- Monday, January 19, 2015
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Recently I bought myself Nokia Coloud Boom Headphones. Up till now, I've been using crappy cheap earphones and I wanted something a little better and I need it a microphone to be able to answer phone calls.
These headphones caught my attention a while ago, I was really attracted to the bold, yet simple design. I'm no audiophile so I can't tell you how they compare to the likes of more serious stuff like Sennheiser, but so far I'm very happy. They're not noise cancelling but I like that as I can still hear train announcements when I travel for work.
Having always used earphones,switching to headphones I discovered something I never thought about- they do keep your ears warm. So I have that going for me, which is nice.
- Wednesday, December 03, 2014
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So... I bought a new toy, Nikon D5300. I've been thinking about getting a new camera for a while and was planning to buy one after Christmas but I couldn't resist any longer and bought it. There is not much point of owning a DSLR if you don't have a prime lens, so I got 35mm f/1.8 lens to go with it. I'm rather happy but I will need time to get used to it, it is rather different to my old Lumix G2 (which I still love). I did a few shots of my boyfriend when we were out.

I didn't do that many shots because it got incredibly chilly. I hope I can do a nice shoot this weekend.
- Monday, November 17, 2014
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I bought a mirror. It's hard to tell , but it is rather big and I struggled to carry it from the shop to my flat, which is not far at all. I absolutely love it, good value for money and I finally can use my fairy lights.
- Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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A small,French, kitsch bag from Claire's. I will be using to store all the cables and chargers that usually tangle in my work bag. 
A sleep mask, also from Claire's. I find sleeping with it much easier, not just for darkness, but the pressure on the eyes somehow helps it too.
I bought this week planner to plan my posts and also because it's so pretty.

A sleep mask, also from Claire's. I find sleeping with it much easier, not just for darkness, but the pressure on the eyes somehow helps it too.
Bought some sticky notes at Paperchase. I absolutely love Paperchase. I could buy half of their stock just because it's so pretty.
I bought this week planner to plan my posts and also because it's so pretty.
- Monday, September 22, 2014
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My Sunday morning started very early. I got up before 6 o'clock to go to boot fair. This is the first time I went to sell rather than to buy things. I'm not going to lie, I hate getting up, especially because it's only a weekend when I can sleep in thanks to a full time job, however it was quite fun day. I didn't only sell things, as you can imagine...

1.John Lennon- The Collection
2.John Lennon- Rock'N'Roll
3.Managing for Dummies
4.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
5. A Year in the Merde
6. Rosetta Stone- Spanish, Level 1-3.
Total money spent: £6.90. Quite a bargain, I'd say. I'm especially happy with getting Rosetta Stone. When I was little a had a similar program for English and it helped me immensely, I hope Rosetta will help with my Spanish.
We're going next Sunday as well. It would be nice to get rid of some of the stuff that we have managed to acquire living in this flat for 5 years.It will be easier to move.
- Sunday, September 14, 2014
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My latest big purchase is a sewing machine! I get really annoyed with clothes not fitting right, I struggle to find nice work trousers that would fit me right. I hate it when the waist is much wider when needed. So I decided to get a sewing machine and mend the clothes that I already own to fit me just perfect (if possible). I bought this bad boy on Amazon
, obviously. I was watching this Brother L14 sewing machine but I was reluctant because it was not on prime and I wasn't sure when it would turn up and if it's not sent by Royal Mail, it can be a bit of problem. However I waited long enough to see it become available on prime and ever better it was delivered on a Sunday- yes Amazon delivers on Sundays now.
It's been many years since I last used a sewing machine and at first I felt like I have no idea what to do, but it seems it's not too different to riding a bike. I spent the whole Saturday afternoon sewing some of work trousers and tops that are just a bit too wide for me. I find the sewing process oddly satisfying.
I'm now pinteresting for interesting sewing projects and I hope to try some simple ones very soon. I need to buy supplies: I need pins, proper scissors, some nice materials, etc. This might have to wait until after my upcoming holiday.
I'm now pinteresting for interesting sewing projects and I hope to try some simple ones very soon. I need to buy supplies: I need pins, proper scissors, some nice materials, etc. This might have to wait until after my upcoming holiday.
- Tuesday, August 19, 2014
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Purchases
1. Timotei Organic Delight Shampoo2. Timotei Organic Delight Conditioner
3. TriAcneal by Avene
4. Face Form by Sleek
I've been searching for sulfate & silicone free hair products for awhile now. It was difficult to find sulfate free shampoo, but today's trip to Boots wasn't fruitless, I bought both shampoo and hair conditioner on a deal. Bril.
I've been thinking about buying TriAcneal for awhile but I was put off by the price. It's cheaper on Amazon
It's supposed to reduce the number of spots and scarring. I'll give it a shot and will post a review after a couple of months.

