Sydney Shopper

Apologies for the delay in blogging! I know I should post up my Hello Kitty showbag images from three weeks ago but I misplaced the images and as it is 10pm, really can't be bothered re-taking them at the moment.

So, I'll fill you in about the shopping I did in SYDNEY!

Our hotel was near Chinatown and Paddy's markets = guaranteed cheap Hello Kitty goodies!

Sticker Book x3 - 3 for $5

I was in desperate need of a new sticker book, my old one's running out. Why do I need stickers, you say? As if my pink folders aren't scary enough, they need to be covered in Hello Kitty. Same with my friends' stuff. You shouldn't be around me when I have my sticker book. Or now, books.

Playing Cards - $2

My last set of playing cards featured the cast of Meteor Garden. The cast of Meteor Garden = F4. Now when you play cards with me, instead of looking at Vanness Wu's sexy figure, you can look at Hello Kitty.

Bath Mat - $15

Yeah, it's a 'bath' mat, but I chucked it in my room. At least I'll be prepared for when I have my own place. I managed to haggle this down from $18 to $15 because the whole stand was HELLO KITTY! And I looked at the mat like a kid in a candy store. The nice woman asked if I really wanted it, and agreed to give it to me for $3 less :)

MAC Concealer - $10

Go ahead. Doubt the authenticity of this item. Because I know I do, HAHA! But it was $10 and makes a nifty addition to my collection.

Pillow Case - $6

Why NOT buy a pillow case? I had to add another pillow to my bed setting just to display my pillow case, bringing my pillow total to 7.

Drink Bottle - $6

While in Sydney, my friend had to go visit the gift fair so we all tagged along. It's where businesses order their products, so everything was at wholesale price. I got my friend to bring this back for me but it broke in her luggage :( Still, cute hey?

Phone Charms - 200 points

I love going to arcades interstate (because lame Adelaide doesn't have one anymore) and spending my nights gaming away :) Due to my slight gambling addiction, I always play the Deal or No Deal arcade game. The first time I ever played it was with my boyfriend (before we started dating) and due to beginners luck (or something else), I played until the end and opened my case to reveal 200 POINTS! - the maximum you can win in the game. I played it twice in Sydney - $3 per game. I won 5 points from my first try. For my second try, I picked my lucky number - 8. When it got down to crunch time, I was left with the 20 point case, the 200 point case or a 110 point deal. For me, NO DEAL! = 200 points :) I went to the counter to exchange my points for prizes and the guy pointed at the shelf with 200 point prizes. I thought I'd grab a Mario keyring for my boyfriend, until I looked at the shelf below and spotted a bunch of Hello Kitty phone charms for 50 points each .. my inner Hello Kitty lover took over and I walked away with 4 phone charms. YAY! The Mario keyring was ugly anyway =P

Plastic Curtain - $16

This is my THIRD ONE! I've owned two of these in the past, both the same design, both broken. Figured it was time to get a new and different design. I paid over $30 for the ones I got here in Adelaide, I found these in Morning Glory in Sydney for half the price! It was such a hassle bringing back but it was so cheap!


I'll end this blog with an image of my breakfast ..


Yes, it's a Krispy Kreme doughtnut. We don't have them in Adelaide :)

Additions to the MAC family

Proudly presenting ..

MAC x Hello Kitty MASCARA & EYELINER!

I doubt it's authenticity for some reason. When the MAC x Hello Kitty collection was released, I jumped straight onto eBay and the MAC website to check it out. I'm not sure about the website, but I'm about 80% sure I don't remember seeing the mascara/eyeliner ANYWHERE on eBay. Same with stores, I checked some department stores here and interstate and don't recall any eyeliner/mascara. It's only started popping up on my eBay searches recently, hence I have good reason to believe it may be a fake. But there's so many sellers offering it on eBay, who knows!

I picked this up at an insane 'buy it now' price on eBay, $15.99 + free postage!

Anyway, fake or not (it looks 95% real), it's an awesome addition to my little MAC family :)

MAC Hello Kitty Lip Gloss

Guess what finally came in! Yep .. the MAC Hello Kitty lip gloss I ordered from eBay last week. Great timing too, the mail came just before I left for a full-on day at uni yesterday.



As I mentioned, these were a BARGAIN! The cheapest I've seen these glosses go for on eBay. I initially ordered the pink and white but before posting, the seller checked and messaged me saying the white one had leaked and it was the last in stock. So, I picked out the red-orange one .. it smells like oranges.

