Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Wow I've been slack. Sorry about that. Just had a crazy time trying to fit things in and stuff. You know, life.
The last two weeks I've had a weekday off because of a Sunday shift, which has been nice. Among some shopping for a project I did some personal retail therapy too, purely by chance. I went into Equip to look at their new backpacks in stock (making a major comeback by the looks of things, I was intrigued)... and in the corner I see a mass amount of sale stuff. I ended up buying a bit:
I happened to be there on the first day of the sale, where the girl told me about 60 per cent of the sale stock had already gone. No wonder, baaaaargain.
What's your best bargain? It's always interesting to hear stories of good finds!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The beautiful Golden Highway on a frosty winter morning.
Driving along this road in the strongest of summer and winter days, it's such a stunning journey because there's a real mix of terrain and not a lot of stops breaking it up.
I went to Newcastle for the second time last weekend. It was for a number of things: needing to get a hat pin from lack of looking last time (my tourist buy everywhere I visit), the silent film festival making its way through, catching up with whoever I knew was around, and going to get my car checked. That last one didn't happen because it turns out that there wasn't a Citroen service specialist there after all. Thankfully all seems to be relatively well.
I had more time to shop than I would've liked - it's so easy to spend there when Hunter Street is a clearance/vintage haven. Love. But I also got to the screening of silent film Tol'able David (1921) which I thought was adorable. And then I won the door prize before catching a bus for free with four minutes to spare. A good day. A nice brunch with my friend before he gave me an extended tour of the coastline rounded off a good weekend on the Sunday. Also did the most touristy thing you can probably do in Newcastle and went inside Fort Scratchley which was cool. Only place in Australia from where a gun was once fired at threatening naval craft...
Here's a small look at what I got up to. I was lucky I had beautiful weather when I got there, it was actually WARM on the Saturday. No jacket! I've learned quickly living regional that whenever there's heavy fog/frost in the morning, it always turns out to be a beautiful sunny day.
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| Greater Union King St cinemas. I'm so glad these type still exist! It's so old skool! |
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| Forts built at Merewether for a feared WWII invasion |
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| The 80-pounder gun inside Fort Scratchley |
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| You can't really stop along my favourite part of the drive, but this was a nice place for a photo stop on the way home |
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| My door prize - FairTrade coffee? Tea? Charlie Chaplin doco on DVD? WIN. |
Friday, July 06, 2012
I went shopping down Newcastle's Hunter Street Mall during my weekend escape to the coast. And among some great finds I bought shoes!
This photo's not great with the lighting, they're actually a rather bright dark purple colour. $30 down from $110 at the Wanted clearance outlet. Not an 'I need' purchase, but I thought they could come in handy and I rarely spend a lot on fancy flats.
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Shoe of the week now, and I couldn't resist this beauty.
So my calendar is confirming its worst kept secret: it is American. And patriotic they are. Would any decent American WEAR these ghastly things? The 'Ms. Independence' also found themselves in the same pool for the week as a heel inspired by pink flamingos (no, not the film, the actual creatures).
I really want to give the designers of these things a good kick in the pants.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
You don't buy shoes, that's for sure.
I LOVE shoe shopping, but when it comes to investing in a pair of boots I'm really antsy about it. I can't bring myself to invest in an expensive pair of black flat boots, I just can never be settled on wanting a certain toe (round or point, definitely not square, had a pair of those once and never again), and finding nice mid-calf ones is difficult.
I did manage to find some, but not in my size. I'm hoping to actually get a call when they come in. And they're much cheaper than a real leather pair worth $170 I tried on and liked but was unsure about (whether I would over anything else).
But I walked through the door back home in the afternoon with a bag in hand...
So these are clearly not shoes. And living close to the Outback as I do (now)... why on Earth would I need snowboarding pants?
I'VE NEVER TOUCHED REAL SNOW.
Funnily enough, I'd only had a discussion with Jess last week about a possible weekend away to the snow, Thredbo or somewhere, after she expressed wanting to go again. When I saw these in a travelling warehouse sale that had just opened (as part of a break from shoe-hunting, yes), I had to try them on. With three other pairs.
I realised when I got home that they are Quiksilver. Not Roxy. So I've bought male pants. I DID know they were a teen size (16 FYI), but they were more loose than the others. Learnt snowboarding pants generally are over skiing pants which makes sense with flips and such.
But I liked these, even if they are a tiny bit loose up top (there's velcro and belt loops there though so an easy fix). They were more comfortable, and a great neutral colour. AND because they're a kids sizing they were a LOT cheaper. The only pair of the sort, I scored these for $45! I'm looking at this as a possible future investment. I told Jess and she informed me she would be looking for trips by day's end. Win.
I had better luck with my Shoe of the Week, a delay warranted by the weekend's Eurovision Song Contest. So much luck I really wanted to share two with you. Just look at these!
Shoe number one is straight out of The Wizard of Oz/Wicked. Glinda the Good, hello?! I can't imagine how I'd wear them, unless it were with a flowy/poofy pink or white dress. They ARE generally more wearable than the other shoe I've shared here. In Eurovision week, I got a few kooky shoes on my fridge to go with it, and this is the best example of that. A flower in a clear heel? Ah, now I've seen it all.
Shoe of the Month's in the next instalment :D
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