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Shiny New Things: Scent of A Woman

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In the past couple of months, I have acquired so much stuff (which probably means it’s also time for a wardrobe cull, too), but my latest spoils of sale wars are very small in comparison to my previous shopping posts.

While adding to my wardrobe a plethora of tops from one of my favourite stores (that is sadly now closed due to a major overhaul of the local shopping centre), I have been adding to my perfume collection as well. Last year, I had to cull some of my perfumes, where the smell had gone stale/off and had just been working my way through the ones I had left. 

As mentioned in my Xmas post, I received and bought some new perfumes but haven’t documented the even newer additions. 

I picked up a bottle of Avril Lavigne’s Rock Star for a crazy good price, smells a bit boring but decent enough. The bottle was what won me over. Me and aesthetics, I tell ya… 

One of my other favourite stores is about to close soon and I picked up two perfume giftsets for insanely stupid prices as well. 

Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker.

100 ml EDP with body lotion and shower gel= $27.50

I always liked the Lovely and SATC2 perfumes and this was no different. Definitely a more mature scent and it settles into a more distinguished fragrance once on the skin for a little while. 

Don’t like the bottle so much but the lotion and gel tubes are way cute. The tubes have a twist top so the lotion comes out of the lid so you can wipe off what you need and then twist to close back. 

Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton 

100ml EDT with body lotion, shower gel and mirror =$19.80 

Paris Hilton’s self titled fragrance was my first celebrity one ever, and I built up a good collection based on her 3 originals. While I’m not a big fan of her, she’s a smart business woman with all these perfumes (I think, 17 in total). I loved the bottle for this fragrance but I’m saving the extras for holidays.  

Anyway, that’s it for now. 

I don’t think perfume will be on my purchase agenda for a long time. I will try to post a Scentsation review soon as I haven’t done so in over a year. 

Oh, and I have a Valentines Day post coming up that I have to post that might or mightn’t have fragrance involved… 

Shiny New Things: December 2011- January 2012 Hauls

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Not a gigantic personal haul done over Xmas, moreso, pressies for my team.

Although, MOH’s Xmas pressie to me was off the hook! Lemme show you…

Yep, an iPad2 plus a pink cover!! Hooked me up with Beyonce’s new scent, Pulse, a pink vinyl Domo, some cupcake lipglosses and a cupcake notepad. Super cute! My man knows me so well :D

I loves it! I have been on this thing nonstop since December 25. MOH already has one so now we’re twinsies :P

My company sent out this gigantic gourmet chocolate hamper which included everything Lindt, Baci, Guylian, plus a copy of the Michael Buble Christmas CD and David Campbell’s Let’s Go (back to the 80s) CD. This below is one set of choccies that were in the hamper.

(I forgot where the big pic is, atm.)

One of my team gifted me with some beautiful perfume bottles, cute socks and a large pink Domo :D

Because I worked all through Xmas and Boxing Day, I missed getting out to the sales. I had a couple days off over New Year so I made sure to get out to a shop or two to take advantage of the sales.

SATC 1 & 2 Blu Ray Set and perfume haul

  • SATC set- onsale for $14.99!!! Holy focaccia!
  • Cosmic Radiance EDP by Britney Spears (didn’t even know this existed) plus was given 3 gifts- the gold clutch, the gold wristlet and a nail polish bag by Sally Hansen
  • Viva La Juicy by Juicy Couture- been wanting for ages and found this size at a fantastic price!

Colette/Target/Priceline/Kmart Haul

Needed a new handbag, spent a half hour walking up and down the store, trying to find the perfect one that would fit all my junk and not break.

  • Beige tote with gold hardware
  • Studs, Hoops, Rings in silver and/or black
  • Nail polish in lavendar and pink glitter (wearing at the moment, just gorgeous!)
  • Lee Stafford travel pack- has my fave hair product in it- a dehumidifier! Love to bits!!
  • Hello Kitty book cover- I know it’s childish but I want to cover my work diary in it :D
  • Eyeliner & Mineral Foundation top ups

The Hills & Equip Haul

  • Hills boxset- $56 on sale, for all 6 seasons. Now, I can possibly get rid of my American copies of Seasons 1 and 2. Miss this show, seriously.
  • Bracelet sets, rings and studs
  • (not pictured) Restocked underwear, basic tees and tanks for the new year as well. Some fantastic bargains, esp. at some of the places in my local shopping centre. The centre is being opened up on one side for expansion so the stores that are being demolished/walls broken down first, have started vacating and therefore, practically throwing out the stock.

