Retail confessions #1?

I might make this into a series and if I do then this would count as retail confessions number one. The premise behind it is a lazy collection of photos to summarise recent acquisitions. It's a shameless confession of what I have bought and what I am into right now. I always post about clothes and most of my new beauty bits but this is more of a collective "haul" type post to proudly boast about other "stuff" that can't necessarily be worn.

Be warned...some items are a little random. But I always think that random is quite good so here goes!

The Mugs

I saw these on the Urban Outfitters website - they have since sold out because they were £3 each in the sale - and was somehow attracted to them.



Who doesn't want to drink coffee out of a WTF mug? The only tricky part was explaining to my mum what FML means...

The earrings

I told you I was into statement jewels!



These are total lobe stretches from ASOS - Link! - and feature a rose gold (yawn!) and black stone detailing. They are clip ons which immediately took me down memory lane where I pictured a 8 year old me trying on my grandmothers earrings and feeling very grown up and sophisticated.

I plan on wearing these with a very dull outfit to add some interest.

The night light and book haul

I bought a night light! Don't worry, I don't use it in the bedroom - it's in my girly room and currently resting on the dresser.



Who knows how long that battery will last but it's innocence and cuteness was well worth the trip to Urban Outfitters in Edinburgh. They do have it on the website - Link! - but am almost 100% sure that eBay will offer up some cheaper versions that are probably the same quality.

Now the books....for some reason I have moved over to reading actual books and have neglected my Kindle. This started when I paid a visit to Takashimaya in Dubai a month or so ago. It's a must-see if you are ever into Dubai and you want to experience the best bookshop ever created. I don't know how a shop can be so inspiring but it is and I literally want to buy hundreds of books whenever I visit.

These three are the latest. The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been completed. It will take you about a day to read but is an amazing and touching story that I am sure so many of you have already read. What dies in summer sounds horrendously morbid and gets love/hate reviews.

Now is Good, like Perks, is also a film and is also pretty morbid. It was previously called Before I die but presumably Hollywood thought that was too much of a Debbie Downer. Either way, I am looking forward to reading the rest of this stack.

The duty free stuff

First of all I follow the advice of my good friend Sula who claims that items purchased in duty free don't count. It's a parallel world where your bank card is still charged but where you don't feel it. That's the only way to explain the below.

The YSL lipstick is pretty standard - just a Rouge Volupte in number 1 that I kept thinking about and so waited till I travelled to buy.

The fragrance was hauled because I tried a sample of this in Sephora and fell in love. Admittedly this happens very frequently with fragrances and Versace isn't really my scene as a brand but Crystal Noir is lovely. It's creamy and dark but the white florals keep it fresh. I  highly recommend putting your preconceptions of Donatella aside and giving this a try. Let it dry down and I promise you will be sniffing all day.

Now, the bracelet. I do like a bit of Hermes wrist action and when I spotted this bracelet in the concession in Terminal 3, Dubai I did recklessly exclaim "I'll take it".



The enamel is the colour of Sephora OPI's Metro-Chic for crying out loud. So I picked it up and have only taken it off for showers and this photo. Expect to get bored of seeing it.

So that's my round up! More than a little indulgent I think :)

What's your latest must-have purchase?