This is the second time I purchased Faceform. I don't do contouring, no, I think you have to have nice skin before trying contouring, but I do wear blusher and I like to put some highlighter under my eyebrows. I like the palette, it's plastic but seems to be quality and I haven't managed to break any of my sleek palettes.
- Saturday, August 16, 2014
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I've had my new phone for almost 2 weeks now, so I thought I will give you a short review on it.
First things first, it's a Nokia Lumia 930. Ok, I must confess, I'm a nokia person. It's my fourth nokia in a row. I know. Last time I had to buy a phone, I was looking around but went back to Nokia. This time I had no doubts about it. I rather like Windows OS and was rather keen to try 8.1 version that Lumia 930 comes preloaded with (updates are rolling out throughout other phones now). Why I like Windows? I love the live tiles. I like seeing what messages I got on facebook without going to facebook app or what's the current temperature,I love all the changing pictures on my photos app. You can modify your start screen in so many ways, some people get very creative. I'm still trying to figure out mine. I know windows don't have as many apps as Iphone or android, but I never felt that I'm missing out. I have everything I need. I have an android tablet and rather hated the apps as rthere seems to be so many shitty apps, It's hard to find anything good in the sea of shitty apps and duplicates. I couldn't never understand all the hype about iphone. Ok, maybe ait was revolutionary when it first came out but it's not any more, is it? My work phone is iphone and yeah I've been using it for a while and still don't get it.
Ok back to Lumia 930! I got it a sim free at Phones 4U they're the only shop stocking the white version in UK. I didn't like neither orange or green colours, thought about black but decided to go for white one instead. First thing I noticed, it's rather big and bigger than it's predecessor Lumia 925. I wasn't sure about it first, but it took me like 30 minutes to get used to it and now when I pick up my phone I think "what is this, a phone for ants???" I swear, I couldn't get back to a smaller phone. The screen looks very bright and it adjusts brightness according to light conditions. It doesn't lag and it didn't take me long to set it up, as my previous phone was also windows phone, all my contacts were on the phone as soon as I signed into my windows live account.
One of the reasons I wanted this phone is it's 20MP camera. Do I love it. When you take a photo, it saves both a high res picture and lower res for sharing. You can access the higher res pictures by connecting your phone to the computer or you can file explorer on your phone. Nokia also has a great camera app, what I love most is that control wheel. It looks good and it's very easy to use.
The phone comes with a regular charge and wireless charger plate. I also got a £20 voucher for apps, a matching speaker, treasure tag and a wireless charging plate. All that is worth £150.00. Not that bad at all, however this promotion is now over.
Drawbacks- price tag & tends to overheat though overheating seems to be less a problem now. Another thing is that you cannot expand memory. Overall, I'm super happy about my phone.
- Tuesday, August 05, 2014
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A few items that I bought: Polka dots blouse, hat and leather (fake, obviously) jacket. All from H&M, though I bought jacket on ebay for a very good price.