Hopefully more to come, when I have the money :)

Hunt for MAC comes to a happy end

Yes, you read it .. after many painful months of trying to get my paws on a MAC x Hello Kitty item, other than my shopper tote, I have finally succeeded.

Presenting ..

MAC X HELLO KITTY: 'Too Dolly' eyeshadow quad

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!

*breathes*

I got it in David Jones, Melbourne when I was there a few weeks back. I could've easily got it in Myer or David Jones here, but, well .. here's the story:

Me: Ooh, MAC! I wonder if they still have the Hello Kitty collection *wanders over*
*eyes light up at the sight of MAC x Hello Kitty eyeshadow*
Me: So pretty ..
Boyfriend: Do you want it? *pulls money out of wallet*
Me: @________________o"? What? NOOOO. I can get it in Adelaide
Boyfriend: I know you want it
Me: Noooo save it so we can shop for clothes or something
Boyfriend: ...
Me: I DON'T WANT IT!
Sales chick: I wish my boyfriend pulled out money every time I wanted something
Boyfriend: Just get it, I know it'll make you happy
Me: *going red*
*ends up buying the 'Too Dolly' eyeshadow quad, $85*
Sales chick: *hands me bag* you have a really great boyfriend

Ahh, indeed I do :)


Anyways, during my many hours of procrastination tonight and eBaying while I should be doing assignments, I wound up searching for MAC x Hello Kitty and made 2 impulse purchases of their lip gloss - a white/clear one and a pink/purple shade for the low, low price of AU$8.99!

Recommend go searching it up, it's a bargain for MAC products! Located in Melbourne too so postage should be quick, I'll blog about it when I receive them :)

Update - still hunting for MAC

The Hello Kitty toy I received from my boyfriend for Valentine's Day =D

It's been a while since I posted on here so it's time for a little update.


THE HUNT FOR MAC GOODIES

In a previous blog I mentioned the MAC x Hello Kitty collection. Well surprise surprise .. I found it in stores!


I don't know why it took me so long to find out we had it, when you enter Myer the sign is right in front! But I don't shop much in the city anymore.

I googled over the collection for a good 10 minutes then finally went to ask the sales assistant about the lip conditioner. I had ordered some from eBay a few days prior for $28US (around $42AUD). She said it was $35 but it was SOLD OUT! I asked if they were getting any more, dumb question because it's a limited edition collection.

I tested the eyeshadow and it's so .. SMOOTH! I only put a little bit on and it covered my whole eyelid in this soft, smooth shade of green *faints*

Anyways, I went to another department store, David Jones, yesterday and found out they also sold the Hello Kitty collection (they didn't when I checked a few weeks back). On some of the tester items there were stickers that said 'SOLD OUT' and unfortunately it was on the 'Pink Fish' lip conditioner I wanted. ARGH! There's two colours, Pink Fish - it's a light pink - and Popster, a sort of flamingo red. One of the pressed powders was also sold out. I doubt if I brought that I'd ever use it because of the Hello Kitty face engraved into the powder. I wouldn't ever touch that.


I guess I'll have to resort to paying for the item I won on eBay. I'm kinda waiting for the USD/AUD exchage rate to improve, currently $1AU buys 70US cents .. sigh.

Hello Kitty x MAC Bag

Kick-starting this blog with a little something I received today in the mail:

Hello Kitty x MAC shopper bag
Location: USA
Price: roughly $37AU
Ordered from eBay.

To be honest, I'm kind of disappointed. The material is very thin and paper-like, I was expecting something a bit thicker and thought it was maybe a canvas-like material lined with plastic. I feel kind of ripped off, spending almost $40 on this.

I purchased it too soon, when I heard of the limited edition MAC collection I immediately jumped onto eBay and got the bag. It's going for around $25AU on eBay now. Sigh.

I doubt I can find much use for it, it's not very strong so there goes the uni bag idea.

Makes me want to get back on eBay and purchase a more worthwhile item (perhaps the 22-piece MAC x Hello Kitty cosmetic set that went for $900+AU?).

Then again, I'm always trying to acquire items that no one else has. I doubt many people in Adelaide would have this bag. I mean I won't take it out, but yeah.

Anyway, while surfing Kitty Hell, I came across this MAC x Hello Kitty Collection advertisement. Enjoy.