Anyway, that’s it for another month or so, haul wise. Got bills to pay soon so I don’t expect to be hauling a great deal for a while :(

Shiny New Things: August 2011

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Some mini hauls this past month. Nothing too egregious…

A Priceline basics haul… not much to report except for the continuation of hair lightening and adding some new colours to my eyeliner repertoire at a better cost.

A Target/Priceline haul… Picked up the soap dispenser from Target, to go with the pink bathroom. It may, one day, look like the inside of a …… you know what, lol (gross!) Really depending on mineral makeup a lot more now that hair colour is up a few shades and I don’t want to buy any more liquid foundation to suit. Mineral makeup seems to allow my face to breathe better and I think it works far better with my current primer by FOA.

A Kmart/Priceline/Price Attack haul

I don’t love BYS polishes but I was sure willing to try a matte top coat for $4, just to test it out. And I’ve wanted a mid pink crackle polish for a while so Kmart did me right. Priceline, on the other hand, ran out of my most beloved product of my year, the Lee Stafford Poker Straight Dehumidifier and only had the tiny version again. I freaked and thought I’d better get it anyway ‘cos I was about torun out at home. But while there, I decided to drop some cash on an old favourite- TreSemme’s heat tamer and a newbie to my haircare routine- Frizz Ease’s 3 Day Straight. BTW, I straighten my hair with a straightening iron so a product that says 3 Days Straight shouldn’t only work with blow-friggin’-drying! Epic fail. That crap shall stay in the drawer ’til forever.

But guess where I did manage to get good service, the item I wanted and a decent price? Price Attack! They only had the large cans of Poker Straight, cheaper too so I bought two right away. Plus I didn’t get any backhanded compliments from the saleslady, like I sometimes do with the little whiney teens who try to run Priceline. There is so much to be said for great customer service. And Price Attack get a gold star from me!

A steal from Target- it’s a straightening iron mat and travel case Price? $7, that’s lunch money, b*tches!

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Shiny New Things: July Haul & BDay Gifts To Moi

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I got cracking on the shopping early this month and actually remembered to take some pics (OMG, whatever came over me to do so?)

Plus, I also thought I’d do myself a favour and buy some earrings for myself online instead of waiting for they style I want to appear in Colette, Equip or Diva.

4 Pairs of Earrings

I bought them as a gift to myself for my impending doom, I mean, birthday and timed it just right so they would arrive a few days before. I am totes in love with the brown stone and pearl ones- since getting them the other week, I have worn them to work about five times- now, that’s love!

The next tiny package showed up a couple days after my birthday but in great shape and a second pair of earrings were sent as a bonus gift! Yay! (Did they know it was my birthday?) The teddy bears are the bonus pair. I have a huge love for large stud earrings at the moment (that’s the old lady kickin’ in) and these black sun earrings have a matching ring I want to get as well. Maybe next month, though… 

2pr earring and b'let

And the last item is actually my last birthday gift from MOH, a bright silver Guess watch that looks like a bracelet more than a watch. I bought myself one of these type years ago and the battery just stopped working late last year (too lazy to get it changed) and MOH has been looking in many OZ shops to find a similar one to no avail. But now I got another one and this one even has a cute Guess question mark as a charm on the band, too!

Now, my goal is to save up for a gold or rose gold Guess in a similar style. Or settle for the rose gold Michael Kors I’ve lusted over for 2 years…

I know we’re not at the end of the month but I actually don’t plan on spending any more cashola on shiny new things for the rest of the month… Key word: plan… I’d better get stuck into my unfinished posts before August slaps me in the face :O

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Shiny New Things: Happy BDay To Moi 2011

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So, today was my birthday and while it was spent at work, I had great reasons to smile through it all.

MOH got me some awesome stuff and I am very happy with it all!

From left to right:

Apple Magic Trackpad, 2 x perfume atomisers, a super kawaii Sock Monkey, Vera Wang’s Preppy Princess fragrance, StreetDance 3D Blu Ray and a gorgeous rhinestone inspired birthday card. There is also a beautiful new watch still on its way to me :) Yay!

