Buying things in Sunny Places.

Today I have a holiday haul for you! I love buying things on holiday- somehow it doesn't seem so bad when you spend money. Just me? oh well.

Everything but two items was bought in Puerto Morgan on market day.

It was by far my favourite day and activity, it was such a unique experience (to anything in England anyway..) The whole town was completely covered in white marquees with stalls underneath and every seller vying for your attention (my dad tells me Africa is similar) and ready to make you an offer.

My mum in particular got really into the bartering side of buying and whenever we were looking at something she'd enter into a bartering match until we agreed on a price. It was actually really funny, and also such a good way of getting a bargain. 

Obviously the sellers start at the highest price and say they can't go lower, but when you walk away with the item at a low price...it's like getting a dress that you've fallen in love with, there's only one left and it's your size, yeah like that.

Next I got these fake RayBans, I know they're fake blah blah blah.

But they're pretty, I liked them and I'd never ever ever be able to afford the real things right now (I tried on a real pair at the airport, €130!)
They're actually pretty stable, although plasticy. Tbh, I break at least one pair of sunglasses every summer, so plastic is good for me. 

The quality is obviously bad, the RayBan emblazoned on the sides have already half rubbed off, but the one one the lens is still alright.

I knew what I was buying into...did I mention they're pretty?

I bought these for €10.

So I really wanted a white blouse/shirt to wear over my denim shorts. 

I found this one which is perfect, it is a little big which I prefer and it's really versatile!

I wore it with a vest (it's see through otherwise) and leggings on the plane home, and have worn it with jeans and it tied up round my waist without the belt.

We got it at €15 which with the exchange rate, makes it about £12 which is pretty good considering the quality of the cotton.

I actually only bought the more colourful 3 stranded bracelet at the market. It's 3 strands and corded, with colourful beads on the blue strand, silver, brown and some pink beads on the black and the pink strand is on it's own. I think it's pretty cool, nothing too special. It had a charm of a dragonfly but took that off as it looked a bit naff. It was only €1, cheap and cheerful :)
The brown bracelet was bought in a shop I can't remember the name of in a place called Maspalomas, it's a leather cord with silver charms either side of a brown bead. The clasp is two magnets which are surprisingly strong so don't fall off. 

I fell in love with this one, it looks classy in my opinion. And also a very cheap lookalike for the Brown Corded Pandora Bracelet.

I bought mine for €3.95, which I think it's pretty good :)

Pandora Single Cord.

 

 This was a present for my best friend Claire.
The guy was on his own little stall and made her name and a star with just a piece of wire and some pliers. Impressive hey?
I wrote out how to spell it and he finished it within 5 minutes, it cost me €7 including the chain and Claire loved it :)

This dress I got in the little bazaar in the hotel.
It's got a cinched in waist and a wrap around top. It's a jersey material and I love the print!
I have to wear a bandeau with it otherwise it's just indecent, I really don't have the boobs for it to look impressive without haha!
I only had a black one with me on holiday, but I'm planning on wearing it to a wedding later in the summer so will be investing in a white one for that :)
I wore it in a photo in my last post, which is here if you're interested to see what it looks like!

Those are the bits I picked up on holiday, pretty good stuff I think :)

Does anyone else manage to invest in so much stuff when they're away?

Love, Elizabeth xx

PS- I need to make a new header! I used to use a programme which is no longer available, how do you make yours? Please and thank you :)

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