19 Oct 2014

My cheeky shopping trip today, Zara & New Look haul!

I only went into town to find a belt, but may have found a few other little gems as I strolled around. On the plus side, I did actually get my belt. Just a quick note of the shops that I went into, I went into New Look, Warehouse, Miss Selfridge, Next, Marks and Spencer, Urban Outfitters, River Island, Jack Wills, Topshop, Fat Face and Zara. I have to admit, I really wasn't impressed with Miss Selfridge at all nor with Jack Wills. I ended up buying a few things from New Look and Zara. I am also finding Topshop extremely overpriced at the moment, £12 for a basic black t-shirt? It's crazy!

I must also add, from what I brought at New Look, I used my student discount, but here is the prices below!

1. Simple Buckle Belt - New Look (£2.99 plus £0.30 discount =£2.69)
2. Black Ottoman Stitch Jumper - New Look (£19.99 plus £2.00 discount = £17.99)
3. Long Sleeve Stripe T-shirt - Zara (£9.99)
4. Black Print T-shirt - Zara (£15.99)
5. Shawl Black Cross - Zara (£19.99)

So as you can tell, Im wrapping up for winter and at the moment, my wardrobe is going to be looking very black, but you can't go wrong in black, can you? Autumn is my favourite time of year, and I can't wait to see the styles going around. Zara is one of my favourite shops around, and if you shop right, can be cheaper than your Topshop or River Island at times. The shawl is extremely soft and extremely big, great to snuggle up to when I fall asleep in lectures. I was torn between this one and a red/yellow and black shawl. Who knows, I may end up treating myself to the other one later in the year! I lost my classic black jumper, one item I feel everyone should own, earlier on in the year, previously from Urban Outfitters. For some reason I forgot to pack any belts to bring to uni, so i thought that it was a good investment and the other two tops I couldn't resist!



Some other things to add to the list are; a nice winter coat, some long, knee high black boots, a checkered shirt and maybe some jewellery? Hoping Santa will be good to me this year! Where are you hauling your autumn/winter collection from?

Laura x

An Apology, A Reason and A Resolution!

I have been gone for almost a month off of blogging, which is really not okay! So a massive sorry for my lack of posting but a very good reason why!

In the middle of September I went on holiday to the lovely city of Pisa with my family. However, two days after I came back, I was set to start university… again. I went to University last year however due to many different reasons, I decided that the place I was at wasn't for me! However I was still keen to go to university so I have re-started my studies down in the south and hence why I have had a very hectic month. Getting all of my things together, settling in, freshers round two, eventually unpacking and starting a whole different course, along with 3-4 assignments a week, I hope you can understand why I have only just gotten around to blogging again!

On the plus side, I have a really lovely flat, there's 3 building with over 1200 students in total in my complex, so I've gotten the chance to meet an amazing array of people. Despite the fact we have just had our 14th fire alarm in just under a month, I can promise it isn't my cooking that setting it off. I am loving my course, no matter how intense and crazy hard it is, and I have met some really great people too. I have also taken up First Aid, Trampolining and my Subject society plus going out 2-3 times a week to some great clubs.

Anyway, hopefully now I've got in the swing of things, I will try to be better at multi-tasking! I will try and put a post up by this evening, and once again, sorry for being MIA.

Laura x