Ugly sweater party and Norwegian style X.mas in USA

I hope you all have had a great Christmas holiday so far. We had the Wilds Ugly sweater party after the game on the 21st, which is one of my favorite traditions.
We had dinner at RH in Edina, Minnesota. I actually never had dinner there, only lunch. I have to say that WOW, the food is amazing. We had an early night since Mats had early practice the next day. The 22end Mats family arrived and we have been lazy since the day they arrived. Been watching Love actually probably tree times and sleeping in every morning.

Reklame / Wearing make up from Froya cosmetics - Hand chain - Nangi Jewelry - headband - Free People - Necklaces - Vintage - Dress - Lpa

On Christmas Eve, we slept in and watched movies. Mats mom made rice porridge for lunch. This is a tradition most Norwegian and Swedish people do during Christmas. We also leave one almond in the porridge, and the person getting the almond, gets a small present, like a chocolate bar. This always made us want to eat a lot more while we were young, just to get the almond and the present.
After eating Mats, his brother, Frank and I got dressed and went to a rink to play around on the ice. I love being active during X.mas, my family and I usually go to the mountains in Norway, so I’m used to a really active holiday season and a lot of outdoors activities. Since I don’t skate really often I have a lot of fun the few times I do. Of course, I got too excited to put the skates on quickly, so I accidentally cut myself on one of the skates, haha. Clumsy and typical me.

After we went home to shower and get ready for Norwegian style Christmas dinner. Mats family brought some food from Norway, and the rest we got from a Norwegian store here in Minneapolis called ‘‘Ingebritsen’’, we also found Norwegian brown cheese and some other goodies there. If you are Norwegian or Scandinavian and living in Minneapolis, you better check it out!
With Norwegian food, music and even snow outside it truly felt like the same as a Norwegian Christmas eve.



I hope you all enjoy the rest of the holiday. And getting excited to start off the new year, 2020! I’m planning to journal a bit today.
I know this sounds a bit stupid, but I recommend everyone to write down 5 things that you were grateful for in 2019, and also 5 things that you are leaving behind in 2019.
Let go of things that dosen’t serve you, and fuel yourself with people and surroundings that only serve you happiness and good energy.




Best, Eline S.

That feeling when you find your dream sweater in a second hand store

Back in Minnesota and started decorating for Christmas, as well as buying Christmas gifts. As we recently moved in we had no Christmas stuff at all, I’m excited to show Mats everything I bought when he gets back from the road trip! Been trying to buy some classic statement pieces, instead of small unnecessary things. Also been focusing on buying glass, and wood pieces for decorations, instead of plastic decoration.




In the last few years I have been trying to spend less money on stores like Zara and H&M, even tho it’s tempting sometimes with the cheap prices.
Here in Minnesota, they have a really good second-hand store named Fashion Avenue. I love buying second hand. You can find unique pieces that no one else has, and also much better prices. In a good second-hand store, everything is cleaned and organized. Buying second hand is cheaper for us, and better for the environment.



I have been looking at this sweater for quite a long time from 36o cashmere. Super soft and cozy, and good quality. Cashmere is always really expensive, but when I found it in the second-hand store. It looked almost new and on half of the price, so I coulde’t resist. I’m obsessed with skulls, even tho and love wearing it alone, or with a black, beige, or animal printed turtleneck under. Layers on layers are perfect for Scandinavian, or Minneapolis winters.



I hope you got inspired to go second-hand shopping or explore if you have any second hand close to where you live. My X-mas wish this year is actually something from a second-hand store.


Have a great weekend you all.


I’m having some girls and some of their kids over for gingerbread baking, sleepover and watching the Wild game tonight. Excited!



Best, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve. Sweater - 360 Cashmere - Jeans -Revolve/ Grlfriend - turtleneck - forever21 - boots - Stuart Weitzmann - Sunnies - Zero UV - Hair Clips - Free People

New York Next ->

I hope you all are having some lazy weekend plans. I have been back in Minneapolis for the last week, catching up with some friends, spending time with Mats and finally having some meetings. Exciting things are coming up.:)



I’m off to NYC today! Mats play his first game in Madison Square Garden since he changed to The Wild. I’m excited to be there to support him on a special day with his family.
I figured out since I’m already going, I will stay for a week to make more out of the trip and make a meeting at my agency as well as catch up with my friends. Especially excited to hang out with my Swedish peeps over there that I miss having around.



I’ll try to update from NYC but it will probably be a pretty busy week where I will try to squeeze in as much as possible. Anyway, I’m already working on putting together an NYC guide for you guys. So many people have been asking me for places to eat, what to see and to do when visiting NYC. So i’m working on a list with all my best tips, including my favorite workouts there!




Best, Eline S.

Jeans - Levis - Sweater - Adidas - Sneakers - Adidas