Life Lenses: Acquisitions.

Dec - Feb //

Here are some belated photos of Christmas gifts and recent purchases - so I guess it is sort of a 'haul' (even though I kind-of hate that word).

I woke up on Christmas morning to a wonderful new laptop, which I am typing on now.
It does not crash every 5 minutes, has memory, and the screen stays firmly attached to the keyboard (those who have known me and my laptop trials and tribulations will know what I am talking about).

I got a load of other lovely and beautiful items, but most importantly I got lots of love and hugs, great food and even more fantastic family.

Shopping trips / online purchases then ensued after receiving a bunch of gift vouchers and bits of Christmas money (which nobody needed to get me, and was completely unnecessary - but really lovely to get anyway).

So here is a little list/compilation of pictures of the things that I got:

A black Moleskine 2015 diary

Shirts x 2 (one white formal one from Topshop, and one sort-of plaid print one from H&M)

Shoes x 2 (Black 'Aladdin'-style velvet slipper shoes from H&M, and beige suede sort-of 'dolly' sandals from Topshop)

Gold line earrings from Topshop

A Breton-style stripey top from Gap

Cosy socks from H&M
A Fjallraven Kanken Mini bag in navy
Books x3 (A book on Andy Warhol - from my sister, one called 'Read This If You Want To Take Good Photographs', and a book on style bloggers).

A wooden phone cover
A hoodie from the Dutch Society at uni

Koala slippers
A black leather magnetic shut fold-over purse from Topshop

I also got a voucher to get a manicure with my sister, so we got it done just before New Year. Here is a bad phone pic of my manicure and awkward hands. We then went out for dinner.

Socks.

Shirts.

Earrings.

I like these earrings because they are so simple. Usually I only wear tiny pearls or no earrings at all, but I saw these on Christine's channel, and was hunting for a pair for a while. Since I had a voucher for Topshop, I had a look there. They were a bit more expensive than a lot of the other earrings, (£12 ish), but I really like them. I think they look a bit like staples, but in a nice way...?

(P.S. can you spot my Andy Warhol print in the background?)

Shoes.

And here is my wonderful Kanken bag.
I have literally been obsessed with and wanting one for around 2 years.

Got my beloved Dutch Society hoodie. It is very cosy and I throw it over almost everything. Plus it has my name on it. Which is cool.

Phone case / Purse / Books / More Moleskine pics

Hair things.

These two things (especially the Macadamia mask) have been my saviour.

Below is a picture of probably my favourite present in a really long time.
My sister got me these completely out of the blue. I will never totally understand what goes on in her head, but I think she knew that I was feeling down.
When I returned from London to Edinburgh, she simply said: 'I have something for you' and mumbled something about them being 'on sale'.
I feel I ought to get her something nice in return (even though I know she doesn't expect anything), but am waiting to see something just right for her.
Also it is her birthday coming up in a few weeks...

Anyway, here are some pictures of my lovely new koala slippers (that seem to be slightly confused in identity as they have bunny tails...?)