Post Christmas Shopping

I've not done a 'what I've bought' post in a while; in fact, I've not bought anything in a while apart from Christmas presents. Even when the River Island online sale came around (side note: I live for the River Island online sale) I struggled to find anything I wanted. I actually hate sales though; and never go anywhere near the shop for a good few weeks after the main event; usually just as they're moving all the sale items out!

Anyway, yesterday; after deciding enough time had lapsed and hoping the crowds and displays were a bit more organised; I ventured to Topshop and River Island,and came away with some right beauties from the jewellery sales.

p.s. check out my little beauty; isn't she amazing!

Swatch Out

I accidentally placed an order for 8 more Models Own nail varnishes like 11:30pm on the last night of the Models Own 50% off Sale; don't you just hate it when that happens!? I must have been sleep-walking or something!

Hehe!

Anyway, they arrived yesterday morning (sorry Models Own, but that was shoddy delivery, considering I ordered them on the 2nd!); and here they are...

Pictures © Models Own

Top Row l-r: In The Navy; Juicy Jules; Fuzzy Peach; Beth's Blue

Bottom Row l-r: Sterling Silver; Orange Sorbet; Scarlett Sparkle; Purple Grey

So last night, I spent my evening swatching all the colours I own. I mainly did this for my own benefit, to help me decide more quickly which colour I want to use (instead of rummaging through all the boxes, splodging quick blobs of polish on my nails to see how it looks) but I thought I'd share...

Be warned; there's a few!!

1. Purple Imperial; 2. Vintage Pink; 3. Coral Reef; 4. Top Turquoise; 5. Pink Punch; 6. Pearly Queen; 7. Purple Poppy; 8. Balearic Cool; 9. Dusty Mauve; 10. Golden Peach; 11. Utopia; 12. Blooming Pink; 13. True Blue; 14. Pastel Pink; 15. Lemon Meringue; 16. Zest A Peal; 17. Blooboo; 18. Jade Stone

1. Soda Pop Pink; 2. Betty Blue; 3. Lilac Dream; 4. Beacon Party; 5. Raspberry Crush; 6. Blue Lagoon; 7. Sun Kissed; 8. Peacock Green; 9. Peaches and Cream; 10. Dream Stream; 11. Aqua Violet Beetlejuice; 12. Peach Sherbet; 13. Hedonist; 14. Feeling Blue; 15. Nude Beige; 16. Snow White; 17. Red Alert; 18. Green Tea

1. Juicy Jules; 2. Scarlett Sparkle; 3. Ibiza Mix; 4. Disco Mix; 5. Pink Fizz; 6. Bluebelle; 7. Emerald City; 8. Silver Smash Up; 9. Orange Sorbet; 10. Purple Grey; 11. Beth's Blue; 12. Sterling Silver; 13. Fuzzy Peach; 14. In The Navy

Maybe I have a slight addiction...

Sale-or

The River Island Sale always means one thing to me; spending money I don't have on things I don't need in sizes that don't fit me!

It's fun isn't it!? Eyeing up an item of clothing; deciding if it's 'you' or not; then the second it's discounted, grabbing it in the closest size available to your own, with all rational escaping your brain as to why you didn't buy it in the first place... see; fun!

It was that time again on Thursday; the time when I get up earlier than usual, position myself at my computer and sit and wait for the clock to hit 8:00am; sale time!

Here are the little treasures I bought...

1. Green Love Print Chelsea Girl Jumper (sold out - still available in Pink)

2. Navy Team GB Print T-Shirt (also available in white and red)

3. Black Smart Belted Playsuit (sold out - similar here)

4. Grey Stripe Metallic Jumper

And all for £60; not bad, not bad at all! Hopefully they all fit!!!

Over-Haul

I've been doing a lot of spending these past couple of months; some of which I've already shown you, most of which I haven't. So I thought I'd do a quick summary.

1. Topshop Khaki Army Jacket 

2. Topshop Jersey Skater Skirt 

3. River Island Black Mid Heel Ankle Boot 

4. Topshop Knitted Textured Stitch Cardi (only available in black now)

5. Models Own Nail Varnish (as seen in this post)

6. Topshop Knitted Cat Burglar Jumper (sold out)

7. Topshop Vintage Stone Ring Stack (sold out)

8. New Look Black & Grey Striped Jumper 

9. Models Own Nail Varnish (as seen in this post)

10. River Island Black Wedge Ankle Boots (got mine from ASOS)

11. Topshop Knitted Textured Stitch Cardi 

12. Internacionale Black Colour Block Jumper

13. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1  (got mine from Tesco)

14. River Island Tan Contrast Tote Bag (only available in black now)

There is a definite theme going on; I'm well and truly shopping for Autumn/Winter. It also reveals my slight addiction to knitted garments; oops!

I was never really a fan of jumpers, always preferring cardigans, but all the cute shapes and motifs and the Autumnal colours are really sucking me in at the moment! Also, I've recently been moved into the office in work for a few months, which means a whole change of wardrobe (bye, bye lab coat), so the jumpers are coming in very handy!

Models Own-er

I may or may not have just kind of accidentally on purpose purchased 8 new Models Own nail polishes.

Oops!

But with a 50% discount, how could I not!!?! It's like buy 4, get 4 free!!

Here's my purchase....

