Freebies from Aveda!  For Valentine's.  The cream retailed for $12 and the kit works out to $10.

Gifts from my friend for last year.  So much pretty stuff!

Bunny correction tape:  $2.99

Puppy pencil sharpener:  $1.99

Both @ T&T

I've never seen them sell stationery before.  These were so cute, I couldn't resist!  They were a bit overpriced, but I couldn't find them cheaper online at the time.

Later on I found out that I could have gotten the bunny for about half the price!  Before then I had only seen it for around $5 on ebay.  

They would have been random though...I would have really preferred the pink one:

The white one looks pretty good too.  They only had the yellow and blue ones at that store, but I'll see if the other ones have more stock.

They also had these correction tapes for the same price:

I was pretty tempted by the pig, but the bunny was way cuter.  I love how they can all stand, so they're really like little figures.  Hopefully they'll go on sale, then I'll buy more!

Christmas gifts this year:

Love that box!  I actually picked it out...it was $14.99 at Marshalls, which seemed completely reasonable.  It was even regular price!  They're way more online.

"Paint the town pink" trinket box:  $9.60 @ Michaels (RSP:  $23.99)

Their regular price is such a ripoff!  This was 60% off, which is only 10% more than the half off deal you can get anytime.

I thought it might get to 70% soon, but I liked it so much I had to get it.  I haven't seen this anywhere else, and I thought the price was alright.

If I find more I might pick them up.  They had a lot of neat stuff in their "gifts for her" section, including this floating glitter frame!  I hope that'll still be around when the price goes lower.  They also had some really nice glass trays I might want to get.

Also got a pretty gift from my friend:

Love that pink zebra box!

All Christmas presents that I never got around to posting until now.  I'm happiest about that lalaloopsy girl!  I've wanted them for a long time.

Christmas gifts from a friend!  Anna Sui stuff always have such great packaging.  These are sold at the Bay for $15 each!

Gifts from a friend.  I thought the clutch was supposed to be orange, so this was a nice surprise!  It's actually a blush pink colour.

Benefit - They're real mascara and watt's up highlighter:  free @ Sephora (RSP:  ~$20)

Plus some tattoo samples from burberry.  What an odd idea, but it's presented in a really neat way.

The set from Sephora is their birthday freebie.  They always have such good ones!  This one and last year's were worth about $20 each...what a generous gift!  

They actually offered me last year's again, but I'd rather have a different one, even though I'd use the older one more.

Also got a gift from a friend:



A purse with pearl accents, a pearl necklace, and a cherub figure.  She sure knows what I like!

Black lace teal peplum top 

Hawaiian tropic sunblock

Both gifts from my friend!  The top cost her $11, but I think that was already a sale price.  It's so gorgeous!

The colour is completely wrong in the picture.  It's way more green than blue, a nice teal.

Red corset top:  $5 @ Sirens (RSP:  $25)
Mesh panel leggings:  $1.99 @ Urban Behavior (RSP:  $19.80)
Wool newsboy cap:  $2 @ Urban Planet (RSP:  $12.50)
Silver heart clutch wallet:  $2 @ Urban Planet (RSP:  $12.50)
Purple leopard clutch wallet:  $2 @ Urban Planet (RSP:  $12.50)

Went to see a dear friend today (the last item is a late Christmas present from her!).   What was inside:

After getting so many things for dirt cheap at Winners, I'm always hesitant to pay regular 'sale' prices.  That's why I don't bother to check out mainstream chains most of the time...

Since my friend wanted to go to Sirens, I tagged along-I'm glad I did!  I absolutely fell in love with the above top, I thought it was gorgeous!

They had it in blue and white-the white one was a different style up top (found it kind of ugly) and pretty damaged to boot.

I preferred this style-since I thought red was alright, I ended up getting it.  Definitely didn't see myself getting the blue.

Now I'm hoping I can get the exact same style in white at another location...wish me luck!