Burrminghum

Today I broke my must-not-make-any-impulse-purchases pact in Birmingham. It's not often I get a Saturday off so it's always fun to go out and investigate the more pushy/shovey side of shopping life which happens to fall on a weekend. I made the mistake of going to Muji. Every time I visit this shop I make complaining noises about how against mass production and overpriced designer items I am, yet still every time I find something to buy. I've been eyeing up a stamp set there for some time, lucky for me and my bank balance they hadn't got any, so I settled for a little fine line pen in purple.

I also made the mistake of saying, "oh hey let's go to Selfridges, you know, just to look around". I bought a jar of Fluff and a couple of boxes of Hello Panda biscuits in strawberry and chocolate. I also discovered an entire stationary section with owls on everything which was just proof that retailers see me coming from a mile off. I bought a notebook (of which I have almost an entire bookshelf worth) and a set of stickers (I love stickers, I have piles of them).



I also (again) made the mistake of walking into the Bullring. One of the stores had an entire window devoted to the promotion of Gwen Stefani's new fragrance line from her Harajuku Lovers brand. There are 5 little bottles with a little plastic dolls as a lid. They are all very different fragrances which seem to really reflect the personas of the doll. One is Gwen and the other four are her dancers Love, Angel, Music and Baby. I chose Love. It's a nice smell, sort of fruity and flowery at the same time. I want Music now. Lucky for me these are only around £12 a bottle!

All in all I only spend around £25 on random purchases, none of which I have regretted, so maybe I'm getting better at this? If only there weren't so many things I want!