Mimco Shopping + Outfit of the Day

Hello everyone!
Mimco has 20% off storewide at the moment so I went into the city to meet up with my sister after her exam finished as she had a bag on laybay and wanted to pay it off today so she could get 20% off.

I have my eye on a few pieces of jewellery so I decided to get something today to take advantage of the sale.  So it got....

The Curb Chain bracelet in Matte Black

Better pic sourced from www.mimco.com.au

I really like the Matte Black chain, I think it's just something a bit different!  I have a few other things on my wishlist but I'm not doing great in the finance department so they will have to wait.

I also purchased this ring from Sportsgirl:

I wore this beaded tshirt/top thing from Jeanswest:

Wow, I am super pale in this photo!

Jewellery:

Various e.g. Diva etc.

Bracelet on my left arm is the Mimco Curb Chain.  Bracelet on my right was a Christmas gift from my sister from Etsy.  This is one of my favourite accessories - I wear it all the time!  Will have to get a better pic.

You can also see the mani I did earlier today - I was in a rush so I went with a quick dry polish: Cutex's 60 Seconds Supershine in 038 Galaxy.  It did not dry in 1 minute, let alone 15 minutes!  So it ended up super lumpy and dinted after I zipped up my jeans.

On the way home, we grabbed something to eat at the new German bakery in Melbourne Central.  At first we thought they were just speaking with German accents as part of the act so we were daring each other to say something to the sales assistant in German, but then while they were making my coffee we heard them actually speaking German, so luckily I didn't say anything, otherwise I would have been so embarassed haha!  We have been waiting for this bakery to open for months (or however long they have been renovating it) - I seriously checked to see if it was open almost everytime I was in the city (haha, is that a little bit sad?).  I think this is due to the combination of our German heritage and our love of bakery goods.

Anyway, we tried a salted pretzel, plum and quark pastry (quark is kind of like a cream cheese/curd/yoghurt type dairy product), marzipan pastry and hazelnut triangle (not all at once though, haha!)  They were all yummy!  The pretzels are exactly like the kind you get in Germany.  Here is the website if anyone wants to drool over delicious German baked goods: Lüneburger

We are supposed to be in for wild weather down in Melbourne this weekend! Yikes!!

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Passionflower + After Exams Shopping Fun

My last exam was on Friday morning so after the exams a few friends and I went into the city for lunch.  The original plan was to go home and then go out in the evening, but we all agreed we would be way too tired, having had fairly limited sleep the night before due to late night studying and stressing.

For lunch we just went to a little cafe in Degraves Street.  After lunch we walked up to Passionflower in Bourke Street.  Passionflower is an icecream/dessert cafe and it was freaking amazing!!  It seriously took us almost 20 minutes to decide what we wanted, there were just so many delicious options.  We were thinking about getting two things to share between the four of us but decided to go with "Chocolate Lush" which was like a tasting plate of all the different chocolate desserts: waffles, chocolate fondue with strawberries, tiramisu, chocolate crepes with chocolate mousse filling and three different flavours of chocolate icecream.  I took photos but the Bluetooth on my computer is not working so I can't get them off my phone so you'll just have to imagine a giant plate of chocolatey goodness.  They have a lot of quirky icecream flavours too like avocado, kumquat, black sesame, burnt orange etc.  I think I will be going back there a lot in the summer.

After dessert we decided to go shopping around the city for a bit as well.  We started off having a look at Stella McCartney in Target.  I wanted to have a look at the 7/8 pants as I thought they might be nice for work, but in person I wasn't really a fan.  Plus they were pretty long and I think, due to the turned up hem, I would have to cut them to take them up.  Maybe I'll go back and try them on if they go on sale.

Despite being extremely shopping deprived due to exams and being couped up at home studying (plus having done the Salvos "Buy Nothing New Month" during October), I only purchased five things (plus a magazine for my sister and a new purse for my nanna).

These are the things I purchased:

Denim Skirt from Just Jeans - image sourced from www.justjeans.com.au

T-shirt from Jeans West - image souced from www.jeanswest.com.au

Pleated cami top, also from Jeans West - image sourced from www.jeanswest.com.au

Two rings from Diva

I think the skirt will be a good length for me in summer as I am self conscious about my bare legs but this skirt is long enough (just above the knee) that I won't have to wear leggings underneath which will be good for hot days.  I also had a gift voucher for Just Jeans which was about to expire so it was good to be able to use that up.

I don't wear t-shirts very often but I really liked the print of the t-shirt that I bought.  Plus it is black (like around 80% of my wardrobe).  When I showed my sister the cami top she remarked "Yeah, it's nice, I think I've seen it in your wardrobe before," implying that I already have something exactly like it.  That is probably true, but I like wearing black, I think it suits me.

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