All the way from Oz

I love getting things in the post. Who doesn’t? But these days it’s pretty much just bills, bank statements and junk 🙁 So the odd unexpected letter or parcel never fails to put a smile on my face. I wanted to share with you the amazing parcel I got in my swap with the lovely Tennille, all the way from Australia.

For someone who has never met me, I feel already like she knows me so well. She sent me the most amazing jewellery, and some Australian brands of makeup that are not available here in the UK. Thank you so much Tennille 🙂 I am really impressed with all the products she sent me, the lipgloss smells AWESOME, the eyeshadows are so pigmented, and the lipstick and glitter liner are really long lasting. Not used the polishes yet because I still have my french manicure on the go, but I’ll be sure to give them a try soon!

In exchange I sent Tennille some items that aren’t available where she is, such as Barry M, Sleek, and Topshop makeup. If you are from the US, Australia or Canada and would like to do an exchange with me then don’t hesitate to get in touch. For example, I’d love to get my hands on some Sephora goodies, or sweeties/food from across the pond (such as lucky charms and twinkies haha) So if you’d fancy doing this in exchange for some British goodies then drop me an email and we’ll get it organised.

A wee update since my last post… thank you so much for all your good luck wishes, lets just say they worked, and on saturday we put down a deposit on our new flat! 🙂 It’s perfect, and as soon as we saw it we knew it was ‘the one’. The location is great, the private landlord is a really friendly and efficient man, and we get the keys this weekend so we are spending the rest of this week packing up and getting organised. Going to have a massive clear out of my clothes etc, so will probs be posting a link to my ebay next week for y’all to have a wee nosy. In the meantime, my nerves have been subdued and I’m actually looking forward to the big move, and taking a trip to Ikea and Next Home to get some finishing touches for the flat. I’m thinking fairy lights, a new coffee table, a new rug for the living room, and some other little homely bits and bobs. Need to start scouring the net for some inspiration. I am excited about this next chapter and new adventure for me and David, and for us to really make this little house into a home ♥

So the rest of this week for me will consist of working, packing, dinner with Leah, epic move at the weekend, and seeing an old time fave band, Funeral For A Friend, at King Tuts in Glasgow on sunday night. I had a great weekend with Jenn, which involved lots of laughs and cocktails but I have some pictures of that to share in my next post. I stupidly burnt a hole in my Urban Outfitters Tux Playsuit (for those of you who remember, the one I wore at christmas) right on the chest, just as we were getting ready on sat 🙁 I have only worn it once before, and it was £50 so pretty safe to say I cried a little bit inside. I also broke my topshop bracelet that night, and ripped 2 holes in my brand new HOH Pretty Polly tights. Haha sounds like a wild night eh, it totally wasn’t! I am just so clumsy and I guess bad luck comes in threes. I’m hoping a brooch will save my UO playsuit (or least redeem it in the slightest) and I have been on to the quality control folk at Pretty Polly about the tights. I don’t normally complain about that kind of thing, ever, and would just put it down to my own carelessness. But I was so careful with these tights, we were sat down the whole evening – and Jenn’s cheaper primark version lasted the night fine. So I was rather disappointed that mines didn’t. I don’t pay £13 for a pair of tights for them to not even last 24 hours. So we’ll see how they reply to my letter. Mary Portas much? You gotta love (or if you work in retail, hate?) a tryer!

Ayden x