  • I’ve been wanting the trackpad for a while as my Mac mouse is a piece of sh*t, even corded. I was all set to use my birthday voucher on a trackpad this very Friday but alas, now I must think up something else to purchase with it… 
  • I’ve always wanted a perfume atomiser, (esp with all the large bottles I own) so I don’t have to keep lugging around a large bottle. Now I have two and these will be perfect for travelling! Plus the colours are super nice- very girly. 
  • While Street Dance didn’t quite measure up to Step Up 3, I still quite enjoyed it. Another addition to our collection and it’s in 3D as well. 
  • Remember way back when I told the story about how MOH got me the first Vera Wang Princess perfume? I’ve been wanting this one for a couple months now and almost bought it when we were in the city last but my frugality pulled me away from the counter. (Me and frugality on the same page, gotta be a joke? No, sometimes I really do feel guilt about buying.. bloody shopper’s remorse…)  
  • The Sock Monkey is f*ckin’ nuts-crazy-awesome, you peopz just don’t know. I fell in love with the little critters after seeing the sad Sock Monkey in Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium and wanted one so badly. Now, I haz one, Woohoo, Suckers!!!

One of my awesome team at work got me the Domo Kun DVD. Hells yeah!

First time it’s ever been released in OZ and it has a set of sticky note pads included, too! I can watch this wearing my Domo slippers I got for last year’s birthday :)

When I arrived home from work, we had birthday pizza and then….

BIRTHDAY CAKE!

It was from my favourite bakery and it not only looked delicious, it bloody well was delicious! It was a vanilla sponge cake with strawberry filling, fruit salad pieces and cream layers, topped of with tempered white chocolate curls, light cream (not overly sweet, either, which is good!) STRAWBERRY MACAROONS!!! So light and crunchy and tasty, all n one tiny little biscuit. Who knew?

Anyway, that’s all for this birthday haul. I know I’ll find everything pretty useful and gorgeous! Til next time…

Shiny New Things: June 2011 Mini Haul

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I’m really enjoying posting my hauls here ‘cos I can look back on them and muse at what I liked at a certain time..

The only problem is actually remembering to take pics after purchase. I always forget.

But anyways, onto my fun..

I saw a really good deal on a perfume I have been wanting to replace for ages and mentioned it to MOH. Out of nowhere, he was like “well, let’s got to the city and get it, then”. MOH is the kind of person to have the day planned out from early starts so this was kind of odd.

Anyhoo, got to that store and the price had gone up on the item I wanted and they weren’t honoring the current sale price so I was like “whatevs..” and moved on. MOH ended up being the winner at shopping that day ‘cos he bought a Nintendo 3DS- AGAIN (sold his first one after a fortnight of not using it)…

I didn’t go crazy with any large hauls as I am trying to appreciate what I have at the moment but I did indulge my jewellery collection again. Who knew Big W was kinda stylish? The 3 pieces above were from their themed ranges- Hepburn, Serengeti and Amethyst. I would have bought more but I bought some pieces from Colette a few days before.

I took about 4 days to take that pic and I was bitching myself out about it ‘cos I really wanted to try out my new foundation. I use the soft beige in Rimmel’s Match Perfection (gives solid medium coverage) in the pump dispenser bottle but it now comes in the cream gel format. I’m excited to use it as this will be my first time using a foundation brush to apply, which came free with my purchase- love Priceline, hehe… 

Got these from Colette… 

Cream & Gold Hoops, Cream/Gold/Black Elastic Bracelets, mini purple bows, Black Spaceship Dangles and my absolute favourite item from June the yellow/cream flower studs! Most were on sale due to it being stocktake season- yay!!! But I would pay full price for almost anything at Colette. The customer service I have experienced there has far exceeded that which I have received at Diva or Equip, and even Groove, formerly known as Grab It. The young ladies are positive, they don’t follow you around and they offer the little trays to help you hold your items as you choose. At any of the other places, I get a quick hi as I enter and nothing ’til I buy… Even then, just a simple ” taking those today?” “12.95″ “Bye for now” ( that was at… nope, I won’t say but you get the picture.) 

A couple of eBay purchases finish out the month, unworn but looked at lovingly lots since opening the packages… 

The watch was just a cute bunch of colours in one and it was cheap so I figured why not add something colourful to my watch collection, which is pretty much all neutral. 

The ring is a different addition to my ring collection. I don’t own any real life object rings so this is my first. I was watching MTV a while ago and it was showing Wiz Khalifa’s video “Roll Up” with Cassie (the former “R&B” singer/whisperer and current Diddy bicycle) as the love interest.

