Shopping with my mum - Argos, Superdrug and a trip to Burford.

Howdy.
This week I've had a really good week.
I'm having my weekly reflection as I'm getting ready to settle down for the evening before work in the morning.
Now that I've moved out, I spend every Tuesday with my mum and we try and do something a little different.
This Tuesday started with a trip to the tip (standard) and then we drove to Burford, had lunch and then had a little look around the shops.
The only thing I actually bought in Burford was macaroons. I've sparked an obsession.
Seeing Maison Blanc up ahead, I kept nudging my mum and pleading "can we go in? They might have macaroons!"

They set me back £6 for 4 of them, and I actually preferred the ones that I had before, and I could only tell that the orange one was Orange and the beige one was Caramel. Hey ho, they were still enjoyable.

Then we popped into a little shop that sold lots of jams and I got really excited, but I couldn't really justify buying any more jars as I've got to keep up with the jars I currently have.. oops.

Next, we headed to Argos as my mum had to pick up a few things. My mum bought me a cheap hand mixer because I didn't have one, which makes baking SO much easier, and she also bought me a cheap hair dryer because - shock confession - I've never owned my own hair dryer. I always just shared my mums. Now that I've moved out, I don't have anyone to hair-dryer-share with, and I've just been tying my hair up after a shower, leaving it to go into frizz overload, so my mum has saved the day!

The hand mixer cost about £5/6 and the hair dryer was £14.99, not expensive but hopefully they'll last. (My fingers and toes are crossed)

Then we popped into Superdrug (yay for student discount!)

Whilst I was in there, I obviously had to buy the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water, and I also bought a VO5 Dry Shampoo and Heat Protect spray, as well as some more cotton pads. Then, on Friday, I was cheeky and went back and bought some shower gels and the MUA Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter.

I wore this today and really liked it, and a bargain for £3!

Do you have special days out with your mum?

Have you had anything nice bought for you recently?

Let me know!

Renewed baking obsession.

I love to bake.

It's my secret obsession, and yes I feel like Zeke from High School Musical every time I let people know.

Baking really relaxes me, and I don't do it very often any more, so the other day I decided to make some cakes.
I have a great recipe that makes delicious sponge cake, and thought I would adapt it for fairy cakes... however I forgot to change the recipe so we ended up with 30 cakes. You can't have enough cake, right?
I love baking a little too many of whatever I'm making though, because I like people's feedback on my baking!

My lovely boyfriend was my sous-chef, and after the cakes had cooled we decorated them. Half of them were covered in plain icing, and we melted chocolate to spread on the other half. They were yummy if I do say so myself!

Also, I've become obsessed with jam. Eating it, and more recently, the idea of making it. I haven't actually gotten round to making any yet, but I've found this recipe that I'm really excited to try out - so I'll let you know how it goes!

Do you like baking? What's the best thing

you've ever made? Let me know!

Book Journal - for the perfect book review.

On Sunday, I had to take a trip into Oxford for the first day of my new job (how exciting!)

However, I managed to over-estimate how long the bus journey would take..

This left me with about an hour to kill beforehand, so I popped into Costa for a coffee, then wandered the streets a bit. I tried to be nifty with the situation, and didn't go strolling off into any of the shops in which I usually spend all my time and money.

 Instead, I popped into Paperchase. 

Now, I think I've only ever been in this shop once before and I didn't buy anything. I was only really thinking I would buy some new post-it notes - what a thrill(!) - but instead I stumbled across this Book Journal and sort of fell in love, which is a bit strange, I know. 

(I think it's just like the cutest thing ever.)

I've been really wanting to getting into writing book reviews and haven't really had a place to write them, and haven't really had a clue how to organise them, so this is great for that - hurrah! I really like the font on the front cover, and I also think the way 'Paperchase' is positioned on the back - quite small, and not on a sticker/ticket - is lovely.

The front half of the book has 'book reviews' pages on each side of the double page, and in the latter half of the journal, the left side has a 'books to read' title, and the right has a 'books borrowed/lent',

I then decided, firstly because they were only £1, and secondly because I'm a massive child,  to pick up some star stickers so I could give ratings to my book reviews. I then found the journal has a little envelope type pocket at the back, which I've quite happily stored my stickers in!

I managed to get 10% off with my student card, but all in all, I paid £10.80 for a journal  and some stickers, which is quite expensive in my opinion. I do hope to get good use out of this though, and I loved it so much, I just had to buy it!

Have you got a special journal of any sort? What do you think of 

Paperchase? Let me know below!