Things a girl needs

So, today I went shopping for a purse. A classic purse, a functional purse. My old one is beginning to get annoying as a zipper has broken. The criteria for my new purse was as follows:

1. Black
2. Shoulder strap
3. Large enough for wallet/keys/phone but not so big I lose stuff in it (like with my current one where the only way to get to the phone in time when it rings is to find a convenient table and tip the bag upside down at the sound of the first ring)

This is what I came home with:

Well, it's not black, has chain-straps that just barely can get past my wrist and will fit my phone and my keys, but not my wallet. Two thirds out of three?

[Yes, the keys WILL fit, dangit!]

However, you HAVE to agree, it get's 10/10 for looks? =)
(AND - I doubt I'll lose my phone in it *grin*)

So what say ye?
Good buy - or bad?
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cloaking it

In preparation for the fancy dress party I was going to last weekend, themed "The Beautiful and the Damned" I found the perfect cloak.
Unfortunately I didn't actually get to wear it, as I ended up staying home with my killer flu - so now I have to figure out some other brilliant time for this fabulous garment!

Yeah yeah, catching up

Hmm , let's see.

Since I last wrote I've bought:
Assorted books, including the "Atkins for life" book that I pictured below. Also an almanac and the last book of the Valhalla series, "Saga of Valhalla" by Johanne Hildebrand. I don't know if it's been translated, but it's an EXCELLENT series.

I bought 2 plane tickets, one to Stockholm for last weekend and one to Iceland for this summer.

Some gorgeous make-up from Noeba. Some for me and some not for me.
A wonderful double-bubble as a birthday gift for a very special lady, and a single bubble of sparkling gold along with a golden eyeliner for yours truly (that would be ME!)

A gorgeous flowery series from I*Me*My consisting of a necklace, a pair of earrings and a nice big ring. Very nice, very "Pilgrimmy".

I'm sure there's been more, but as catching up goes, this will have to do. Yesterday I had a field-day at my local favourite second hand shop - but I'll cover that in a separate post.
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Spontaneous Shopping

Yesterday, as I was looking for a bag for my new skis (lovelovelovelove) I just happened to slip in to H&M, which was right next door to the ski shop. I was just going to walk right through it, to go out the back door that leads to a stairway very near my home.

However, at H&M they were in the final throes of the new years sale. So as I strolled through the shop I saw bargain after bargain, and I just couldn't help myself. It really was DIRT cheap! So, this is what I left the shop with:

• 1 copper cotton scarf
• 2 copper lace hot pants
• 1 copper hair band
• a bunch of gold bands
• 1 leopard hair cover (I think to use it as a face mask when skiing)
• 1 gold and brown belt
• 1 blue and white ski-cap
• 1 silver and white really fluffy warm scarf
• 2 silver and black hair bands
• finally a black velvet choker with a silver pendant (actually bought at Kicks, 5 minutes later)
  

All of this put me back just over SEK 300. Now really, that WAS a bargain, no?
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Not very humble, no

Of course, an incredibly comfortable but rather dull helmet needs an accessory that evens the score? Thus, along came the Golden Goggles:

Bought at Udéns Sport at the same time as the helmet (and some other stuff, 1 1/2 weeks ago) these babies put me back SEK 1199. Which at the time felt like a great deal, as they had cost 1599 earlier that month, Yeah, calling that a bargain that makes a GREAT deal of sense, doesn't it?


Still, one has to admit, they bring the dull helmet to a completely other dimension. Also, on the plus side, they are very good goggles - dual lense with an anti fog system that really works. Also, they are very comfortable on a womans face and fit the top of the helmet perfectly (see picture below) which means the face stays warm. This trip that was particularly important. it was freezing.

Darkening factor is 3 (out of 4) so when visibility is low it gets difficult to see the slope. However, when the sun is shining, or it's just not snowing, it's the perfect blend.

On the down-side, the inner coating is ridiculously sensitive. Not cool factor1: I had some water on the inner lens freeze to ice, and as i tried to remove these ice-specks with my fingers I ended up scratching the entire inner lens. Not cool!

Not cool factor2: Also, once scratched, visibility drops markedly, causing me to ski with them on the helmet whenever possible. Not cool!

This will be an opportunity for Udéns Sport to earn brownie-points or hate-points, depending on how they treat me when I take them back. I want a replacement lens, dangit!

• Functionality: Until scratched they were really good. A bit on the dark side but doing everything a pair of high-end goggles should. A comfortable, snug fit and no glare. The fact that they scratch so easily drops the rating a bit and we land on 6/10
  
• Price: The are currently marked down, from SEK 1599 to.. 1199. This is not a fantastic price for goggles, gold or not. 4/10
  
• Looks/coolfactor: This is where they rule. They are über-cool. The queen of ski goggles. 9,5/10
  
• Overall Rating: 7/10.

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