BOOTS HAUL

So yesterday morning I ran into Boots before I headed home to grab some dry shampoo, I had ran out a week ago and I was dying a slow and oily death without it. They had signs up everyone that it was 3 for 2 on everything... 40 minutes later and I headed to the till with a basket full of stuff. Now in my brain I was thinking, ok well if I'm buying one thing I may as well buy another thing so I had get one thing free.. You keepin' up here??? Que Emma pacing the aisles like an absolute lunatic trying to find stuff to add to my basket to maximise the savings. I was close to asking the cashier if I could do 2 separate transactions so all the expensive things could go together and the cheaper together (anyone else watch Extreme Couponers, no? ok)

A Haul Because I'm A Shop-a-holic ft Penneys & New Look

Yes, I know, I've been away A LOT lately. 

The main reason is I've felt so guilty for not posting which resulted in me not posting AT ALL and burying my head in the sand. ITS A VISCIOUS CIRCLE.

But, I've missed you guys. So, I've come up with a new blogging schedule to take a bit of the pressure off of me, and also to give you all a bit of regularity so you know exactly when to expect a post.

I've decided to post every Monday. I would choose Sunday but lets face it if I go out after work on a Saturday night, we all know I'll be dying of a hangover the  next day and the last thing I'll want to do is stare at a computer screen. Mondays work out well also as the place I work is not open on Mondays. 

Now, onto the fun stuff. I don't know about you but I love hauls. I think its the noseyness in me. I love seeing what other people have bought. I'll see something I like but would never have known about without them showing it so I can keep an eye out for it next time in that particular shop.

The first item I got was this neon yellow dress in New Look. This was €25. I was in the dressing room trying stuff on and my Mam actually brought this into me. I wasn't gone on it on the hanger. I'm not a fan of the texture but its lovely on. Its a very thick heavy material. I think the colour goes well with my hair and will look amazing with a tan! It was the detail on the back that sold me. Its got one of those twists at the back.

eBay Jewellery Haul

Yes Im back with yet ANOTHER eBay jewellery haul.

I picked up a few more bits so I thought I'd share them as I thought they were nice pieces for the price!

€1.44 with free shipping

So the first item I picked up, I had actually seen on another jewellery website and I wanted it so much but it was a lot more expensive than on eBay. I just happened to spot it while browsing eBay and had to get it!

Its available in 3 colours, this 'rose red', 'lake blue' and orange. 

I definitely want to get the lake blue as well!

Please excuse the atrocious outfit, obviously it doesn't go with it but I just wanted to show you the length.

Exact item I bought: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/400422494814?var=670069071553&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_16814wt_906

€1.44 with free shipping

The next item I ordered was this gold arrow bangle. I love that this is adjustable so will fit anyone, I find bangle usually fall right off my arm as I have small wrists and hands. 

Exact item I bought: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/251168733352?var=550188838661&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_4588wt_1037

€1.13 with free shipping

I also picked up the above bracelet in silver as I couldn't choose between the two. I bought them from different sellers as the one I bought the gold from didn't have the silver in stock. Unfortunately the silver came broken. I think the glue just wasn't very strong or something. I've contacted the seller and they've said they would refund my money but who knows if they actually will. 

Exact item I bought: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/251168733352?var=550188838661&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_4588wt_1037

So thats everything I bought this time! 

eBay Jewellery Haul

 I LOVE costume jewellery. 

To me, its 'disposable' jewellery. Meaning, I won't keep it forever.

Also, I like to wear it out on nights out etc and to places where it could get broken or lost.

Because of this, I don't like to spend a lot of money on it. 

Which is why I love eBay for costume jewellery. It is literally soooo cheap and a lot of the time its free p&p too!

Granted, it is coming from Hong Kong/China so you have to wait a few weeks for it but its worth it once you see how cheap the jewellery I got was!

I'm all for supporting local, small businesses but some take the absolute piss with over charging. I saw two jewellery websites have the EXACT SAME necklace I bought below. One was charging £14 the other £7. The only other place I was able to find this necklace was eBay.. for 60p (around 70c). 

