Baby Clothes Shopping

Since becoming a mum, I find it really hard to shop for myself as I always think the money would be better spend on S. I have no problem, however, spending money on things for her. Baby clothes are the cutest things ever, and its hard not to get carried away with buying too much. 

I tend to favour a few brands when buying baby clothes, including bonds and target, but my favourite brand of kids clothing is Sprout which is sold at Myer. S's wardrobe is probably 60% Sprout, as all their clothes are cute, unique and well made. I also love Seed Heritage baby clothes, but considering how long they are able to wear them for, the pricing is a bit steep so only splurge on special occasions or if on sale.

June/July always marks the big sale season of the year, so I stocked up on a few things in bigger sizes for the months to come. S is now all set with her 00 and 0 sized clothing (although I'm sure I will find more things I can resist later on). I will be waiting for Seeds next big sale to try and snap up some of the things I've been eying there but are too pricey to buy at the moment.

I saw these Sprout dresses and had to get them. The back two have little pockets, and I got these big enough for S to wear in summer.

Of course I had to stock up on Bonds Wondersuits. These suits with the zips are the best for bedtime as they are much easier to get into when changing nappies.

Love this print so much, I got it in 2 sizes!

This was a pretty and warm dress that I paired with some polka dot leggings.

This set is really sweet, with the little deer on the smock, and matching leggings. 

I didn't buy this one, but had to mention it specially as its really neat. It was a gift from some lovely friends of ours, and includes a coordinating jumper, top, skirt and leggings from target.

I can't wait till S goes through her next growth spurt so she can start wearing some of her awesome new outfits. Dressing babies is so much fun :)

What did you buy this sale season?

Riette

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July iHerb Haul

Note: This is not a sponsored post, I have purchased everything myself.

I managed to eat my way through everything I had bought from iHerb last month, so I did another order for July. I ended up reordering a number of things that I loved last time, and also added a few new things so my cart that were on my wish list. 

For those who haven't heard of iHerb before, its just an online store that sells things like health foods, supplements, skin care etc... The pricing of bulk foods is better than I've seen locally and even compared to other online stores, which I why I purchase from there. You can check it out here: iHerb

The loot:

I reordered the Cookie Dough Quest Bars as these were great. I'm too scared to try another flavour in case I don't like them as much haha. I also purchased some Chocolate Raspberry Truffle bars by Raw Revolution, and some Chia Squeeze in Blackberry by Mamma Chia to try. I've been looking for some healthy snacks that I can just grab and keep in my bag for when I'm out and about and these looked like pretty good options. This lot will probably last me longer than a month as there is quite a bit!

Another repurchase, I bought two packs of these Granny Smith Apple Chips by Bare Fruits, as P also loved these.

And also two of these Dried Mangoes by Made in Nature. This was one of my favourite things from last month's order.

Again another repurchase. 

Last month I bought the vanilla flavour of this protein powder, and loved it so much I wanted to try another flavour, so I also added the Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavour. There is only 11 serves per pack of this powder, so 2 packs is probably a good amount to last a month for me.

Finally some new purchases this month: honey dijon rice chips, peanut butter filled pretzels, and aged white cheddar half pops (half popped popcorn). All of these look pretty awesome, can't wait to try!

 

And this tea by Yogi tea. I have been on some medication to help with my milk supply, but as a side effect it is wreaking havoc on my stomach resulting in a bit of pain, so thought i'd give this a go.

Like before, once I have tried some of the new things, I will do a review in case you want to know more about anything/what they are like.

Riette

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New Handbag!

I recently did a major overhaul of my wardrobe since having S meant that a lot of my old clothes and accessories no longer fit me/suited my new lifestyle. I managed to make a bit of cash and decided to treat myself to a new handbag, since it had been a couple of years since my last one. 

When considering which bag to buy, I looked at what I currently had in my collection to figure out what I was lacking (if you can call it that considering how many bags I have). I really wanted a dark tote style bag for winter that was big enough to fit all of the things I now need to carry around for S, and that would not get damaged by the elements.

The bag I used most this summer was my Louis Vuitton Totally MM in Damier Azur. I found it so practical as it has two pockets on the outside and a secure zipper on the top. I also loved that the checked print matched so well with most of the outfits I wore so I didn't have to switch out bags too often. When I heard that Louis Vuitton had brought out the same bag but in a brown print called Damier Ebene, I was excited as I thought it would be the perfect winter bag. I asked P if he would come with me into the city to visit the store, so a couple of weekends ago we made the trek in. I had a lovely sales assistant helping me and after trying on the bag I knew it was exactly what I was looking for, and just within budget...phew...

Here is my new beauty:

Some close up details:

 

Beautiful red interior:

 

Gold zipper pull:

 

Made in France:

 

Here it is with its sister bag in Azur, which is now packed away until summer rolls around again.

 

I won't be buying any bags for a long time now, but I that's ok as I feel this has filled the last gap in my collection. What bags are you currently eyeing?

New Workout Gear Haul

It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and I was very spoiled by my friends and family with gifts cards to Lululemon and Lorna Jane, two of my favourite stores. Over the long weekend P and made the trek into the city so I could go to Lululemon, and here's my haul and reviews:

Lululemon tops (L - R:  Cool Racerback in We are from space black, Swiftly Tech short sleeve top, Cool Racerback camo print)

 Lorna Jane (L - R: Cresent Excel half zip top, Amy full length tights, Comfort sports bra).

Here's some modelling shots. I am a size 12 in Lululemon and find the tanks really slim fitting.

My favourite buy out of all of them would have to be the Lorna Jane full length leggings. I think I wore them everyday the week I got them. In fact I loved them so much I've purchased a second pair so that I have a backup in case they're in the wash!

I love the feeling of new workout gear, it provides a little bit extra motivation when getting ready to workout.

iHerb haul

I have jumped on the iHerb bandwagon after reading about it on the Vogue forums recently. Considering I wanted to buy some quest bars, I thought I would do a big order as an excuse to try a bunch of new things. After spending a copious number of hours scanning through the pages and pages of snackfoods available, I managed to narrow my cart down to a respectable amount.

All the goodies in the box:

Organised shot of everything:

Chocolite protein powder in French Vanilla flavour. I needed a replacement protein powder for smoothies so thought I'd give this a try:

Box of 12 Quest bars in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I have found having a newborn I often go without having proper meals during the day, so wanted some bars to have handy for when I'm out an about:

Bare Fruits dried granny smith apples, fuji apples, and mango pieces:

Made in Nature dried pineapples and mangoes:

 Organic coconut flakes and Crunchies dried strawberries:

Organic dark chocolate almonds (I tried some of these already...yum!):

A few savoury ones: Somersaults pacific sea salt bites, Annies 5 grain mac & cheese and Food Should Taste Good Jalapeno tortilla chips:

Once I've tried them all, I will do a review blog post. So far I've only tried the quest bars and the chocolate almonds, both of which were great.

Overall experience with iHerb
I am very pleased with my experience buying from iHerb. I place the order on the 5th June and received it on the 9th, which considering it came from the US and a weekend occurred in the middle, I would consider reasonable delivery time. The shipping is not very expensive at all by Australian standards. The pricing is also pretty good value for money compared to alternates available both online and in store, the quest bars were cheaper than anywhere else I could find. There is a10% off your first order code with a simple google search which makes it even better value.

I will definitely be purchasing from iHerb again once I finish this lot, it will probably become a monthly occurrence.