I used to love when I lived at home, showing off all my new purchases to my Mom :) So I decided, to indulge myself and do it on the internet now instead - hah! So here’s some of my new stuff :)

Lacy bubble top - Primark, £4

The elastic doesn’t look like it’s very stretchy in the picture, but it does indeed fit tightly around my hips, covering all the bad parts in nice jersey fabric that doesn’t touch my chub!

Cable knit cardigan - Dorothy Perkins, £28

Love this cardi, it’s actually a size 10 and it fits good.. I usually wear EUR size 16, but the 16 and 14 were so huge and frumpy.

Bomber jacket - Dorothy Perkins, £40

I have been looking for a cute, casual winter jacket for a while. I have a peacoat that I love from Benetton but I don’t always want to wear it cos it was $300+, so I needed something more “everyday”. It was a bit more than I had originally wanted to spend, but in the end I only paid £37.75 shipped - £5 voucher and £1.25 back through Quidco! Saved the gas money + parking charges if I went to Oxford to get it :)

Flat boots - Dorothy Perkins, £45   Fake Uggs - Primark, £4

My new winter boots! The ones from DP were an impulse buy, but totally worth it as I am in love with them and they will be perfect for any winter activities that involve lots of walking (like, perhaps.. shopping! :D) The fake Uggs from Primark were too cheap to pass up, they’re always good for running to the grocery store or to get takeout or whatever. And I wanted dark brown ones because EVERYONE has tan.

Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion, Clinique £27   Kaleidoscope nail colour - Chanel, £15
Diorshow Blackout mascara, Christian Dior, £18.50

This was my little Selfridges spree, on two different days. I needed new moisturiser, decided I was going to go back to Clinique for skincare. I wanted the new Superdefense moisturiser but they didn’t have it yet so I’m using Dramatically Different again until next time :) I also picked up Diorshow Blackout, which I have been lemming for over a year :D And also, of course, the coveted Kaleidoscope polish :) Not pictured, but ordered and on it’s way: Essie First Base base coat, Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat, China Glaze Blue Island Iced Tea nail polish, China Glaze Midnight Ride nail polish, Misa Candy Girl nail polish.

Bracelet, Christian Dior

My beautiful Christian Dior bracelet, a birthday gift from my wonderful boyfriend! :D :D :D It’s silver with Swarovski crystals all over the Dior logo. You can’t see how much they shine in this picture because I used no flash and it’s inside it’s little box, but it looks gorgeous when it’s on my wrist :D

The last two Sunday evenings haven’t been too good to me.. I’ve ended up feeling like I’m coming down with something both times. Last Monday I woke up feeling fine, but unfortunately this morning I have not been so lucky. Sore, swollen throat, achy feeling bones, headache and a slightly stuffy nose. I wish I had some Buckley’s, but unfortunately I forgot to pick some up when I was in Canada in June, and since I haven’t been sick, I haven’t thought to ask my Mom to send some.

We had a really good weekend. Friday night we went out for dinner at the Thai Orchid with friends, although in my opinion it was less than stellar. They brought out the the wrong dishes, forgot to cook one of our friend’s salmon dish and so had to cook it very quickly while we had the rest of the dishes sat on the table. I ordered spring rolls to start, and the sauce that came with them was very gelatinous - not my cup of tea. I ordered pad thai, which was listed on the menu as “with chicken and prawns” and requested no prawns - it arrived with prawns. And the portion size was half the size of the pad thai at Oxford Thai, for pretty much the same price. So needless to say, I will be avoiding that one and sticking to Oxford Thai. They are A+ there, we’ve eaten there many times and it’s amazing and the service is really good.

Saturday we were supposed to be getting up early to go to London, but our plans were thwarted by Tim having an upset stomach (I’m convinced that the thai was to blame.. haha).. so we didn’t end up leaving until the early afternoon. It was a really nice day, and we got to London pretty quick and parked under Hyde Park. I love driving down Park Lane and seeing the Corvette dealership :) Anyways, we headed to Selfridges, where I got some new moisturiser from Clinique, and Diorshow Blackout mascara from the Dior counter. Then we headed to the Dior boutique in “The Wonder Room”, where I tried on a bunch of bracelets before I decided on one and Tim bought it for me :) It’s a silver chain, with “Dior” in Swarovski crystals. I loooooooove it! We went to a few more shops down Oxford Street, and I bought some new flat boots :) I also tried on a jacket, because I have been looking for a nice winter jacket. I didn’t buy it though, so I ended up ordering it online last night!

Saturday evening we had tickets for The Dark Knight at the Imax, so we got on the tube to Waterloo station. We walked around for a while trying to find something to eat, but nothing seemed appealing.. so we finally ended up going to Pizza Express. I enjoyed it, because I ordered extra cheese and tomato sauce on my pizza - I always feel like the pizza over here doesn’t have enough of either of those! Then we headed back to the Imax, which is oddly in the middle of a roundabout - you have to go into a tunnel that goes underneath the road in order to get inside! TDK was really good, and I’m really glad we went and saw it at the Imax instead of seeing it in a regular theatre. Some of the city shots that were filmed with the Imax cameras really made my stomach do flipflops.

Sunday we went to a buffet lunch with a bunch of friends. I could only eat two plates, which I guess is a good thing because I need to lose some weight. They were mostly starters that I ate as well! It was nice to see everyone and have a day out, instead of spending Sunday cleaning and grocery shopping like we usually do. I talked to the girls about going to Birmingham to go shopping on a Sunday, so I am looking forward to planning that!!

We’ll be back to London next Sunday, with Tim’s Dad and his Dad’s wife to see Chelsea play.. they day before Tim’s birthday :) Then the next Saturday is Tim’s birthday shindig. October is looking to be a busy month.. so I think before I know it, it will be November. That’s one month till Canada :)

Earlier this week, I headed to London to meet up with my friend Lisa. I have known her since she was probably 4 or 5, when I was one of the assistant teachers of the dance class she was in. We’re both now (honourary?) members of the dance studio’s staff, and both living in England. So, what’s a girl to do but to introduce her to Oxford Street! Oxford Street is probably one of my favourite shopping districts in the world. I also love Queen Street in Toronto, and Fifth Avenue in NYC (although I can barely afford anything there!)

While walking past Selfridges, she saw the large Louis Vuitton logo in the window, we both had to go in. I myself had never gone in Selfridges - I honestly thought it was just like Debenhams, which is boring to me because it’s like The Bay in Canada (great if there’s a MAC counter, but I don’t care for much else). Boy, was I wrong. We wandered around the “Wonder Room”, a room filled with handbags and accessories from every designer imaginable - Mark Jacobs, Prada, Gucci, D&G, Chanel, Dior.. the list goes on. It was heaven. Then we headed to the cosmetics, where I spied Chanel’s Kaleidoscope nail polish on a display unit. I figured it was no use in asking, I’d been in a Boots on Kensington High Street earlier and they had told me it was sold out anywhere and everywhere. Kaleidoscope is THE colour for fall 2008. With some urging from Lisa, I asked the girl working the counter, who told me they in fact DID have quite a few bottles. She also told me that the girls working that counter had been hearing that it’s sold out everywhere else. So, as the story goes, I am £15 poorer, but my nails are trendy. And really, that’s what matters :P

That day, I discovered that I LOVE Selfridges. Of course, I need to be at least 30 pounds lighter before I will buy clothing from there. But for now, I am gaga over the Chanel handbags. And I have decided that if I ever get out of debt, I will reward myself by getting back into debt by buying a quilted Chanel flap handbag.