Frugal February - a wishlist.

I decided that this month I would attempt to cut back on my spending and save a bit of extra money. I haven't picked the best of months - my car went in for its MOT tonight, booking a holiday soon, Valentines day [not a big deal to us but we still do little presents] as well as my boyfriend's birthday on the 15th. But it's a shorter month...I can do it, right? And why not just torture myself with a wishlist!?

I have been so close to ordering one of the new Illamasqua Speckle nail polishes. I have a feeling I'll end up giving in, especially as they're limited edition! I'm all over statement necklaces at the moment, this one from Zara is just gorgeous. Another temptation!
I have bought a few more pieces of druzy since making these pieces of jewellery. Yet I still want more. It's just so beautiful!
The main thing I'm saving for right now is a DSLR. I'm trying to keep a little aside each month for this baby. I'm still looking around a bit, but I have heard excellent things about this camera so I'm pretty set on it!

Are you having a Frugal February? What are you currently lusting after?

Lomography media release: Color X-Pro Sunset Strip

This media release from Lomography popped into my inbox today and I just had to share it with you.



Lomography has unveiled the freshest member of its X-Pro family: the Color X-Pro Sunset Strip! If you thought X-Pro was all about blues, greens and reds – load the Sunset Strip in a 35 mm camera and let it take you on a whole new pre-colored experience! The darker the surroundings, the more intense colors Sunset Strip produces. It’s the perfect film for nighthawks, party people and vampires.

Sounds amazing right? There's more...

The Color X-Pro Sunset Strip comes with a unique feature: whilst the center of the film strip was pre-colored, the sprocket holes were not. This triggers an extra quirky style when you pair it up with cameras such as the Sprocket Rocket or the Spinner 360° which expose sprocket holes. Besides the fresh oranges and vibrant blues that will bathe your pictures in colour, the sprocket holes will turn out in a completely different colour to boost your pictures with some added pizazz!





This is already in my basket!

My 'new' camera.

I spotted it in cash converters [of all places] a couple of weeks ago, went on and on about it, then gave in and bought it yesterday...

Canon EOS 1000 SLR film camera [oh hello lovely bottle of disaronno in the background]



I'm in the process of 'researching' this camera, and trying to get to grips with it as it didn't come with any sort of manual! But I'm all for experimenting. My boyfriend said I now have more cameras in my room than anything else - he's probably right. I am thinking of selling my lomography fisheye camera for cheaps, though, if anyone's interested!

I've had a lovely few days off work, and have spent too much money [post on new purchases coming soon]. I'm off out for a meal tonight with my boyfriend and his family. I don't have the money for it, but Ben has told me I don't need to worry about that as he is paying for me. Too lovely :)

Christmas gifts.

I thought I would share some of my Christmas presents. I know I like to be nosey and see what others have got, so thought I would share some of mine! I'm so grateful to all my amazing friends and family, they know me so well. I got some really lovely things - Misfits & Outnumbered boxsets, Queen of Crafts, nail art stuff, smellies, money [always helps], pretty undies, socks, wine....but here are just a few of my favourite gifts.














♥ Lomography Sprocket Rocket camera.
♥ Cupcake maker! One of my favourite gifts from my boyfriend. So excited to use it.
♥ More baking bits! Silicone teacup cupcake moulds, piping bag and nozzles and jumbo silicone cupcake mould!
♥ Love Heart egg cups and cosies. I got these for my bestie for her last birthday and told my boyfriend I really liked them. He took note!
♥ Topshop purse. This was on my wishlist on amazon and I love it.
♥ Fisheye lens for my Diana F+

Has anyone else done a Christmas gift post? Link me to 'em, would love to see!

Lomography Gallery Store

Yesterday the boyfriend and I paid the Lomography Gallery Store a visit. Not Ben's cup of tea if I'm honest, but I really wanted to go, and he's nice so he came with me!

Images taken from the lomography gallery store website

The shop is really cool - it's got a huuuge lomowall - the biggest in the UK, apparently - and you can buy the full range of lomographic products.

One thing I did find annoying is that there wasn't any price tags on anything. When I asked a sales assistant, she told me it was a way to entice people to talk to them. I think it's just a ploy to make people spend more money than they should! I was quite restrained though. I came away with the Lady Grey film and fotoclips. I also got a freebie pack of buttons as I checked in on foursqaure!

After all that excitement, we headed to Nando's for lunch, then a spot of shopping in Covent Garden. I bought one of h&m's £3.99 bodycon skirts in a lovely rusty orange colour and this tee in green from Zara, which I'm in love with! Stopped off at Candy Cakes where Ben treated us to a double chocolate cupcake each, before heading home.

Delish!

The rest of my weekend has been spent watching X Factor [anyone else think Frankie Cocozza is really crap and just looks a mess?], laying in bed and drinking lots of tea, taking photos on my Diana F+ using the instant back and generally slobbing about. That's what Sundays are all about :)

Fisheye camera.

I'm not very well :( I started getting 'the sniffles' last night before I went to bed, then woke up with a full stinking cold this morning! I thought maybe an early morning [try 6.30am] gym session might help sweat it out a bit, but nope. It's not actually as bad as I'm making out, but I'm rarely ill so it seems awful!

I received some post today, which did cheer me up a little! Some of it was Christmas presents [yes, I've started already - spreading the cost!], but I also got my order from lomography and my new lomography camera, which I got for £14 on ebay!

The fisheye!


Looking forward to hopefully having a play over the weekend!

I'm going to run a bath and start reading Danny Wallace's Yes Man again. I read it years ago, and it's hilarious so I decided I must read it again!

Also, the person who gives me my first sale in my new shop will receive a free gift!