Pre Christmas Brick Lane & Vintage Fair Shopping

21 December 2015

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Woah four days till Christmas! I finally have a Christmas tree in my house, we usually always have a fake on but we were missing too many branches for it to be acceptable to use and then Homebase were all out of good trees (all the real ones were dead and the only two fake ones left were silver and we role the traditional way in my house) but low and behold we were able to get one somewhere thankfully. I don't feel very prepared for Christmas but I feel like once I have all the presents I need and have wrapped them (I'm holding out for nice wrapping paper) I'll feel more Christmassy (and maybe put some tinsel in my room just to add to the final days of the festivities).

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Today I am going Christmas shopping with my Mum and sister to Westfields but oh boy I feel like it is going to be super busy. The way the majority of mine and my sisters Christmas presents works is that we go shopping with our mum and buy things which she then gives to us on Christmas, but I wanted to see if I could find some cool vintagey things to give to my Mum to give to me on Christmas so yesterday me and my friends went to a vintage fair, Brick Lane and Camden. It was a very successful trip for me, I wanted to buy jeans, a jacket, a funky shirt and a jumper or cardigan; all of which I was able to plus a really groovy pair of trousers for only £1! The vintage fair we went to had a huge £1 sale so we got there super early thinking it was going to be super busy and hectic but it was only us there, we left so early though. Very productive of us. The £1 section was a mess and required hard searching for clothes which none of us could be bothered to do. I would show you all the things I bought but I can not be bothered to take photos and plus I really should give them to my Mum, but they will feature in upcoming outfits most likely. Especially the jacket, I have been looking for a windbreaker for so long and got such a great one from the Vintage fair for only £15. We all ended up getting windbreakers and my friends wore theirs throughout the day and I wanted to wear mine so we could have been like a boyband but my coat does not easily fit into bags and I wasn't willing to carry it round all day. 
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Most of thepictures are from the same section of Brick Lane, we didn't really explore much because once we had been round the market of Brick Lane we couldn't really be bothered to explore much further. I had a list of shops I wanted to check out but none of really had the motivation so we went to Camden. We didn't really shop in Camden, we went to the Cereal Killer Cafe, I've been before so just got a drink because was still pretty full from my lunch. I got a mocha, but turns out I don't really like mochas. My coffee taste buds are still developing I suppose. It's so cool and retro in there and had an old school games machine that you could play for free! The people there are so friendly too and it is just such a cool place. 10/10 would recommend going, even if you're not the biggest cereal fan just go for the experience. Plus they have some amazing looking hot chocolates.

Hope all your Christmas shopping is going better than mine, I still have two gifts to find!

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  1. in love with your friends' windbreakers! I've been searching for a nice (and cheap) one for so damn long. I feel you on not rooting through all the £1 sale. So long! and sometimes it's a miracle if you find anything good

    Aida
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    This Kid Is Alright

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    1. I know I love them too, I got gave mine to my Mum to give to me for Christmas and now I can't wait to go out so I can finally wear it! And ah I know it's such a pain next time I go though I'll probably try harder to find things!x

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  2. ahh all of this street art looks amazing! hope you have a lovely christmas too! <3 x

    www.monochromeroses.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. I hope you had a lovely Christmas! It really is, I need to explore more next time I'm there so I can see more cool street art x

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  3. love these photos you look super funkay, and I hope you have a fab chrimbo can't believe its 3 days!! x
    http://lovefromtasha.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thank you, it was my aim to look funkay ahax

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  4. Love the photos! There's a place near me in Manchester called Afflex Palace which is like the north west's mini Brick Lane/Camden and I think you'd love it! It's full of little independent brands and vintage shops. If you're eve in Manchester you have to check it out- you'll be in heaven:-)!
    Sarah x
    http://www.saraheliza.co.uk

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    1. Oh that sounds so good! Maybe when I'm on my search for unis if I end up looking at Manchester I'll just accidentally end up in Afflex Palace ahah x

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  5. sounds like a fun trip! the cafe that serves cereal sounds pretty cool. and i can never bother to dig through piles of old clothes either (though i yearn to find amazing clothes for cheap) my mom does the same thing with christmas gifts haha. i picked out a pair of socks the other day, and she took them out of my hands and said, "you'll get these back on christmas!"

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    1. The cereal cafe is so cool if you're ever in London you should try and go to one. It's nothing special but it's just so cool and retro there x

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  6. I love this little area of brick lane, I usually walk around here and Old Spitalfields market. The vintage stores there are so nice too!
    Dalal x
    monochromedaisies.blogspot.com

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  7. Love your shirt! If you like Vintage Fairs you should look out for the Kilo Fairs that travel around, you can get a load of stuff for £15 a kilo! (my post: http://cloudcaitlin24.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-bristol-vintage-kilo-sale.html) But I love the vintage stores around Brick Lane!

    Amy Caitlin xo
    cloudcaitlin24.blogspot.com

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