She wore the “I’m Fly” white plane ring by Melody Ehsani, which I plan to purchase as soon as they sort their website out. The ring really completed Cassie’s video look, seeming so effortless. I gots to have… in black and in white :)

Birthday is in 12 days, perhaps MOH will read, eh? 

I really wanted an airplane ring so I found the grey silver one with black rhinestones embedded and I loved it right away. It’s not as big as the I’m Fly ring but nonetheless, gorgeous!  

That’s it for last month’s shopping. Hopefully, with the impending age day upon me, I will  

Shiny New Things: New Stuff For Moi April 2011

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So, I figured I’ll only post actual shopping here and throw beauty stuff in the Lady Times section just to even the posts out among the two. (Mind you, I may mess up because I photograph hauls altogether so it might overlap.)

I finally bit the bullet and bought a new bag off of the Oz Sale website. It’s a GUESS dome traveller bag in black and Guess’ signature G print, model named Candice (if I remember correctly).

When I viewed it on the website, I had not idea it would be so big or that it was pretty comparable to a cabin bag. It took a few weeks to get here and when it did- it said New Zealand on the postage info. (So OZ Sale don’t only pull stock from Australia?) MOH brought it home from the post office and he had no clue about what it was. The box was bigger than you get vacuums packed in! Nevertheless, a beautiful bag. I used it two or three times before I decided I couldn’t use this for work- it was just too gigantic so I switched back to an old Ruby & Kit for the time being. 

Luckily, I found a bag that I loved on sight.

Perfect size for work, pretty durable and the handles are very sturdy. Plus it doesn’t look like any of my other bags. 

Deco USB Case

Deco Desk Lamp Console- Work In Progress

 

Got a little nuts buying up rhinestones and half pearls for my silly deco addiction. I’ve only done a couple things so far- my desk lamp console, my cotton buds container and my Lexar USB case.

MOH’s big bro stayed with us for a few days during my last set of Annual Leave and upon his departure, left MOH and I some clothes. MOH’s items were awesome and totally hit the nail on the head. The same can definitely be said of his choices for me too.

House of Dereon Military top

Military top by House of Dereon. Really like this brand and the clothes fit well- MOH got me some Dereon stuff last Christmas. You can’t really buy official Dereon in OZ so the Dereon and Dr Jays websites are the way to go. 

Capri by Dereon

Capri jeans by House of Dereon. Love ‘em as much as the Applebottom Capris that MOH got me for Xmas. 

Beautiful Ghost sweater from Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier. While it is a bit long in the arm, I really like it. I know Ed Hardy seems so gaudy and flashy (quite possibly due to the Jersey Shore cast’s obsession with the brand). This will most likely be my only piece from the fashion house and that suits me just fine. 

MOH and I went to the city at some point and bought a couple of t-shirts from Jay Jays. MOH got a Domo Kun and I got the Spongebob one. Love it! (Shoulda worn it to Dreamworld!) The material on Jay Jays t-shirts is not bad at all. I don’t wear these kind of t-shirts all the time so they don’t get ruined easily via stretching, shrinkage, image peeling or becoming transparent after a few washes. 

And the obligatory food pics ‘cos we ate so much crap last AL. My fault, entirely ‘cos I dislike cooking. 

Maccas have these new drinks. Can’t remember the name of them but yummy! 

2 in 1 Japanese Bakery totally does it for me. Their Seaweed Pizza is so good- I love salt and it’s full of it! The yellow and pink things are called Custard Platypus or Platypi, if we’re talking plurals. The corn bun on the top right is okay in my book but MOH likes it better. The one below it is a hotdog roll, pretty yummy. I think the one closest to me is a curry bun for MOH and the one right in the middle is a pork bun- the topping is finely shredded and thinned out pork, as thin as hair! When you scrunch a bite of it up with the sauce under the pork hair, it tastes just like bacon. Reminds me of molecular gastronomy- where you reduce a food down into the very least of its existence only to enhance it in a unique way to reproduce the original item of food. 

2 in 1 have reduced the amount of fat/grease in their items recently which is fantastic. I didn’t like eating too much of the freshly baked goods before because they were often super greasy and you could tell from the fat soaked paper bags, that while it was gonna taste good, it ain’t gonna look good…  

Cadbury Mousse

I was feeling a bit down and out of it last AL and MOH, being the supersweetie that he is, trekked to the supermarket and bought me back this new chocolate by Cadbury, a new nail polish (Black Out by Rimmel- how did he know?) and some Women’s Multi Vitamins. 

