A Bit of a Haul

I've been a bit MIA to many people lately. Work and sleep have taken up a lot of my time and the irregular times that I am available to do productive stuff, I'm usually lying flat out on my bed, exhausted. Last week I took on the arduous task of completely de-cluttering my room in order to improve my mood. It worked, definitely, but the thing is, it's not totally done. Clutter to be dumped decides to clutter at the end of the room, dust that was dusted away comes back to resettle. Don't even ask me how many times I've tried to hoover the place. The walls are bare as are the shelves. It looks like I am moving. So, I popped along to Ikea and Paperchase over the last few days to pick up some things that may bring colour to the white shelves and bare yellow walls.

Ikea:
Colour was my main aim here. And I didn't care what went with what. As long as there was vivacity, I didn't mind.

First thing I did, I abused the sale on fake peonies. Ikea are currently selling off their fake flowers at half the price. These were €1.50 each and are bright, large and really gorgeous.

Second thing, I got some new shelf boxes to organise my things a bit better. I have always used Ikea's boxes but some of the cardboard ones had disintegrated so I replaced them with felt ones. Now, I have too many. Guess the empty ones.

They're colourful and are a great way to hide anything that you don't want on the shelf - old books, toys you can't part with maybe...
Last thing I got was a large pack of Daim bars but they were long long gone by the time we got home.

Paperchase

Paperchase is my ultimate go-to place for stationery. This place is an upmarket Bookstation and I spent a lot of my money there as a teen on notebooks and pencil cases. On a chance trip to Dundrum shopping centre, I nipped in and re-lived those times.

Sticky notes, memo block, thank you cards and yes, even paperclips in a fancy jar. The sticky notes are very cute, different sizes for different needs.

And the designs are really lovely. 

I also got some brown folders for important documents - all those statements, tax forms, etc need to go somewhere! 

Also, on a lunch break, I popped into Bookstation which had these lovely little notepads in. At 99c a pop, I got two each - nice eh?

And last, but definitely by no means least, I picked up a new notebook at work - and this one has a use! In it are my plans, appointments and to-do lists for the next few days and weeks. It now holds all that I need to keep things going. And it has a nice, bright cover to keep me happy!

You can find this and more on the Artfile website and I dare you not to be tempted to spend all your money!

 So that's about it. I have also recently done a bit of a Boots haul so expect reviews very soon!
Enjoy the sunny Tuesday! x