Saturday, April 10, 2010

BEDA #10 - Shopping Kryptonite



(Photo found here)

Shopping? What's that? I don't think I've ever heard that word in my life.

Juuuuuust kiddiiiiiiing. Of course I have. It's music to my ears. Ahh, shopping, such a lovely experience and pastime. Yesterday I had that wonderful fresh air that is shopping. Unfortunately, it isn't much fresh air for my bank account. I love buying all sorts of stuff, especially books, DVDs, makeup, clothes and accessories.

Mango, Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Cortefiel, Roxy, H&M, Friday's Project, Stradivarius, Accessorize, Claire's, Oysho, Women's Secret are some of the clothes stores and brands I really, really love (which I think are all European. Speaking of European stores, when is TopShop going to open here?!). And the expensive ones which I can't really have (except for those really special, incredibly lucky days) are Tommy Hilfiger, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, See by Chloé, Burberry, Marc Jacobs, etc, etc, etc.

My favorite store is Fnac. A french store which has books, DVDs, CDs, hardware, software, everything. I could spend hours there, I'd always have something to read, watch or listen. Kind of like Virgin Records, but with a bit more stock and products.

I love, love, love, love Ikea. And Starbucks - it can be considered a store, especially with my love for their mugs. And The Body Shop and Sephora.

I'm seriously worried about my bank account in the future. I admit I'm very materialistic, but things do make me happy. Since when doesn't a little strappy dress or a good book put a smile on your face? Money shouldn't exist. Things should just be given to us for free, I'd be much happier.

Portugal has huuuuge shopping malls. Seriously, huge. Whenever I go to those really enormous ones I get so excited! I'd love to go to 5th Avenue in New York, to the Champs-Élysées in Paris (went there last year), to Milan and London and actually buy stuff. Lots of stuff. And not be looking at the price tags with that little pain in my heart. I bought this dress yesterday and I love it, it's from H&M's Garden Collection. I bought another one but I can't seem to find it online. What are your recent buys?
Until tomorrow!

Bisou, bisou *

2 comments:

  1. Fnac sounds amazing! I wish we had that. I like a lot of the shops you mentioned, esp Zara and H&M.

    What's your drink at Starbucks?

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  2. you are so lucky. we have like NOTHING HERE.

    failure.

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