They also had a market up and everything, I managed to buy me some kewl new pink shades for only a few bucks. It had a label on it with a number that was significantly higher than what I wound up paying for it. I was even ready to start haggling for price, but then he just said “5 bucks” and I was like “OMG SOLD!”. lol

Another stand had a bunch of jewelry for sale. The guy behind it told me it was 1 uro each or 7 items for 5 euros. Uh.. ok. :) I found a few nice earrings and some necklaces that I needed.

One last stand also had rings, which are kinda hard for me to find as I have very small fingers. I went through one box of rings and found a *really* tiny one. I tried it on my pinky but the ring was too big. :( Then my eye fell on an even smaller ring and lo and behold! It fit! :D Awesome! I always wanted a pinky ring.

All in all I had a great day and I even managed to get my arms sunburnt. :P

In my therapy session we discussed many things and made a ‘road map’ for the following few months that I want to try and start or accomplish. It’s not a very extensive list by any means, just mainly stuff I’ve been putting off due to other circumstances and I need to get started on those. So that’s my current homework.

Upon entering he also complimented me on my nails. :D Which is always nice. Since it had been a while I told him about all the stuff I’ve been up to and how my schedule is going. So I told him I was doing good with that overall though one particular week was not so great and I was a bit depressed during that time as well. I just need to spend some more time on myself, is all.

Overall things were good and I strolled around Amsterdam for a bit afterward. Didn’t really buy anything apart from silver heart shaped earrings and necklace. I was lacking those. :D (Yes, I know I’m an addict). I played with my new phone a lot that we picked up the day before. It’s a Samsung Omnia and it is awesome as you can read on my other blog. :)

So anyway, I got the awesome parmesan oregano bread, full size, toasted, with cheese, chicken teriyaki and lettuce. No oils or sauces, I don’t really like any. It was really good. So good, in fact, that after I ate a whole one of those I got another half one shortly after. Oooh, and Mt. Dew too! :)

Afterward we strolled around the city for a while, not all stores were open but most of the major ones were. We went to the V&D first, as the kid wanted to look for some socks and Sha needed a sports bra for her then upcoming surgery, from which she has just been released from the hospital!

Then on another floor we looked at some (cheap) jewelry (from SIX) and I ‘snatched’ a few things I needed. I finally found a good bracelet; a gold chain with black strap embedded inside of it. Sha handed me another one later that was silvery white. I always have trouble looking for some as I have very small arms/wrists. :)

I also found black and red earrings; dangly ones that I think will go well with a few of my shirts. A purple Y shaped necklace, because I have a lot of purple shirts ‘n stuff, and also a purple flowery bracelet.

Prices from left to right: €4,95 – €6,95 – €3,95 – €6,95 – €4,95

Now I’m still looking for a black or black/red necklace and bracelet, purple earrings and bracelet, a white necklace and earrings, and.. well.. I just like having lots of jewelry. :) Oh and I’m still looking for a small and thin gold watch. I’ve seen a few but I’m still looking.

Dad payed for my jewelry, for which I am ever so grateful, but the shopping spree wasn’t over yet.. We went into a shoe store where we all looked at high boots. I’ve been looking for some for a while now, I have thin legs but I like tight boots so it’s tough sometimes.

In the end all three of us found new boots and again dad was feeling really generous today and payed for all of them. That must’ve hurt his wallet a little. They are really awesome boots though! A perfect fit! :)

I mainly wear the heart-shaped earrings, I like them a lot. They go well with the necklace too, which I wear, like, all the time. :) The long dangly ones are more occasionally worn and the studs (which are the ones that came with the necklace) I wear at night.

Anyway, we spent a good while talking as I was a bit early. I left at 5pm and decided to go shop around a bit. Amsterdam has a ton of neat stores, and you can be sure that in at least half of ‘m there’ll be a sale going on. I was running low on certain make-up so I bought a bunch of stuff: High Volume Waterproof Mascara, liquid eyeliner, lipstick, gloss, nail-polish, etc.. Almost all Maybelline brand and one Rimmel, which got me a dangly thingee for my phone. Too bad it doesn’t have hole to put it on so I gave it to Sha. :P

As I am seriously lacking on proper jewelry to wear I figured I’d look for some of that too. I’m really fond of gold (colored, unless I can afford it) with sparlies! I managed to find 2 sets of earrings, a very long dangly one and a pair of heart shaped studs. All with lots of sparlies of course. Also got myself a necklace, similar to the one I’ve been wearing but in gold. This also has a heart hanging on it, I think it’ll go well with those studs I just got. The necklace also came with 2 small studs, kinda neat. Oh! And I got another pair of earrings, which are kinda heavy, I’ll have to see if I can make some pics tomorrow.

This was all pretty cheap and I got them from various stores, like Nana and Tovli. I checked out Claire’s but didn’t find anything I liked really. I still want my ears pierced again, above my current holes. That way I can wear both studs and danglers at the same time. Or just 2 pairs of studs when I feel lazy. :P

I’ve also been looking for a good pair of low boots for a while now, but I can’t seem to find any that I like (and are affordable), so I didn’t succeed in that department. I did pas a store which had a huge sale going on, all shirts that were on the big table were only 1,99 EURO!! I grabbed a few that seemed good, I figured if they’re too big for me Lynda can wear ‘m. Some of them are really… unusual. Almost 80′s style with zippers and safety pins. They’re kewl tho. :)

That’s it for today, oh except for to say that I went out today with a different foundation. I normally use the Superstay Silky liquid foundation from Maybelline, but I’ve been experimenting with the L’Oreal ‘true match’ liquid one. While it works it certainly does.not.last. At least it was dark by that time. :P Wasn’t a total disaster mind you, but certainly not something that’ll last the day. The Maybelline one lasts for 16 hours. Yet, I do have my eye on another foundation I wanna try. It’s a liquid-creme, also from Maybelline. Maybe I’ll have more luck with that one.

Ok, really done now, lol. TTYL!

- Julie