I is for Impulsive

I don’t like making decisions.  I often find myself answering questions with questions.  It’s like I’ll ask someone if my opinion is correct.

It's actually pink

Sometimes I make statements with questions too.

My BFFs

So I’m dreadful at making decisions and having opinions.  The thing I have found though, is that when I’m alone I’m really quite impulsive.

Like, when I’m shopping with a friend I can’t for the life of me find anything I want to buy, when I’m by myself it’s a whole nother story!

How did I live without this sparkly dragon?

A couple of months ago I was driving down the road when a magpie swooped in front of me and I hit him with the bonnet of my car.  I had no idea what to do, so I got out of my car, picked the poor bird up, put him on my passenger seat and started driving.  

All was well for about 30 seconds, when I think both of us were still a bit shell shocked. Then he started singing, as if to say “alright, I’m good, you can let me out now”, but I was already on a main road on the way to the vet.  That’s when he started flying.  In my car.  While I was driving. 

It was then I realised I hadn't made the smartest decision.

Through the screaming and wild flapping we did eventually make it to the vet. The bird made a bit of a mess of my car, but I made a bit of a mess of his body, so I think we’re even.  I called the vet a few days later and they said he was in rehab. Or something. The important thing is that we survived.

So, a few weeks after that I was in the car with a friend when something flapped across the windshield. She thought she hit a bird but just kept driving on. I was astounded! Is that what you’re supposed to do? What is the protocol for involuntary birdslaughter? (And don’t worry dear reader - It turned out to not be a bird on this occasion, just another passengers’ wallet that was perched on the bonnet before we started driving. The funny thing is that if we'd have stopped we might've retrieved her wallet.  Funny tragic - not funny haha.)

Anyway, it is funny (haha) how reserved I am around other people and how uninhibited I am by myself.  I once heard that if you watched someone when they think they’re alone you can’t help but fall in love with that person.  I think that’s a beautiful idea.  Who are we when we’re just going about our business?  Are we different?  

I know that I am different.  I’m slowly slowly learning to let other people see my weirdness. Mostly when I'm blogging alone.  Well done.

H is for Hauls

I have a confession.  I love watching clothing haul/try-on videos on YouTube. It's a weird voyeuristic pleasure, I love seeing other people snap up bargains. I like to think this is a type of altruism but I think it's just some sort of vicarious frugality.

Over March I was very spendy.  I think I spent about 150% of my income, so I thought to myself I should let the world bear witness to my over-indulgence and maybe this won't happen again.  I'm delusional like that :)

Here we go, Sam's March haul blog!

I picked up this really cute maxi skirt at the Queanbeyan Salvos for $3.50. It has pockets!

'Coz I got one hand in my pocket, and the other ones taking a selfie

These plaid Victoria's Secret pyjama pants - $2.50 from the Jamison Salvos.  I used to be really thingy about buying sleepwear at op-shops, but really they're just clothes. These particular sleep clothes have pockets for all the things I need to take to bed with me.

Who wore it better? Sam or the super hot VS model?

I'm actually really into pyjamas at the moment. So I bought a lot of them! These blue oxox pyjama pants came from Kmart for $7, along with the light blue singlet top for $1.

I think of them as oxox hugs and kisses, rather than oxox naughts and crosses

The pink cat face pyjama pants came from Best & Less for $8, and the long sleeved black top was from Kmart for $4. The super cute cat-face socks are a Target number that came in a 3 pack for $6.

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These very fancy panda pyjama pants came from the Jamison Salvos, they're Emerson brand, which means they're a Big W original! Scored them for $7, and the stripey tshirt was from Kmart, for $4.

Just being casual in my room.  So casual.

I bought 2 floral print tops.  The one that says "BOYS" really spoke to me on a deep spiritual level. The blue one was from Big W for $3, the BOYS top was from the Woden Salvos for $2.50

I just can't wear it in public. Ever.

I got a dressing gown!  I legit love this dressing gown (and the slippers).  Dressing gown was $20 from Best & Less, the slippers were $15 from Kmart.  This might be the most expensive "outfit" posted on here.

It even has a hood! Now my hair can stay warm too!

I bought a very oversized tshirt from Kmart for $7. It says my tribe and I thought it was really cute, even though it's about 4 sizes too big for me.  I got the emoji tshirt from Big W for $5. The emoji shirt is only 1 size too big.

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I got this Simply Vera floral sleeveless top from Jamison Salvos for just $1.75.  On a side note - I lost 6kgs recently and my work pants are starting to get baggy.  Nice!

❤️ Thank you Keto ❤️

I love shoes!  I love sparkles!  I got myself a couple of new shiny shoes.  The Converse were from the Jamison Salvos for $12, the rose gold laceless shoes were $15 from Target, the ballet flats were $12 and the oil-spill-esque shoes were $15 - both from Big W.

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I got two jumpers from the Tuggeranong Salvos.  The very fancy bling jumper was $7 and the less fancy jumper was also $7.

💎 Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got 💎

I got this very cute Emerson (once again a Big W score) jumper from Salvos in Mitchell for $5. I love the cute bow detail on the back of it!

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I bought a few other things but I've run out of steam.  This was self indulgent but fun! I'll be back :)