'Let's get some shoes!' Sneaker edition

Heyy!

I've bought some sneakers the past week and since I love watching what shoes others have bought, or shoe hauls or whatever you want to call it, I figured I'd share some of my shoes :) I don't have quite as many as a lot of others I've seen online, but according to my friends I have more than enough shoes. And of course they are right, but (yes there's a but), sometimes you need some other shoes right? I wanted a bit more sneakers for work. Not a good enough reason to buy new ones? Oh well... I'm not returning them :D So anyway here goes:

A bit more fancy sneakers. I wanted to try this style out and I like it actually. Very cute and comfy underneath a skirt and they're more casual than sporty. I like them! From Anna Field

I wanted a bit more fancy low sneakers so I opted for these. I think the gold gives them a bit more edge. From Anna Field

I absolutely LOVE this colour! And they are just sporty and easy going so I wanted these to replace some other sneakers I've had for about 5 years... They're in the last picture FYI ;) From Dockers

My tennis shoes! I started tennis again after 6 years and had these for 2 years. I like these more than the 'usual' all white tennis shoes. I like the splash of blue and they're so comfortable. From Sketchers (resistance)

I am supposed to throw these out... They have holes in them and are about 5 years old. But I just can't throw them out. I call these my 'hippie' shoes because of the sparkly 'peace & love' sign on them. From Sketchers. 

I wanted to have a 'rougher' setting for these shoes since they're meant to be outdoorsy and such, so that's why I chose to photograph them outside.

Also if you didn't get the title reference, you should check this old youtube clip:

Breal fashion haul

Hiya!

So I've recently splurged and bought quite a bit of clothes... With (of course) the excuse that I have a job now and thus I need some fancy-er clothes! Not that I would be able to wear everything there, but hey, you have to pay the shipping costs, so if you have more, than the overall costs would be less per item. Yeah... Excuses I tell myself. I guess we all do right? (please tell me I'm not the only one)

These items are all from the brand 'Breal', and I am very happy with how these fit me! There wasn't 1 item I was not happy with, plus I got them all in super sale deals (which makes me so very happy).

Anyway without further ado, the pictures of the items!!

This was one of the items which I though, nice to go to work with and wear with some nice jeans to make it a bit less dressy. You can roll up the sleeves and fasten them with a button, or just leave them long - so versatile! And it sparkles! I love sparkles :D

A little vest, which I wanted to try for the days where you don't know whether you'd be cold or warm. So this I will use for layering. Especially on days where I'd have to run around in combination with working on the computer. And I like the lace detail.

A simple white blouse. What I really like about this one is that behind the buttons there is extra fabric so your bra wouldn't be showing if it pulls a bit. Why don't all blouses have this? I think it's brilliant! 

I don't have anything with these type of rushes and I've been looking at these type of shirts for a while now, so I figured, why not try it out? Plus it's a good shirt for work on warmer days! 

Okay so this is one of those that isn't very easy to wear to work since it sparkles so much! But as I've mentioned before, I love sparkles! The shoulders are cut out as well and in front (which shows as white here) is actually metal, which I think makes a nice detail! It's just so pretty! 

This is a reasonable simple black long sleeve, except that there are red sequins! So depending on what you wear underneath it could be both dressy as casual. Again - the diversity! 

This is my absolute favorite one! A mint green blouse with little metal blocks at the end of the strings which you tie either in a bow (like in the picture) or a simple knot. The sleeves are cut out in a very elegant way! And I've also taken a picture of the lace detail in the back. So pretty!! I absolutely love it!!

This is one of the fun shirts. The print is a silver metallic and the blouse is see-through (rrrrRRrrRr) so you could mix it up with a very bright tank-top underneath. Or just black to make the silver pop more. All depending on what type of look you're going for. The diversity!

This one is a bit more daring and very rock & roll! Which I love as well! But the pink girly part in it makes it more me. I guess I'm a girly rocker :D I tried to capture the sleeves, but that wasn't working out at all, so I'll just explain the detailing there. There's a zipper which you can zip open or keep closed, depending on whether you want to show your shoulders. I would wear it open because that accents the detailing more and makes it more edgy. 

