Christmas (& Boxing Day) Haul ♡

Hello everyone!

I hope everybody had a happy holiday season and a wonderful new year! This post is a little late but I've just found the motivation to make it. I apologize in advance for the not-so-good-quality photos as I took them during the night time with an oddly coloured light so they're kind of all over the place. 

Below are just some of the goodies I received from family for Christmas, and some items I purchased myself at various sales. I am honestly so grateful for every gift that was given to me.

On the left were the things I recieved as presents (excluding the Hello Kitty tights which I purchased myself on the F21 website on Boxing Day and the Hello Kitty stickers that I bought from the dollar store the other day :p). 

All of the presents were from my Mom and her husband which consisted of: a pink fluffy blanket (it's so so so soft), a hello kitty pajama set, hello kitty socks, a new winter coat, EOS lip balm in the flavour (scent?) strawberry, almond hand cream from The Body Shop, hello kitty Tupperware lunch and bag set, and boots that aren't pictured.

On the right of the photo is some things I bought at a boxing day sale! I got everything for $20. The dork sweatshirt was $12, while everything else was only $2 except for the shirt with the girl on it which was only $1! What a bargain.

Here's just a closer look at the Tupperware set and stickers.

Then lastly, I bought these earrings for myself after Christmas. The bow earrings are obviously from Forever 21 and the neat blue earrings are from Suzy Shier. ^-^

So there you have it; a quick post of what I received for Christmas and some Boxing Day deals.

If you celebrated, what did you get for Christmas? I'd love to hear!

With hugs,
Jessica

Petite Dollar Store Haul ♡

Hello lovelies!

Since I'm a student and basically survive off a student loan I don't like spending too much on items, so I really love when the dollar stores around me have cute items for a cheap price. It seems that the dollar stores near me are getting better and better every time I visit them and I never feel guilty when I buy things from there because everything is only between $1-$3, right?! The dollar store I mainly go to is called Dollarama and if you live in Canada you've most likely visited one before. Here's just a little post on what I picked up yesterday when I did a little shopping with a friend.

Firstly, I picked up this Sally Hanson nail polish for $2. The dollar store I went to had so many name brand polishes such as OPI, Nicole by OPI, Loreal, Revlon, and Sally Hanson (duh); probably all discontinued colours that they're trying to get rid of. A couple weeks ago I snagged an OPI colour from their 2011 Muppets Christmas collection called "Excuse Moi" that's a very pretty pink glitter polish for only $3! This colour is called "First Kiss" and it is a peachy pink colour. I swatched a bit of this on some paper and the formula seems really good. It'll probably take only 1-2 coats to be completely opaque.

When I saw this I immediately had to grab it. I'm automatically attracted to anything that has Hello Kitty on it so it's hard for me to resist. It's a cute Christmas ornament filled with little candies and it was only $2! I wish my Christmas tree would stop falling over so I could actually decorate it and add this ornament to it, grrr.

I picked up this pack of pastel cotton thread seen on the left too because I've been wanting to make some cute bracelets! I haven't been motivated yet to do so but I'll probably create a post on my Tumblr when I do to show you guys if I create anything interesting. For 24 pieces (two of each colour) it was only $3. Then my Hello Kitty radar went off when I saw the neat little bundle on the right. It's filled with 25 stickers and 25 temporary tattoos, some being with glitter. It was only $2 so I decided to get it too. See below for what's included!

So that's it for my first mini haul! ^-^ I think I like writing these types of posts. If you like them too please comment here, or even on my Tumblr. I'd also love to know what you guys would like to see more of too!

With hugs,
Jessica