Polka polka polka!*

August 20, 2010 | Filed Under La vie, Shopping 

Wow, I didn’t realise that I hadn’t updated in so long! The days really fly past, huh? I’ve just finished my third week of uni so you can take an educated guess as to what I have been doing. It hasn’t been going 100% great but oh well, don’t want to dwell on it too much.

I haven’t done anything remotely interesting to be honest… I did get out a little today and bought two things on sale that were both polka dotted! I really wasn’t planning on buying anything as I promised that I’d go on a shopping ban about a month ago but I haven’t been able to stop! It’s terrible :( Ahh but anyway, the blazer from Sportsgirl ($30!!! Crazy, huh?) is perfect for spring as it’s super thin and the mug, well, it was only $4! Could you really blame me? I had to stop myself from buying every single colour and style.

I think I will go on a shopping ban right after my birthday… uhhhhh, maybe. Haha, predictable me!

*John Candy says this in Home Alone. If you can hear his voice saying it in your head, you deserve like $1m fo’ real.

I’m only human, babe

March 15, 2010 | Filed Under La vie, Shopping 

It’s hard to find the time to make an entry at the moment. I’ve been inundated with work! Today I  had a presentation and a test, on Wednesday I have a test, on Friday a summary due and then the cycle begins again next week. It’s insane, I didn’t think I’d be getting this much work since I’m still doing 100 level units but this is double what I did last semester, the new cirriculum is killing me.

I’ve bought a few new things over the past few weeks (minus the leather gloves that I bought on sale last winter) because when I have breaks during uni I have nothing else to do besides spend my money but I guess I have to stop that because I finally quit my job last week; I had my last shift on Saturday! I can’t believe it but it makes me so much happier to think that I won’t have to ever go back to that horrible place.

Now I will go think about doing work because not thinking about doing it is making me guilty, haha.

P.S. Will definitely be catching up on everyone’s posts when I can!

Hm, sales? What’s that?

December 28, 2009 | Filed Under La vie, Shopping 

Guess who didn’t go to the Boxing Day sales?! That’s right, me the complusive shopper who will almost buy anything at any price, haha. Instead my sister and I went to Ikea the day after. Not many people know this about me, but I love houseware/kitchen appliances etc. etc. as much as I love clothes and shoes. I thought Ikea wouldn’t be crazy because it’s not clothes… guess I was wrong because it felt like half of Sydney was in there. It was insane, we waited in line for 40 minutes but I’m happy with what we got which totaled to $24! (Noticeboard, Christmas decorations & tinsle, spatula, ice cube trays!!).

Today we were planning on heading into the City for some proper retail shopping but it’s been raining in Sydney for the past few days so we decided against it and went to our local shopping centre. Where I bought a handmixer solely for the purpose of making macarons; I can’t wait! Yum, yum :) We also went to Cotton On Body where I bought a stripy top & travel pillow for $5 and a really cute floral bra for $10.

Tomorrow I’m planning to take it easy on the monetary front and go to the gym with my friend and maybe see Avatar. Has anyone seen it? I’m trying not to be so biased about it but the animation doesn’t look that great to me. I guess I was expecting a lot more considering they spent something crazy like $300 or $500 million on it. Here’s yay to no more spending!

Don’t rain on my parade

December 22, 2009 | Filed Under La vie, Shopping 

I’m an anal person. Especially when it comes to things I buy. I always look for tiny faults that no one but me notices. Why do I bring this up? Because today I got my RUSSH magazine in the mail. Normally, the postman puts it on my door step so it doesn’t get damaged but for some reason this time he shoved it right into my tiny mailbox that’s made of METAL thus ripping the front cover and stratching the spine. For a person like me who is so OCD about these things I got so annoyed. I’m still very annoyed! I hope this is only a temporary occurance because of the postage strikes and that the lovely person who usually treats my mail with care comes back soon. They should give that nice man a raise and fire the other jerk.

Anyway on a more pleasanter note, I recieved the nicest Christmas gifts from Leanne yesterday in the mail (Which came in perfect condition, thank you nice postman). I looooooove this cover of i-D and my sister and I already devoured (well, mainly yours truly) most of the Koko Black chocolate! Thank you so much Leanne!

Sorry about the ugly bedsheets. My mum thought it’d be nice if she got my sister and I matching bed linen with, get this, BABY ANGELS all over them! I hate them so much, grr!

And finally some lovely things I’ve bought myself in the past few weeks! The Colonial Madness wedges I ordered from Urban Outfitters finally came and a new blazer I bought from General Pants. I know you can’t really see (but you can see a bit of my piggie PJ shorts from my aunt :P) but it’s a tame version of a leopard print jacket. I don’t really know how I feel about it at the moment because I don’t usually buy such bold prints – I mainly dress in neutral block colours but something just really made me want to buy it!

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