The Day After Christmas Shopping Haul

Good morning! Today I will share a few of my purchases from December 26, 2013! This is a bit late but better late than never, right? 

I didn't go to a lot of stores...mainly just to the outlet mall (where I purchased a wallet from Kate Spade, which I will reveal in a future post), Kohl's, H&M, and TJ Maxx. I also didn't buy a lot of things! I had to show a lot of self restraint since I spent way too much money during December T^T 

     

H&M Sale Purchases

I went to the mall with my brother and cousin Ivy. I didn't plan on buying anything but whom was I kidding haha. I controlled myself at Forever 21 and didn't buy anything, but H&M was having a "take an additional 50% off all sale items" sale and I could NOT resist. I originally wanted to purchase a whole pile of clothes but somehow narrowed it down to just 2 items.

I bought this cardigan for only $3.50! In my opinion that's an insane deal. I usually stay away from greens and bright colors (my go-to color palette is black, gray, white, and/or navy blue) but since it's the summer time, I thought why not.

This burgundy skirt was $13 (not on sale). The length is perfect; it's not too short and it's not too long. The material is also really nice! 

I spent a long time with my brother in the men's section, so I probably would have ended up buying a ton more stuff if I just stayed in the women's section. I picked out a few things for him and he actually ended up buying them >:D

Hope you enjoyed this haul! Let me know if you already have checked out or plan on checking out H&M's sale section :)

Target, H&M, and JC Penney Haul

*Disclaimer: everything mentioned in this post was purchased with my own money*

A couple of days ago, I went out shopping with my mom. We first went to Target so that I could purchase a white boyfriend cardigan.

Then we went to the mall. I received an email from H&M saying they are currently having a huge sale where you can take an additional 50% off of the red price tag. Knowing that the sale items are usually at a reasonable price, I went in to H&M to take a look. Although the sale section was clearly picked over, I still managed to pick up this mint green sweater for only $3.50.

I then went to pick up my order from JC Penney. A week ago they were offering $5 off any $5+ purchase and I found a beret for exactly $5; since I also had it shipped to the store, shipping was free, thus making the beret completely free. I'm not sure what to do with it though lol I'm not sure if I'll wear it or give it to someone else. 

I love my mint green sweater but I'm not sure what to wear with it :/ Suggestions are welcomed and appreciated!

Recent Purchases Part I

Here are some of the things I purchases within the last few months. I rarely went online shopping, or rather shopping in general, during my first semester of college. However, I still managed to buy a few things that I rather love :)

I bought this infinity scarf at H&M about a week ago. I tried to capture the beautiful color but it was actually rather hard to do so haha. In reality it's more of a burgundy color; I'm not sure why it looks so purple in this picture :( I only paid $3 for this because I received a $10 H&M giftcard via the iPhone app Wrapp, so I thought it was quite the bargain. I later realized it actually belongs to the mens department, but it fits me well so no complaints!

I'm almost out of my Lioele Beyond the Solution BB Cream, and since I love it so much I decided to order it once again from eBay. I've read that there are sadly a lot of eBay sellers who sell fake cosmetics online, but I made sure the seller had at least 97% positive feedback and read through the reviews for those who ordered this product to make sure that it wasn't fake. On another note, I can't get over how cute Lioele's packaging is in general!

LOL Yes, this is pepper spray! During the month of December I received a lot of texts from my school's Crime Alert system; apparently a few students were getting mugged at gunpoint :/  I got a little paranoid and immediately went on Amazon to buy pepper spray; I also learned some self-defense techniques haha.

Forever 21 offered free shipping around the week of Thanksgiving and so I bought this super pretty key ring.  I have only recently started to begin wearing accessories again....I have too many rings and earrings as it is but I figured one more wouldn't hurt :P

I had a mystery coupon (valued at 20%, 30%, or 40% off) to Bath and Body Works and so I picked up these shea-infused socks. My mom really liked the pair that I got her last Christmas so I bought her yet another one this year. Luckily my coupon was valued at 40% off so I think I paid around $4 for this.

I received a $10 off any $10 purchase to Victoria's Secret during the beginning of November but wasn't able to use it until I came back home for winter break. The hand sanitizers for 3 for $5 and the hand cream was originally $6 but on sale for $5, and so I ended up getting everything for free :)

Okay...I confess...I actually don't remember if this was a recent purchase. I don't remember if I even already shared this purchase on my blog before! I think it was recent though. In any case, this arrow bracelet is from Forever 21. I believe it was only $3-4. I usually never wear bracelets but I thought this was too cute to pass up.

For those who have been following my blog for a while, you would know that I love My Beauty Diary masks. I ordered the MBD Arbutin Whitening Mask as an attempt to subtly whiten my skin. Unfortunately, I don't like it that much as I feel like it is kind of irritating my skin :/

For whatever reason I started obsessing over Miyazaki films once again in December. I say "once again" because while I have always loved Miyazaki films, I have realized that I would sometimes have these periods of time in which I would watch all the Miyazaki films I could possibly watch in one night, draw/paint scenes from Miyazaki films, listening to the songs from Miyazaki films, etc. Upon doing some random google searches related to Miyazaki films (how many times do you think I'll mention "Miyazaki films" in this paragraph hehe) I realized that there are ART BOOKS for most of the Miyazaki films! They are usually priced at around $35 per book but Amazon sells them each for around $20. I immediately ordered the at books for Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle...and they're absolutely GORGEOUS.

The picture above honestly does NOT do the book any justice. The prints are breath taking and it's so interesting reading the commentary and all the different things that go into making each Miyazaki film. Best of all, my brother actually bought me the art book for Kiki's Delivery Service as a Christmas present :)

This is it for Recent Purchases Part I! Part II will be up in a few days or so.

By the way, if you can't tell, I haven't figured out my Canon t4i yet -_- I also don't have Photoshop anymore, which is so annoying because I can't edit my pictures to fix bad lightning and to fix the colors anymore. I can still adjust brightness/contrast but honestly, that doesn't cut it. The contrast for some of the pictures might end up looking very harsh on your monitors (for me it's okay)....so please forgive the subpar quality of the photos!