So on Tuesday myself and my friend Chloe went to Westfield, Stratford. This was mainly so Chloe could get her winter wardrobe, and some back to school essentials, and as I have recently got clothes, I decided to spend my money on my other great weakness... stationery. I mean, if you want to get technical, I pretty much had to buy it, because school requires you to have equipment and if you are going to buy pens and pencils and all of that jazz, you may as well make sure they look cute!
In preparation for my trip, I packed my new Kanken full of shopping essentials which included my phone, purse, oyster card, a hoody in case I got cold, some clothes I was returning to forever 21, along with the receipts, my keys, sunglasses and my camera, which I took along as I needed to replace it's batteries.
So once we arrived at Westfield, we returned our clothes and immediately rushed into Smiggle. Smiggle arrived in the UK all the way from Australia in January, and it is one of the cutest/coolest stationery brands out there. I got a set of pastel gel pens, firstly because I needed some nice coloured pens, and secondly, more importantly, they were pastel. Pastel is beyond amazing, and I really love pastel shades, so I fell head over heels for these gel pens, they are also scented, an added bonus. I also got a purple four-colour-pen, as I love only needing to have one pen out at a time, and I liked the fact it was purple, unlike most boring white quad-colour-pens.
We then ended up in Paperchase, and I haven't bought anything from Paperchase in a long time, but me and Chloe got a tad carried away and I came away with sticky notes, and three wonderful pens. I thought the sticky notes were both pretty and practical, and that combo is always a winner for me. They were also reasonably priced, so I bought them, and they look very nice on my desk, I must say. Onto the pens... the first pen I picked up was the Uniball pen. I have had this pen before, and I love it. It is smooth, pleasant to write with and the ink is fast drying. They are also perfect for doodling with - but shh, don't tell my teachers. Next up is the Gelly Roll pen, which I was drawn to (geddit?) when I saw my friend testing it out. I really liked the colour and when I tried writing with it, it was so smooth and bright I had to buy it, I think this will be my go-to pen if I want to brighten up my books. Finally, I got this small black pen by Pilot. I got this as I love keeping pens in/on(?) my shirt pocket, and this one looked to be the perfect size to just slip onto/into my shirt pocket. I think it is a very practical ballpoint pen, and I thought it would be nice to have around.
Finally, I went to WHSmith's where I picked up a ruler that folds, so it will fit in my pencilcase, a set of four Sharpie highlighters and a purple Paper Mate mechanical pencil. Notice a purple theme going on? I obviously needed a ruler, and I thought the highlighters were nice because they were slim and sleek, different to the usual chunky stout highlighters I normally use, and I also am maybe a tad brand bias. I really liked the pencil, because despite the fact that I despise writing in pencil, we often need to have one, and the lead in this one is quite thick so it is nice to write with, it also has a working rubber, which is an added plus.
So that's it for my stationery haul, but I thought I would throw in this photo of these tiny earrings I forgot to include in my Forever 21 haul - I also forgot to include my khaki hoodie, but I didn't get a photo of that. But pretty much , I think these earrings are very cute/sassy/me, so I buy'ded them.
That's all for now folks,
Amy xx
P.S: Please listen to Full Circle by Half Moon Run. You won't regret it.
