I remember as a young girl, staring into the windows of shops and letting myself be drawn into the world of the window display; the classic little black dresses of Chanel, the uniqueness of Alexander McQueen and the stunning yet still elegant shoes and handbags of Jimmy Choo. My Mum and I always said that if we had more money we’d spend it solely on Jimmy Choo, Chanel and possibly Prada. But now there are so many fakes of every designer you could possibly think of, and some of them are very real looking, why should people still feel the need to spend so much money when they can spend barely anything?

Maybe it’s the shopping experience; entering the shop knowing that even though the shop assistants might be giving you dirty looks that you can afford to buy a bag, dress, pair of shoes, the VIP treatment you receive, the touch, smell, look of the item, the perfectly packaged tissue paper and silk satin ribbon and the feeling of leaving the shop swinging that famous logoed bag by your side. However, I decided to do it the easier way when I randomly received a free amount of money after my flights to Dubai were ‘messed’ up (they weren’t but no matter how many times I tried to tell them it just wouldn’t go through). Online shopping. With it comes fastness and easiness but it loses the whole shopping experience that my friend pointed out is the main point of designer shopping. Open Firefox, Google, Jimmy Choo, Search, and Click and enter into an online word of beauty and fashion at some of its best.

I have always been a fan of Jimmy Choo, starting with my 18th birthday when I desperately wanted a pair of very high pink leopard print shoes that I saw every time I passed the shop window, I thought it was fate, a relationship meant to last forever, but in the end I decided to go with several items from TopShop over a pair of shoes I would probably only keep for show. My second experience with Jimmy Choo was a little different seeing as I am a sucker for sales, well if I’m going to start confessing all my sins I’m probably a shopaholic but that’s a story for another day. Moving on, as soon as I clicked on sale items I knew that was it as I saw items marked down to affordable prices with some having massive drops from their original prices. As I scrolled down the page in wonder I saw it! Yes it, the Jimmy Choo that I was meant to have a life long relationship with, fate had definitely spoken for me and the limited edition 25% of the profit going to the Elton John Aids foundation Pep Zulu wallet/clutch bag. I instantly fell in love with the union jack in the corner, the studs, the rock ‘n’ roll badges on the back, the shininess – it was everything I could possibly want in a little bag and more.

I’ve always been a fan of bags and own an awful lot including a Swarovski crystal environmentally friendly bag made out of old car parts and recycled objects decorated in champagne glasses with the quote ‘I get a kick out of champagne’ scrawled across it, a Paparazzi clutch which is meant to look like it is made out of the front page of a rolled up magazine, a numerous assortment of Guess bags, a massive leopard print River Island clutch that will fit everything and anything in it are among the favourites. Now I cannot wait to add my latest edition when it arrives, although I think I’ll be keeping this one for special occasions only!





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Searching for Mr. Right. . .

That perfect couple. That perfect relationship. Everyone is jealous of the first but still endlessly looking for the latter. When does that first couple of months of bliss turn into an ever growing relationship or a dead end no hoper where neither person really knows how to let go? I’m beginning to think that I will possibly always be a little bit unlucky in love and finding that special bond with someone that will turn into that ‘perfect’ relationship that all us girls dream about. I tend to get a four or five monther (that’s where the barrier usually falls) who then decides that they are not ready or don’t have time for or simply don’t want a relationship. Then 2 months later, bang, Facebook status update – ‘blah blah and blah blah are now in a relationship’ (big fat red in your face heart). Where did it all go wrong for me and right for another girl, what did she do differently? We can ask ourselves these questions over and over again but the best thing to do is to pick ourselves up and move steadily on to the next suitor.

‘Tough Love’ is an American reality television series where matchmaker Steven Ward and his mother Joann Ward offer relationship counselling, guidance and lessons to a group of women who seem to always be unlucky in love. And, as it always is in American shows and films, everything turns out to be sickly sweet happy in the end. However, should it be ok for other people to get involved in people’s relationships even if they are trying to help them in the long run? This point is a very serious question because it brings the topic round to the issue of friends getting involved, especially if the friend knows both people in the relationship. This is also incredibly tricky if the friend of both is a girl because the girl in the ‘relationship’ will want to talk about everything, a lot, but this may make the friend uncomfortable and in relationships people can become selfish and paranoid. Personally I believe a friend should not voice their opinion until they know the person is truly ready to hear the truth, they may say they are but you can always tell if they’re not. I’m not saying that you have to lie; I’m merely stating that people should maybe dart around the truth a bit if asked but never openly voice their opinion if they haven’t as this could honestly lead to potential disaster for both parties.

Will I ever find love? Will I ever meet Mr. Right? Will I ever meet that perfect guy that loves me for I am, and as my friend said ‘make me want to cook for him and let him touch my face’? We can trouble ourselves with these tiresome yet popular questions but it’s not going to get us any closer to the answer we want or need to know. So to conclude this little blog post, take each challenge as it comes, make mistakes, get hurt, learn from mistakes, try not to make the same ones again (but if you do it doesn’t matter) and take each day with small steps and you’ll find what you’re looking for eventually.