Holiday haul

It's been a while, but I'm back!
I was on a holiday in Luxembourg, which I spent with my family. I think all of us calmed a little (see previous post) and we had a lot of fun. We went to different castles, went shopping in the city of Luxembourg, and we went on a 11.7km walk, which is something I'll never do again, mostly because my mom tricked me in coming with her by saying we would only walk the first part of the route. I've learned my lesson.

Of course when I buy things in the capital city I gotta show them off. So here's what I bought:

I got these books from an English book store that was somewhere in Luxembourg. It was a small, but nice store. There were so many cool books there, but eventually I chose these two.
I heard a lot of good things about Eleanor & Park, and although I'm not one for the romance stories, I decided to give it a try. It has lots of great reviews so it has to be read worthy. The other book, Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda, is a book I had never heard of before but it got my interest when I read the quote "Straight people should have to come out too. The more awkward it is, the better" on the back. I don't know why but it made me snigger, so I decided to give this book a try. I don't know if it'll be any good, but I'm sure eager to start reading it. I also wanted to buy "An abundance of Katherines" by John Green, but my sister wanted it too so I decided to let her have it on the condition that I could read it when she's finished. This basically means I have a free book.

I found this beautiful fluorite at a small market in the local village. I've been collecting crystals ever since I was five, and whenever I go on a holiday I try to bring a crystal home with me. It was hard to choose a crystal, as the seller had so many different ones. But eventually this little fluorite stole my heart and got to go home with me.

I got this cute grocery list at a store called Hema. It's a Dutch store, but it slowly starts to spread across Europe. It always has the cutest stationary and a lot of other cute things. Since I'll be moving out soon I figured I'd need a grocery list thingy of some sorts. Whenever I see my mom make a grocery list I wonder how she never forgets anything. Even if I'd check my fridge and the cupboards for missing food, I'd still forget half of the things simply because I wouldn't miss them until after the grocery shopping. So my idea is to write down my groceries as soon as they come to my mind. So if I'm in my room and thinking "I need to buy painkillers" I would have to get up and write it down so I won't forget it when I'm going shopping. Let's hope that'll work..

I bought these clothes at H&M. The jeans, which are in a seventies style, were on sale for 7 euro. The top was only 10 euro. I fell in love with the jeans the moment I tried them on. I've been very insecure lately, mostly because in the summer I always gain weight. I don't know why, but I do. In two months time I gained 4kg, which makes me feel terrible. But these jeans made me feel confident because I love how they fit. I wish I could wear them forever.

The shirt caught my attention because it has constellations on it. I'm a lover of the stars and the universe as a whole. It also has my zodiac on it (Sagittarius), which makes it even cooler.

I love this outfit to bits and I feel like it's gonna be my new fave. It's even better that it was so cheap, as I'm a huge cheapskate.

Anyways, that was what I bought. I'm not really supposed to spend money, as I'm still saving up to go see my datefriend, but my parents decided to pay half of the things I bought, so that makes it a bit better. Hopefully I'll find time to read my new books as well as doing the many other things I'm planning on doing this summer holiday. I hope all of you are having a great holiday, and I'm curious about what you guys are up to. I hope it's something that makes you happy!

Have a nice day!

Shopping trip / fashion haul

As I said in my previous post, last week was the May holiday and I went shopping with my sister and grandma. It was really nice because it had been a while since I had done something fun together with my grandma, and I missed it. We went to a city called Utrecht, which is in the middle of the Netherlands. I have free public travel during work days (because I'm a student), my grandma had a card for one free day left and we had gotten a free ticket in the mail, so my sister used that one. The train journey was about 1.5 hours, which is not too bad in my opinion.

First we went to the NewYorker, which is quite a cool store with reasonable prices. I'm not too fond of spending a lot of money on one item, so I tried not to pick the most expensive things out there. I bought a mint green crop top and a pair of dungarees. Just because I can.

The second store is my favourite. I had ordered from them before but I had never visited their store. I'm talking about Lush. After my first bathbomb (see one of my previous posts) I fell in love and I wanted more. But the shipping costs are fairly high, so it's better to visit the store. For once I didn't mind to spend money.

The third store we went to was HM, which is pretty known everywhere I think. I have a love/hate relationship with this store. Mainly because half of the time I can't find anything nice, and the other half I find too many cool things. The latter was the case this time. I bought two tops and two shorts. I really needed those because I had to throw away a lot of shorts and stops that didn't fit/had holes or stains.

And the last store I bought something was The Sting. It's an awesome store, but I only buy things there if they're on sale. It's not that they're ridiculously expensive, just a little to expensive for my own personal taste. Here I bought a pair of black jeans, because I was lacking those. (also in this picture: stuff from the NewYorker)

Conclusion: this was the first time in about a year I actually spent a lot of money at once, instead of buying one item at the time spread over a few weeks. My wallet hurts, but my inner fashionista (if I even have one) is satisfied.

Little haul

The past two days weren't too exciting. So far this week I only had one class a day, which means I have to travel over 1 hour to go to school for 1,5 hours, and then travel another hour to go back home. And since I don't have that much homework I have a lot of time on my hands. Normally I would go craft something, but I'm still waiting for supplies. So what to do then? Well.. shopping of course!

I went to H&M with my friends yesterday after school. Normally I don't buy much there because I'm a cheapskate, but I found this really cute crop top for only €8 (!) so I gave in.
Then when I went home I decided to stop by a shoe store in my town, and there I found the cutest pastel blue shoes for only €9! So of course I bought them, I just had to.

Today was pretty much the same story. I went in town to look for glue but I ended up buying some crafting things. I bought little stickers for card making, but I will probably also use them on my face as decoration for under my eyes. And I bought these pastel roses that I will probably use to make a headband for myself, but that's a little project for the future.

I hate spending money, but I love getting new things. I might have a little addiction... oops..