And the pants! I'm always a bit scared of buying pants online, because the size just changes per brand and somehow I always buy them way too big. Which I guess is better than too small, because I have belts and thus the pants will stay up. These pants are very comfortable and just a little big too big - but a belt would be fine, plus this way there is minimum chance of the much dreaded muffin top! Which, I admit, I have with some pants... It's not cool or fun at all. The color of these pants doesn't come across well on the picture, they're more mango-like. while here they look more beige... So add a bit of orange and you'd be closer to the actual color :D 

Naturally when I saw they had scarfs, and in particular, scarfs with those fuzzy balls on them, I really could not say no. I am addicted to scarfs, and is one is so cute! I did lose one of the balls yesterday but (being super lucky) on my way home I found it again! So all is good! (I was very bummed out when I lost it, especially since I only got this order Friday) 

So that's my haul! For my doing this was a huge one! But somehow I feel like I needed it all. I noticed while looking at the pictures there's a color-trend in there... This was not on purpose. But I would 10/10 suggest this brand to everyone! The quality feels good and the size is great. 

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My collection: Born to Shop from Johnson Brothers

The collection 'Born to Shop' from the Johnson Brothers is an absolute favorite of mine. It is very girly, which is obvious since the collection is called 'Born to Shop', it's just very cheeky and I love it! It makes me happy and whenever I have friends over it just adds to the coziness. It does remind me of the 'Blond - Amsterdam' collection here in the Netherlands, but I have to admit, I prefer this one. The graphics here just appeal to me more. Now I've recently ordered a couple more pieces and since these arrived I figured why not share my collection? So here it is! The collection I have as of now! 

A tea set for 1. The text reads: 'A woman is like a tea bag... ...you never know how strong she is until she get into hot water'

A mug which reads: 'Sunshine, friends and laughter always welcome'

One of my favorite mugs which reads: 'Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it'

A mug to which I have a bowl that belongs to it. It reads: 'You'll always be my friend, you know too much' 

The bowl belonging to the mug above.

Even the handle is decorated :D

Mug that reads: 'I'm only as strong as the coffee I drink and the hairspray that I use'

Christmas mug that reads: 'It's all too much, wake me up when it's over' 

I am always looking for more pieces which is not easy since we can't get them here in the Netherlands, so if anyone knows where I can get them or order them, I would love to know :D

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American breakfast

Hola hola!!

So I've been craving Apple Jacks for a long time now. I've been eating them since I was a kid and it has been some kind of nostalgic goody for me. So finally after a year's gone by, I went on this website that sells American food/snacks/drinks/other products. They had a deal where you get free shipping on orders above E30,-. So I splurged and ordered 4 (!!) apple jacks and 1 Hershey's Cookies And Cream cereal which looked yummy and I thought "why not?" I have to get myself to eat breakfast every day and this is a good way to do so. Admittingly the boxes are not cheap as they are in the US, the entire order was around E32,-. But free shipping and 2 days later it arrived!! 

As you see below in a big box with enough protection frizzles around the boxes, and also as a bonus they've added some candy! I really love it when companies add these type of bonus into an order; it always feels like a present within a present to me.

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Office supplies! (Sep 18, 2013)

Hola!!

So as promised my haul from yesterday at the Action and Bruna. The Action didn't have all the stuff I was looking for so on my way to work I knew I also passed a Bruna so got my last items there. Very excited!

So to start with the items from Action:

So there are 2 binders with a surf background. I love love LOVE everything related to surfing, the beach and especially large waves so I had to get these :D These were E0.95 and E0.79

Then a set of 5 pens that all have blue ink that were E0.99. I only had 1 blue inked pen and I don't like writing with black ink. Somehow it makes everything I write look messy... I'm weird I know.

And 2 notebooks. 1 is supposed to close magnetically, but as you can see in the picture... It's not working. Oh well that's what happens when you shop at the Action. Cheap stuff that doesn't always work but at least it's cheap and I can still write in it what it's actually for. Plus I just loved the print :D It was E0.79. The other notebook I loved because of the print of the Eiffel Tower and everything Paris. I will always love France and it will always have a homey feel to me. This one was the most expensive at a staggering *drumroll* E1.39!

Then at the Bruna:

I FINALLY have an agenda. It wasn't cheap (15.50 euro's...) But the only one that had already started so I didn't have to wait until January, and the only one that was small and continued for 18 months. Also it has the entire week on the 1 page and the next page has notes, so you can specify the appointment or whatever thats happening. Then I got my favorite style of pens! I got them in case the set I bought at the Action wouldn't write comfortably, but as it turns out they do write okay. But no pen comes close to these!  It was E6.59 for a package of 14.

Very happy with all this and I have to admit I have already used most of the products.  Now off to being productive!

<3

Steph