Alright, I’m going to be honest with you. This post was originally going to be a collection of things I was planning to buy with my May paycheque, but then some time passed and the week was over and I’d forgotten to post. What I also realised, is that a lot of that stuff was boring (bras, body scrub, contact lenses, chocolate buttons….) so here I am, the following Thursday, telling you about the things that I actually had no intention on buying and ended up with anyway.
1:
Lanterns, TK Maxx £3.99 / £4.99
Apparently,
June was an appropriate month to buy lanterns. Every Saturday it’s
essentially tradition that Dan and I have a half hour mooch in TK Maxx; he
heads to the men’s shoes and I go and fill a basket of crap from the homeware section.
I’ve hoarded bowls, notebooks, and makeup bags from TK Maxx in the past but on
this particular Saturday I just couldn’t walk past the lanterns and picked up
these three. I tried to make the selection as mismatched as possible so I chose
different metals and colours: copper with orange glass, gold with purple glass,
and silver with clear glass. They’re now sat on my windowsill with some Yankee
Candle tea lights in them looking very smug knowing that I wasted just under
£15 on something I definitely did not need.
Now this purchase has a little story behind it. I work in
retail, and almost every shift I find myself complimenting the customers’
choice of purse, and this particular one has caught my eye on more than one
occasion. Anyone with the most basic knowledge of pattern knows that this is a
Cath Kidston design, so off I trotted down to my local CK retailer (Williams
and Griffins – we’ve discussed this, keep up) knowing that I had a £12 voucher
I could put towards it. Get this, I make a beeline for the purse – only two
left – and march to the counter, only to find that everything instore for that day only is 20% off. RESULT. So
it drops in price. Then I whack out my voucher, and the sales assistant knocks
off another £19 with that! Little did I know! Overall it cost me £6.60. Bargain
mate.
P.S. - The link takes you to the first option I found under the 'Shopping' tab in Google. Might be worth doing your own research too.
3: Swing Cami, Fatface
£24.99
I always find Fatface a bit hit and miss, and honestly too
bloody expensive. But I’m off on holiday at the end of June and am still wearing
a Fatface vest I bought two years ago, so thought I’d take the plunge. Walked
straight on in there, done a cheeky sweep of the shop, and headed to the
changing rooms with five (!!) tops and would have happily walked out with three
of them. I’ve got the budget of a 21-year-old graduate with a part-time Sunday
job though, so had to settle on just the one. The one I picked is a coral-ly colour, which I
love, long enough to cover your front and back bums (essential), and has funky
crossover straps which are pretty cute. Got student discount too, saved meself
a whole £2.50.
4:
The Heat, HMV £5.99
Alright
now I don’t usually go for your standard comedy film. Don’t get me wrong I love
a bit of Bridesmaids as much as the
next person, I mean I’m not dead inside, but I usually go for something that’s
more likely to have dry, hidden humour. Like Suffragette or Brokeback
Mountain. Anywho, this was recommended to me by my best pal Faye and I
trust her recommendations more than anyone’s, so when I saw it was in the 2 for
£10 offer I snatched that baby up.
I
love the products at Paperchase and love working there even more, so basically it’s
my second home. This design has had my attention ever since we received the
range packs prior to release so it was only a matter of time before I decided
to purchase something from it. I’ve got two other foldaway bags that I use
religiously and I basically just wanted to expand my horizons. Branch out a
bit. Go crazy y’know?