Because obviously none of these are real gold/silver I'd recommend giving the rings a quick coat of clear nail polish before you wear them to prevent them tarnishing or turning your fingers green!

I coated mine when I opened the packaging (except the wings one, I forgot and its turned slightly pink) and left them overnight to dry!

Anyway enough talking, lets get onto the haul!

River Island Simple Cross Body Bag from ASOS.com

Every time I read that title I picked a body bag with a cross on it or something haha.

So ASOS.com is one of my FAVOURITE online websites. (Now before I start my praising of ASOS, no I am not being paid to say this etc. I am just genuinely in love with this site, if I could marry it I would). 

Not only do they have a bazillion different brands and departments to choose from, they also do FREE SHIPPING WOOOHOOO. I hate paying €5 for other websites to ship to me. Now, I ALWAYS head straight to ASOS.com when I want a browse, I don't even bother checking other websites (I used to be a serial online window shopper) because I know I'm not going to pay the shipping price on other sites (stingey I know :P)

On my many online window shopping trips to ASOS.com, I always go to the bag section just to look at this one particular bag. A black cross body bag. My current cross body bag has a broken zip so I was in need of a new one BUT I didn't fancy paying €25 with Christmas coming up. So I put it off, and put it off and put it off UNTIL ASOS.com were having a 20% off EVERYTHING sale with a coupon code. For some reason I was willing to pay €20 for it but not €25... I don't know is that weird? I think its weird but when I saw €20 I was like ONLY €20? YES PLEASE.. I don't know.. Anyway, I was on it like a car bonnet (Geordie Shore waahheeyy ;)) and threw that baby into my basket immediately and without a second thought checked out.

I waited patiently for it to come and it actually came quite fast, I ordered it on the 9th of December and it was shipped on the 10th and arrived at my door on the 13th. Most things from the UK take FOREVER to come to me. I couldn't help but open it before I took photos but WHATEVZ I don't think you guys care about packaging anyway but I'll show you..

Infinity Black Cord Bracelet

I've always liked the look of these bracelets but there was no way I was paying like €5 plus another €5 shipping on some jewellery website. I decided to hit ebay and see what I could find.

I loove this bracelet! I've been wearing it none stop since I got it!

Gold Infinity Bracelet €2.45 Ebay.com

Collective Haul

One of my favourite posts/youtube videos to watch is hauls. I think I'm just a nosy person haha.

Sometimes someone will show something that I would love and didn't know was in a certain store so I can add it to my list of things to pick up when I go shopping again!

Tbh I never really go on shopping trips, like I never go to town with a purse full of money with the intention of buying a lot of stuff. That usually only happens around Christmas or my birthday. The rest of the time I just happen to see stuff when I'm wandering around shops and pick things up randomly throughout the month.

This month, I didn't really buy much because I'm trying to save for Christmas (good luck Emma) but I thought I'd show you anyway!

Beauty Haul ft L'Oreal, Gosh & Essence

Just a quick haul of what I've picked up this week. Regular post coming this Sunday! Excuse the photo quality I'm posting this using the blogger app :)

L'oreal Casting Creme Gloss hair dye in 300 Darkest Brown 7.89e.
No7 Protect & Perfect in 10 New Ivory - I saw this on sale for 10.48e down from 20.95e so decided to pick it up, I've used it before in the past so I decided to try it again. I'll let you know how it goes :)
Gosh Instant Tan Gel in Dark - I picked this up for 10.20e to try it out! So again I'll probably do a post on it once I try it out!
Essence Eyebrow Designer Pencil in 02 Brown - This was 1.89e. Bargain! I've used this a few times this week so expect a post on it!
Essence Eyeliner Pen - picked this up for 3.09e because my gel liner was all gone and I wanted to try a liquid liner instead. Again expect a post!
Essence I Heart Rock Gloss Eye Pencil - It was 3 for 2 across all cosmetics at the pharmacy I went to so I just picked this up to try. Originally 1.59e.