Birthday Presents!

My birthday was last month but I received 2 late presents last night from some friends who had ordered them online and they only just arrived recently :)

I was super excited when I got them as I was going to get them for myself for Christmas. One of the things has been on my wish list since FOREVER and the other one was recently released and it was something that I wanted but didn't need.

Acrylic makeup box

One of my friend's got this acrylic makeup box from the Make Up Box Shop for me. I've had my eye on this for a long long time and I always wanted to get it but I already spend too much money on myself :P

This is the mini glamour makeup box that is absolutely adorable. It's the perfect size for someone who doesn't have a lot of makeup or for someone like me who likes to store their makeup in categories (like brands, product type, colour etc). I'll be using this to store mostly lipsticks and foundation :)

Action shot

How cute are the door handles? They're like big diamonds. I think for my next birthday, I'll have hint to my friends that I also need the original sized makeup box so that I can get rid of the monstrosity that I currently store my makeup in. I bought some drawers from Officeworks and stacked it on top of each other to create this. It's certainly not as pretty as the acrylic makeup boxes.

Current makeup storage

The second thing that I got was from 2 friends of mine who had to hunt it down. They called every Apple store in Sydney every day to get hold of it and ended up having to buy it from the Apple online store as none of the Apple retail stores had it in stock.

iPad mini

It's an iPad mini! I wanted it as it's such a convenient size and I use my iPhone a lot for reading the news and visiting people's blogs. I was going to get it for myself for Christmas but now I won't need to :) It's definitely something that's more of a want than a need and I would've felt bad buying it... I need to save money! :P

Did I mention how much I love my friends right now? :)

What's your favourite birthday present that you've gotten?

Birthday Wish list

Last year, my friend and I both wrote down birthday wish lists and swapped them with each other to get an idea of what to buy the other person (our birthdays are 6 days apart). These lists normally contain things that we really really want but refuse to buy for ourselves (because of the price or we just can't justify it) and it doesn't count if someone else buys it :P

This year, there isn't really much on my list so she's going to have to think for herself :P

In saying that, there are two things that I really want but I haven't bought because of the price. Whenever I want to buy something unnecessary, I calculate how MAC lipsticks (US prices) I could buy instead and that usually stops me from buying it! There's no logic to it other than it works :)

1) Makeup Organiser by The Makeup Box Shop.

Source: http://www.themakeupboxshop.com/products

I originally wanted the 'original makeup box' but I bought the Officeworks drawers instead (I did a blog post on them: http://shoppingqueenjen.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/makeup-storage-and-shopping-ban.html). I'd love to keep a mini box on my bedside table for my "nice" makeup :)

Price: 3-4 MAC lipsticks