Popping My Target Cherry

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

If you follow along on Twitter or Insta you'll know that a couple of weeks ago I went to Seattle to visit my American Bestie Marie from the YouTube channel BitsandClips. 

For the entire 4 years (woah that went by fast!) of our friendship we have chatted almost every day on Skype and shared all the little bits of life that have meandered in and out. Our favourite thing to do is just, be. 

We've officially physically spent time together on two occasions. Once for a week in Spring 2014 in Seattle and once for a week in Winter 2015 in Orlando (for a big trip to Disney). Both of those trips were a whirlwind of sightseeing and families and activities. This trip wasn't. It was blissful. 

We decided to just have a week of hanging out, chatting, watching films, enjoying laptop club, seeing our girls play and eating waaayyyyy too many starbucks bagels. Oh my how I loved it. 

One of the many 'normal' things we did was visit a Target. My first over trip. Yeah buddy! As a YouTube addict I've seen an absolute tonne of vlogs from people who go there and watched lots of hauls but had never actually had a moment to go in and enjoy it. And, who better to enjoy a place full of trinkets and joys than the person who delights in all the things like that- MARIE!

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So, $143 later we were outta there and I was confused as to how that all happened! 

We had a little time before my flight home on the last day so whilst my Darcybluebird watched a film (you can just about spot her in the background), we filmed a haul video and had all the giggles. 

I hope you enjoy listening to us chitchat along as much as we enjoyed filming it. I wanna do these kinds of videos every single time I see her I think. 

Toodlepip!

xx

Primark Haul

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

To me, shopping is therapy. Walking round the racks and racks of brightly coloured garments, running my fingers over the textures, flicking through the hangers for my size and picking something up to decide whether I want to take it home or not. Oof. I just love it. 

Over the Christmas holiday and last week I made two trips to two different Primarks and collected a few bits and pieces for our upcoming travels (more on those another day). 

I made this haul video to show you the delights Primark has to offer at the moment and lots of you left lovely comments saying you enjoyed it. 

Sometimes I think watching Haul videos is like the modern day equivelant to window shopping. It's addictive and I love it!

If you are unable to see the embedded version, click HERE to watch it directly on YouTube. 

Do you ever shop at Primark? What do you usually buy?

Toodlepip!

xx

Topshop Goodies

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On falling into Topshop the other week when I had a few minutes spare before I meeting, I accidentally fell to the till with a handful of new products, my money fell out of my purse and then the products fell into my makeup bag. What can you do eh? These things happen to the best of us. 

I thought it might be quite nice to do a little blog haul since I usually feature this kind of thing more prominently on my YouTube channel, it's nice to give my blog a little lovin'. 

I haven't fully road tested these products yet so am hesitant to give any kind of review but having used and adored Topshop lipsticks for years, I feel confident that they will be well loved assets to my makeup bag. 

In 'The Damned', 'Boom Boom' and 'Beatnik', each lipstick retails at £8 and is creamy, pigmented goodness in a solid metal tube. 

I also treated myself to a warm toned highlighter, a 'Lip Bullet' (basically a lip crayon with swivel-up mechanism when it gets blunt) and a Kohl eyeliner in 'coal' which is a trusted re-purchase. 

I have always had fantastic experiences with the Topshop line so I am excited to get into these and if anything crazy good/weird/bad happens, I'll be sure to let you know.

If you enjoyed this post or are enjoying sciving from real life for a few minutes, why not read about my 2012 TopShop Splurge or my very first mention of Topshop makeup back in 2011! Yikes!! (I do hope I've improved somewhat since then!!)

What was the last thing you treated yourself to or splurged on?

Toodlepip! 

xx

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Baby Zara Haul

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Whilst shopping with Matt and Darcy last week I popped into Zara to see if they had any cute Autumn baby pieces and was happily rewarded with an Aladdin's cave of beautiful fall clothing. Oooh I could've bought the whole shop!

I don't have the tags still on the clothes but as with most things from Zara, I would say they were highend highstreet. For example, the brown boots were £29.99, which compared to H&M, Primark, Tu, Mothercare and Next (our usual stop offs for baby clothing) is quite steep. If you would like to check exact prices or specifications of items, HERE is the website. 

Both pairs of shoes are in a size 5 and with Darcy being a size 4 in one foot and 4.5 in the other (very common in little children), she'll be in them as soon as the chilly weather really sets in. The mary jane's remind me of a childhood of buckle-up shoes and woollen tights so I couldn't resist passing down the memories. 

Currently she isn't too keen on the felt hat but little by little she is letting me put it on her. I don't want to force her to wear it so at the moment we're talking about it like it's a fun or special toy and she's slowly taking to it. Fingers crossed it becomes a permanent feature because with her little curls peeping through at the bottom it just makes my heart melt. 

I plan on filming some kind of Autumn Lookbook or taking OOTD snaps (providing on what the little madam will let me do with a camera- she's very particular these days) so do keep your eyes peeled for that.

What is your favourite item from our haul? Would you like to see more of these on the blog or do you just prefer these in a video format?

Toodlepip!

xx

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Baby Glitter Haul

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Since you all loved my new Baby Style post, I went kerazy and made a full length video featuring all the lovely pieces I have bought Baby Glitter for the Spring/Summer season.

If you are on the ball in YouTube world then you may well have seen it, but if not, here it is for your viewing pleasure- oh la la. 

Hopefully I can get a few nice shots of her wearing some of the clothes and if I do, I'll be sure to blog about them!

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Did you see anything in there that you liked?  

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Toodlepip!

xx

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Huge Boots Haul

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You know when you feel like you haven't had a good splurge in Boots for a while (if splurging in Boots is your thing of course), annnndddd your Husband says he'll look after the baby, annnndd your best friend is in town? Yes? Well that happened. And then I made a video about it.

I must admit to every now and then picking up the odd thing from Boots. It's no big deal. However, about twice a year, Zoe and I go to the largest Boots we can find and just let our little magpie eyes take us to whatever stand they choose and we fill our baskets with childlike glee. It's fantastic!! We're like kids in a candy shop and then we come home and spill the bags open and riffle through all our loot. We figure that since we don't spend our pennies doing normal best friend things (nights out, weekeneds away etc), that this is our 'thing'.

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What is the absolute best thing you have ever bought from Boots?

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Toodlepip!

xx

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