predator

Hi lovelies!

Here I am again, relaxed and happy after I had the last five days off. It was SO nice! I was able to go out and have fun by night and spend my time in pyjamas at home by day - this is exactly how I like it. It is so good to just waste your time doing unimportant stuff without having a bad conscience about to-do lists.

It was the first chance in months to really relax, so I listened to audio books, ate junk food, didn't count calories, didn't clean up, didn't care about the laundry - nothing! Just some nice and pure relaxation.

Okay, I admit my apartment looked like a mess and I wasn't happy about another kilo I had gained, BUT it was totally worth it. I had been so stressed about everything before. A long-distance relationship is no walk in the park, plus waiting for the bachelor results and trying to find a weekend job asap was so nerve-wrecking. Luckily everything is fine again now.

I am superhappy because I finally got a weekend job now - one thing less to worry about! I already mentioned the trial shift at a coffee shop the other day and how much I liked it there. Well, it'll be my new hangout for the weekends now, yay! I'll learn how to make coffee and yummy smoothies and frozen shakes and other cool stuff. The colleagues are really nice too and the place is located in a central area of the city where lots of different interesting customers walk in everyday. Also there are of two of the city's best Japanese sushi and ramen places just around the corner which might come in handy after work.

As for the outfit it mostly consists of recent buys. I found the lovely dress and cardi two months ago and knew they would look great together. The bag is also brand new, I bought it yesterday because I had been looking for a spacious black bag for ages and I needed to reward myself for scoring the new job. So it had to be this fringed baby which in my opinion looks supercool! My boyfriend said it reminds him of the Predator - tz tz men...

Until next post,

  

the rooftop wraps around because the sky is just the ground

Ello folks,

how are you? Did you have a nice weekend?

Remember when I was complaining about life getting in the way of my plans in the last post? Well, this time it got in the way big time! Right after posting my last post on Wednesday I headed for my weekly martial arts class - and came back hobbling.

I lost balance when we practiced punch defence, twisted my ankle and fell, then hobbled home. The next day I couldn't walk at all, so I hobbled to the hospital and they found out the right foot is broken.

I never had a broken bone in my life before, so I didn't know how annoying such a cast and crutches are - but damn do these things suck! I'm so looking forward to getting a splint instead next Thursday.

So since Thursday I've been staying at home in my pyjamas, putting my foot up and sipping on chai latte. I've been really lazy (the doc said I shouldn't move unless it's really necessary) and I'm very lucky that Jay is here to help me with all the little daily life things that are so much harder when you can't walk.

Have you ever tried to carry a mug of chai latte from the kitchen to the bedroom jumping? Fun fun fun! Especially when you spill half of it along the way...

The good thing about a broken foot is that you have lots of time to do stuff like editing photos, blogging and browsing. I don't really feel like taking outfit pictures at the moment, but luckily I still had these photos from Wednesday up my sleeve.

When I have to read for my bachelor thesis I like to do it on a cozy little coffee break because my concentration works much better with everyday life sounds around. So Jay and I went to one of my favourite cafés around the corner and treated ourselves with Latte and cake.

I swear I will be so fat when I finish my thesis! We do that all of the time when I have to read. I love our little coffee shop outings, but I already know I'll have to work out more again after he has left for Australia.

But oh well, until then we enjoy our time, so some extra cake is alright I guess.

Nooo I'm totally not trying to sugarcoat the situation here.....not at all! ;)

The outfit is cute and comfy, exactly what I need for these little reading sessions. It includes one of my favourite big cozy cardigans that I got from the Urban Outfitters sale last year. There's just the right amount of wool in it to make it comfy and warm without making my poor sensitive skin feel itchy.

Also these are my new favourite shoes! I bought them on a little trip to Venlo (Netherlands) on New Year's Eve and have been living in them since then. Awesome bargain as they were only 30 €, yippie!

Like them?

See, that's the cake. Who could resist, hm?! Please make me feel good and say "No one!" at this point now. ;)

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

  

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primark day

Hi guys!

On Monday I told you I put up with a 1 hour train ride only to go shopping. Crazy much? I mean I live in Düsseldorf which is said to be one of Germany's fashion cities and I just have to take the tube to the old town to reach all sorts of different shops.
BUT: we don't have Primark here. So I headed over to Gelsenkirchen to visit the first Primark store in our part of Germany here.
It's huge, it's very tidy and it's so cheap. I got so much more stuff than I had gotten at H&M or Zara or Mango for my money! Okay, I admit the clothing mostly doesn't fit me resp. looks awkward on me because it's either too big or too small (why don't they put more spandex in their fabrics?), but I really fell in love with their accessories.




♥ jacket: vero moda ♥ bag: vintage ♥ cardi: gina tricot ♥ shirt & jeans: ♥ belt: topshop via ebay ♥ boots: vintage ♥ hat: accessorize ♥




They offer so many different bags and almost all of them are totally cute! All the lovely prints and colours, I really had a kind of sensory overload. And the scarves and jewelry are so adorable! Kitschy, girly, cute and no piece costs more than 5€. How amazing is that? A big plus was that they still had a sale section so everything there was even cheaper, almost for free. Where else can you get pyjamas for 3€?!







♥ necklace: h&m ♥




Fortunately I had chosen a comfortable casual outfit for this little shopping trip! Actually I had only thought of the train ride and how uncomfortable crowded trains can be and that I needed to wear a loose shirt, a warm cardi (it's cold here, it even started snowing again, yay!) and some jeans. I was even happier about my outfit when I realized how tiresome it was to drag around the huge filled shopping bag in this superheated store ;)
But it was totally worth it because I found so many bargains:



sunglasses: 3€ each, cherry top: 7€


fake suede bag: 9€, cosmetic bag & sunglasses purse: 2€


socks: 1,50€, pyjamas: 3€ (!!!)


belts: none of them more than 3€, floral pants: 5€


What a bargain paradise, seriously. I really want to go there again when their summer collection arrives because I can't wait to see more of all the lovely floral patterns. Maybe I can even lose a few pounds until next time so that I won't be kind of stuck between two sizes anymore. We'll see.

That leads me to the next big plan: after I spent so much money in the sale the last two weeks I've made an important decision. I have a full closet now because of the many nice bargains I found, so it's time to have a shopping break - that's the most reasonable conclusion to me. I own enough clothing now, it's time to prioritize other purchasings.
I have a list of things that I need more than clothing in the back of my head and it's time to mark off some of the points, like for example a new desk chair, a dresser for the bedroom, going to the hairdresser, the Berlin trip next week...

I officially promise to not buy clothing and accessories anymore until March the 6th (because I'll go to a fleamarket that day). The only thing excluded from this shopping ban is a pair of boots that I have on my Ebay watch list and that I'll buy if it doesn't cost more than 10€. Haha, I'm an addict I know... ;)

Have a wonderful day!






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