Anyway, I don’t think I bought a great deal more other than packing materials and some basic clothing staples.

Stay tuned for May hauls as it’s only half way through the month and I have plenty to show for it!  

Shiny New Things: Bits and Pieces

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Imagine my surprise when I opened up the post office box and received some goodies I’d forgotten I’d ordered/entered comps for! Especially, since I was out to post some eBay items and do a random shop..  

I received the new Maybelline Baby Lips in Antioxidant Berry, in the mail. I actually ended up with two because MOH let me in on the deal he found on one of his gaming discount sites and it was stated we could get more than one sent to the same household. We’ll see how awesome my lips become after 4 weeks of using Baby Lips… 

Mixed Haulage

Got my Hello Kitty sleeping mask in the mail- it’s huge but should do the job. My Oscar the Grouch just isn’t up to the job anymore. As I’m getting older, I have noticed my eyes hurt in the morning from sleeping with my eyes only lightly closed. An eye mask usually keeps my eyes closed better and my eyes don’t feel so dry when I awaken. 

From the same eBay seller, I also got a new handy bag that I can hook up to my keys- I hate carrying those huge WW or Coles bags around in my handbag. I also got the matching white belt to the one I bought from an Aussie seller a few weeks back, for about 3 quarters less the price. Something tells me I gotta shop around a bit more before I commit to spending my eBay dinero. 

Like the other day, I rocked up to Kmart for some more packing materials and found myself in the cosmetic section- AGAIN!

Nothing caught my eye except for a couple of familiar things I’d been reading about- some limited edition nail polishes from FOA. If I had not looked high and low and carefully through all of the aisles, I totally would have missed them. They were high up on an unrelated shelf, inside a nondescript basket full of clearance items. Picked up Minty Mojito and Lemon Sorbet for 4 bucks each. Hopefully, they look as great on me as they have on other bloggers who have tried them.

Not pictured: I got another tank top for a buck fifty, some long pants for work and a khaki green batwing top. I’m not for exposing my arms as much so long sleeved lightweight tops are at the top of my shopping list these days.  

Bargain hunter much? I’m planning on going lighter with my hair again and getting it right this time. Target had 25% off on cosmetics and fragrances so I got these boxes of dye for- wait for it- $4.40 each! I believe the packaging is being discontinued so it was discounted for that fact first and then the 25% off after that. Nice!

This first week of AL has been good to me. I will be getting around to the drinking part of my AL plan tomorrow as I got the bottle of Kahlua I needed for a White Russian today while on my mini shop (weirdly, MOH didn’t object when I asked him if he would like to try it out- he’s totes not a drinker). 

Til next time… geez, I can’t believe it- I didn’t go anywhere near Priceline. Fail or win? My wallet says WIN!

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Shiny New Things: Retailers launch GST on imports campaign

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Sidebar: Please note, this has been in drafts since January. Some info may be a bit backdated but for the most part, it’s up to date.

It came out just after the New Year,  that some of Australia’s largest retailers began a campaign to try and stop (or at least) slow down Australian customers importing their goods from overseas.

Due to a pretty rough holiday period where spending in those stores wasn’t abundant, big names such as David Jones, Myer, Harvey Norman and Target all bitched and moaned, saying their profits where down, holiday shopping was at its lowest, blah blah-de blah.

If you look at the numbers and know Aussie retail from the inside, you’ll know why more and more people buy online and also, why they buy online from overseas.

  • It’s not just because stuff is dead cheap everywhere other than Australia, shipping included- there are retailers who import of their own accord and pass the savings onward to customers
  • It’s not because the Aussie retailers haven’t tried to motivate shoppers with vivacious campaigns- Myer pulled in entertainment legend, Virgin for the past 6 years to liven up the dead music and movies area and Target kicked Myer’s butt when they picked up Stella McCartney and Zac Posen’s lines. Kmart even stocked Burberry, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein fragrances for a while!
  • It’s not because they haven’t tried to compete- Target is slowly becoming what Myer should have been- tidy (for the most part), well-staffed, on trend and signing new moving contracts for product and being well presented. Harvey Norman goes against JB Hi Fi by throwing more clearance bins in the aisle that you can trip over. I don’t think DJs competes, it’s more DJs looks down on other retailers, while Myer desperately pushes their stocktake sale forward every year to beat them to the punch in June. #Just Sayin’.

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Shiny New Things: Mini-Mini Hauls

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Thought I’d better get this up now so I can start using some of this stuff and get it off my desk.

