by this Christmas Tree on Pinterest and was so pleased I managed to get some white faux fur garlands - I think it really gives the appearance of snow, what do you think?
We have a lot of traditional baubles that we've collected over the years, but this year I wanted to incorporate different shapes - I love the snow-dipped pine cones and the fuzzy squirrel baubles. 

We also popped into a store called Daiso which is a Japanese retail brand and stocks a whole range of products - it reminds me of a typical pound shop you would get back in the UK. 
They had a load of quirky, wire brush Christmas trees that I think we'll either display around the base of our tree or stand along our floating shelves. We also managed to pick up some really cute Christmas mugs that will be perfect for hot chocolate, some snow spray, festive cookie cutters and a bag of fluffy, white pom poms that I plan on displaying in a glass vase. 
It's our first Christmas in Dubai and the first in our villa so we're really looking forward to having more space to play with this year. I'm trying to convince Scott that we need to hang Christmas lights in our garden but with neither of us being very handy with a toolbox, I'm not really sure how we'll make it work logistically. Any tips?
Are you looking forward to decorating for Christmas? Have you started buying your decorations yet and do you like to stick to a theme? 

For more festive content and to see how I've decorated my Christmas tree previously, click here.