Pictures © Models Own 

Top Row l-r: Snow White; Ibiza Mix; Green Tea; Top Turquoise

Bottom Row l-r: Red Alert; Soda Pop Pink; Peaches and Cream; Coral Reef 

All to be added to my ever expanding collection; I will be doing swatches of my whole Models Own collection, mainly for my own benefit, to make it quicker for me to decide on colours, but I'll share :)

Judgement Day

Today is the day, my recent Topshop haul arrived this afternoon.

Lucky for me I love it all; lucky for my Bank balance, the jeans and t-shirt don't fit.

So I am now the proud owner of these beauties.

The cardigan is the comfiest I ever did own, so soft and snugly; I also have it in black and have just noticed it's available in blue!

Uhoh!

No Regrets

Have you ever placed an order online then hoped and prayed that when it arrived you didn't like what you'd ordered; or they don't suit you; or don't fit, and the size you need is out of stock... ???

I have; just now in fact.

I've been eyeing up these beauties for weeks, and they have been sat in my 'Save for Later' on the Topshop website ever since. Today, goodness knows what spurred me on, I decided I wanted them... all.

So I ordered them!

The reason I'm hoping I don't like them etc.. is due to the amount of money I have just spent on them! I did manage to get free delivery, which brought it down a tiny bit; and I found a random (possibly fake?) Student NSU number in an online forum which miraculously worked and knocked another 10% off!! But still... it came to £145.80

I just cant justify spending that much on such beautiful things clothes in one go.... especially since I've just bought this beast...

Must. Stop. Spending. It's killing me!

River Island Most Wanted

I NEED these in my life.....

 

1. Gold Metallic T-Shirt

2. Tan Contrast Tote Bag

3. Black Mid Heel Ankle Boot

4. Black Strappy Wedges

5. Dark Grey Studded Cardigan

6. Grey Call Me Print T-Shirt

7. Dark Grey Wide Stitch Jumper

Topshop Most Wanted

I NEED these in my life.....

1. Rhinestone Arrow Drop Earrings

2. Digital Tee and Shorts

3. Heart 4 Pack Ring Set

4. WATER Swan Print Stud Wedges

5. Hedgehog Stud Earrings

6. MOTO Burgundy Glitter Skinny Jeans

7. Knitted Pearl Stitch Cardigan

8. Khaki Army Jacket

9. MOTO Dogtooth Skinny Jeans

I've not done a 'most wanted' post in a while - although I'm not actually very good at them. I lust over these things for weeks and weeks, then in in the end think "nahhh, not for me" so never actually buy most of the things on the list!!

my ASOS most wanted list, I only bought 4 things, and my River Island list I only ended up buying 3!

We shall see how this one goes!!

Overboard Sale-ing

I went a bit mad with the shopping on Tuesday - first up, the River Island Sale - I got myself up super early, ready and waiting at my computer at 8am for the sale to start and here's what I bought...

Cream Embellished Sleeveless Swing Shirt

Black Button Front Playsuit

Cream Skater Dress

Then I got into work for 9am and went straight to my computer and carried on shopping!! The second batch are presents for the boyf (for Christmas!!!!!!) and his sister and my brother for their birthdays so no pics - don't want to spoil the surprise!

And then I went to the store at lunch time and carried on shopping again....

Grey Rock n Roll Print Tank

Heart Three Pack Stud Earrings

Bright Pink Love Heart Bracelet

And then I got home from work and went straight onto Topshop and bought a few things there!......

Top: Acid Wash Bandaeu Bralet; Bottom: Pinspot Bralet

Aztec Print T-Shirt Cross Back Dress

Dip Dye Roll Back T-Shirt

Canvas Studded Slippers

Considering I've just had the bill from the boyf for all my spending on holiday, which I haven't paid off yet, I think I went overboard - just a little bit.

So now I'm thinking "where the heck do I put it all!?!?" - so a major room sort out is a must.... eugh!

New Nails

It's River Island sale time! So of course, I'm waiting on an extra large delivery of sale items, plus, one from Topshop - and, I'm also waiting on my very first order of JolieBox - so, there's so many posts planned, I just need the items!!

Anyway...

Ever since I bought Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover (review here) I've been more inclined to change up my nails more often - it's so much quicker and more convenient than hundreds of cotton wool balls and a bottle of cheap remover.

So I'm going to be posting my nail art more often now, I wont do step-by-step guides for all of them, only interesting, less "it's blatantly obvious how I did this" ones.

Here's the first:

I used: Models Own Feeling Blue; Lilac Dream; Smash Up Silver

p.s. I'm not that orange in real life!!!

Holiday Haul

So I'm finally over my jet lag - that was quite a recovery period, not helped at all by being back in work. I was struggling to get to sleep at a reasonable time (read, before 2am), and then getting up, my alarm clock was telling me it was 7:30am, and my head was telling me it was 2:30am and I should still be asleep!

It was tough. But after one ridiculous lie-in this morning afternoon, I'm back to normal!

So, whilst I was on holiday I did I helluva lot of shopping - all of which went straight on the boyfs Credit Card... I am not looking forward to getting the bill!

Soul Cake @ jcpenney

Arizona Jean Co. @ jcpenney

Vanilla Star @ jcpenney

Converse Chuck Taylor Oxfords @ jcpenney

Cotton On

Charity Bracelet - Cotton On

Fray Hem Destroyed Shorts in Marine Blue - BLINK by Wet Seal 

Universal Island of Adventure

Universal Island of Adventure



Walgreens

Walgreens

Walgreens

Madden Girl @ Steve Madden

Aldo

Ray Ban Original Wayfer