There were 6 rings in the set but I think I'll only wear 3 at the time, all of them is a bit too much for my liking.
- Saturday, July 26, 2014
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For my trip to Spain, I bought DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide: Madrid
I also bought a used copy of The God Delusion
Speaking of books, I'm sure you have noticed I have posted about my project 52 lately, well the things with my time away and sickness I got very behind my schedule I decided to drop it. I will be aiming to read more still, but I need a different system.
- Tuesday, May 06, 2014
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I bought a couple of H&M dresses online, I couldn't find them in the shop when I was in Brighton, so that was my only option.
I would love to say to you that I love them, but I haven't received them yet and it's been a week since I placed the order. I don't think I will be ordering anything again unless they change their delivery times to more acceptable 2-3 days.
I was planning to take them both to Spain, but estimated delivery for the white dress is 12th May and I'm not sure what happened to the blue dress, it was dispatched on 30th April. Not good enough H&M, not good enough.
I would love to say to you that I love them, but I haven't received them yet and it's been a week since I placed the order. I don't think I will be ordering anything again unless they change their delivery times to more acceptable 2-3 days.
I was planning to take them both to Spain, but estimated delivery for the white dress is 12th May and I'm not sure what happened to the blue dress, it was dispatched on 30th April. Not good enough H&M, not good enough.
- Monday, May 05, 2014
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I bought this dress! It is not exactly what I would have liked, but I'm quite desperate and pressed for time! It actually looks quite nice when you put it on and it's quite a good length, I usually find these dresses a tad too short for my liking.
Now I only need to find matching shoes, purse and possibly a shawl or a blazer in case it gets cold.
- Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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For my birthday I got some money from my parents, they knew I wanted to get a watch, but rather than buying it for me, they thought to give me money so I can choose whatever I want. They wanted me to get something expensive, but I ended up buying something that's reasonably priced and that I like very much.
I've been looking at various watches, browsing Pinterest since the New Year, but I always ended up
at Olivia Burton. I still struggled to select one of them, if only I could get one in each colour... I eventually opted for Big Dial Chrono in Black & Gold. It's an elegant, beautiful watch, even if I say so myself.
I've been looking at various watches, browsing Pinterest since the New Year, but I always ended up
at Olivia Burton. I still struggled to select one of them, if only I could get one in each colour... I eventually opted for Big Dial Chrono in Black & Gold. It's an elegant, beautiful watch, even if I say so myself.
- Friday, March 07, 2014
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We went to Ikea last week. I want to go there for ages, but it's quite far from where I live. I love Ikea, simple, minimalist Scandinavian style. I could easily spend my whole paycheck there, I didn't but boy do they have some nice things for very affordable prices. I bought Hemnes chest of drawers pictured above. It's simple yet stylish and it's huge, so much space in drawers. It's a lot bigger than you'd think based on this picture. It took us some time to set it up but it wasn't too difficult at all.
I wanted to get this Moppe mini chest of drawers for ages, I'm not sure yet how I am going to decorate it or ,that will be my next crafts project.
I also got this black/brown coffee table for £17.00. The price is just ridiculous. I know it's not particularly durable but I think it's pretty decent considering it's price.
I also got some bits and bobs for home, nothing particularly interesting.
There are some purchases I plan to make, but it might have to come out of the next paycheck.
- Saturday, November 16, 2013
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I got myself a step counter, there were cheaper alternatives but the reviews were very poor so I opted for more expensive one. It's only second day I had it, I am at 9840 at the moment, so yes I hope to reach 10000 before midnight! It was easy today because I was out and about with my friend, went to Neate's Cakery and then we went to the shops, but I think to reach 10000 on a work day will prove to be difficult but I hope this will push me to be more active.
This lovely pedometer shows distance walked, calories burnt, fat burnt and it has 7 day memory. I might make myself a spreadsheet to keep track of my progress.
This lovely pedometer shows distance walked, calories burnt, fat burnt and it has 7 day memory. I might make myself a spreadsheet to keep track of my progress.
- Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Ainol Novo 7 Venus
OS: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
CPU: Quad Core Atm7029 (ARM Cortex A9 Family 1.5GHZ)
GPU: Quad Core GC1000+
RAM: 1GB,DDR3
Storage 16GB
Size: 7 inch
Resolution: 1280*800 Pixels IPS Screen G+G
Daul Camera Front camera, 0.3 Megapixels
Back camera, 2.0 Megapixels
Let me introduce you to my newest "toy" - Ainol Novo Venus. It's my first android device (I've got a windows phone). So far i rather like it, it can lag sometimes, not sure why as I thought the specs are good, but google search suggests it could be android problem, but I'm not sure.
I think this device will be my saviour on usually boring journeys. Just need to remember to charge before taking it anywhere. It lasts long (well... for a mobile device with this screen size) but it takes a few hours to fully charge.
My overall rating for this device is ✰✰✰✰
- Saturday, March 09, 2013
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- Friday, February 22, 2013
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I've recently acquired "River Cottage Veg Everyday" for a very good price via a book club that brings books to my workplace (£6.00!!).
I've seen a few episodes when it was on TV although considering it was a series about vegetarian food, he talked about meat & fish way too much but when I saw the book, the pretty pictures & the price tag seduced me.
In the introduction he states "so, to be absolutely clear, all the recipes that follow are suitable for vegetarians". And when the very first recipe contains Parmesan (quite a few recipes throughout a book actually).
Rather disappointing but I guess it's because it is written by a carnivore for other carnivores who interested in eating more vegetarian food, but it's not an excuse,especially because of the sentence I quoted, they should have done their research better.
On more positive note, the book is quite inspiring, beautifully illustrated. I put sticky notes on all the pages of the recipes I want to try and it's quite a few. The first one I tried was very simple leek and cheese toastie, it didn't disappoint me, rather nice and I think it will be something I will make quite regularly from now on.
Not sure if I will ever try a pizza with beetroot though.
As I'm getting organic & local veg delivered, this book will be quite useful as every box delivered contains different veg, some of which not only have never eaten, I don't even know how they are called. I was flicking through the book and actually recognised one of the vegetables in this book. Educational!
I need to start preparing lunches rather than eating shop-bought sandwiches (such a waste of money but I'm lazy, so lazy), I hope I'll find something suitable in the book.
I've seen a few episodes when it was on TV although considering it was a series about vegetarian food, he talked about meat & fish way too much but when I saw the book, the pretty pictures & the price tag seduced me.
In the introduction he states "so, to be absolutely clear, all the recipes that follow are suitable for vegetarians". And when the very first recipe contains Parmesan (quite a few recipes throughout a book actually).
Rather disappointing but I guess it's because it is written by a carnivore for other carnivores who interested in eating more vegetarian food, but it's not an excuse,especially because of the sentence I quoted, they should have done their research better.
On more positive note, the book is quite inspiring, beautifully illustrated. I put sticky notes on all the pages of the recipes I want to try and it's quite a few. The first one I tried was very simple leek and cheese toastie, it didn't disappoint me, rather nice and I think it will be something I will make quite regularly from now on.
Not sure if I will ever try a pizza with beetroot though.
As I'm getting organic & local veg delivered, this book will be quite useful as every box delivered contains different veg, some of which not only have never eaten, I don't even know how they are called. I was flicking through the book and actually recognised one of the vegetables in this book. Educational!
I need to start preparing lunches rather than eating shop-bought sandwiches (such a waste of money but I'm lazy, so lazy), I hope I'll find something suitable in the book.
- Monday, November 05, 2012
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If you know why I've got these particular films and you can correctly guess what my mobile's ringtone is, we should be friends. or I could just follow your blog
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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