I got a some packages in the mail yesterday and Monday so I’ve been spoilt already during my AL time, yay! Also did a teeny tiny haul on Monday at Priceline & Kmart.

I can never stop at buying just one thing at Priceline. Unfortunately, I got there on the last day of their freebie bag promo and they’d run out already- bummer (I shoulda got in earlier but work beckoned).

Oh shite, I forgot the haul was more lady times than cosmetics time ;(

Ah, who cares- I love Moxie’s packaging- it’s super girly and reminds me of the Sex Kitten store in central Brisvegas.

That white choc mask, I can hardly wait to get that on my face! (Funnily enough, MOH bought home some white choc muffin bites so it’s meant to be. I can be so dopey, I don’t know what goes through my mind sometimes.) Montagne Jeunesse put some awesome flavour/scent combos together, the only type I hate is peeling masks- they stick to my baby hair, hahaha :P

That little round thingy is a loose powder from Savvy by DB, in outback tan- it’s a nice cover all powder when I can’t be bothered to use real foundation (which is pretty 350 out of 365 days a year, hehe).

Plus, I always need cotton tips for nail polish removal (you know for when it gets stuck right in the corners) and other stuff. I’ll post later what I did to my current cotton tip holder (I deco’d it!)

Thought I’d try out FOA’s facial wipes. I have been trying out different brands of facial wipes recently. I’ll do a comparison some other time (the results are astounding so tune in! Okay, maybe not astounding but interesting to see such huge differences between what seems a simple product.)

The Kmart pitstop was kind of random. After picking up my packing materials for my eBay store, I found myself wandering over to the beauty section, looking for FOA (Face of Australia). Priceline didn’t have any brush cleaner or any of their recently released eye primer but Kmart came through. I got the matt primer because I don’t think shimmer looks great on my fading skin.

Randomly, I sauntered through their tiny perfume section and came across a clearance sale on their mini EDPs such as this Paris Hilton “JUST ME” spray. I remember buying this the day it was released in Myer, like 5 years ago! I loved it ‘cos it was a normally fruity or floral scent. It smelt sweet but with an end note that reminded me of what prickles would smell like if they had a scent. I ran my second bottle out about a year ago so I grabbed this 30ml mini for 12 bucks. I shoulda bought two, the way I use perfume. Kmart had some others there, the only one that stood out was the Calvin Klein IN2U or something like that. Maybe, later today (after all, it is late night shopping- fist pump!)

Not pictured are the tank tops I copped for a 1.50 each. All their summer lines are reduced and also on a half price sale so imagine my surprise at the register when the most expensive item on my docket was packing materials. LOVES!

Anyhoo, moving on. eBay haul…

Another My Beauty Diary mask in Bulgarian White Rose. BTW, tried my Japanese Cherry Blosson one the other week and promptly fell asleep.

I thought it was supposed to perk me up, not knock me out, hehehe :)

Almost got myself back into headbands but realised I have an effload in the bathroom I rarely use so one was my limit and I achieved that with hardened willpower, as there were so many pretty ones. Definitely going through a grey phase right now.

I know my hauls from each eBay seller seem pretty minimal and my reason for that is I am testing the postage times and how honest and efficient sellers are before I place larger orders and throw my cashola around. I’ve only been ripped off on eBay once and I am determined to never have that happen again. I run an eBay store now and I would never think of fleecing my customers, just for the sake of a few dollars (granted, in scams, it’s usually a few dollars a hundred times). I know a lot of my customers are living in locations where they cannot purchase on the regular and I know I would hate to be in that situation and then get ripped off.

New iPod case, loving this one even more than the last two. Only thing is I can’t play games when dopi is in the case. Very uncomfy, hmmm. But very cute. Style is so unbending, hehe :P

Another item for my pink themed bathroom- a pink Hello Kitty air freshener spray dispenser.

And one more, my long awaited pink earring display. It’s not too light pink and not too bright, it’s just right :)

I think that’s it. I really gotta work on taking smaller pics or grouping stuff together to avoid super long posts, like this. Apologies if you got bored halfway through, I’ll get there eventually :)

Shite, I forgot this necklace I go for work, normally, I wouldn’t wear this but it’s for work and I gptta dress up my “uniform” somehow…


Oh, BTW, this blog has a Twitter account now. Personally, I won’t get Twitter but the blog needs it, haha. I’m such a follower. After about five years :P We’ll see how long this lasts before I get bored… I mean, the blog…


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