Sales, Mail + Reading list

Today I took my first exam in 2013: International Relations! It went well I think. Going back to school hasn't been a big trauma lol I kind of missed my routine too. Yesteday I promised myself not to touch my laptop until I was done with this exam, so now I DESERVE THIS! Haha~ I had a really nice day today, I picked up mom from work and we went shopping, sales started the 7th and I really REALLY wanted to go, but I had the moral duty of staying at home preparing this exam... Now I even feel I'm a good student lol c:

Alright, I'm gonna show you guys what I bought today! I'm really proud of it haha, it's been a long time I hadn't bought this much!

Rainbow Pony t-shirt

Electric blue skinny jeans

Beige beanie

Lace bra

Lace panties (I -LO-V-E lace ;_;)

Black miniskirt
(H&M)

Handkerchief

Wool short dress

(Stradivarius)

I didn't spend much though! I thought I would waste all my money but no... I controlled myself haha, I think I'm developing some sense of saving or something! :__D I tried not to pick anything from new collections, stores always trick you like that ù__u But no! I found really nice deals, I also wanted a pair of lace tights but I forgot to pick them when I was paying, orz~ 

Anyway, I got some nice mail this last week ^_^

Anneli, she's my new penpal! <3 She's Swedish but her parents are Chinese, and we have a pretty similar music taste! She's studying Spansih  too, so I didn't hesitate to send her a message :)

News from Grace in Taiwan :) She's doing great, and as alwatys, I loved her letter paper! Happy Belated New Year's you too! <3 

Mardhi from Malaysia sent me this bracelet, some cute stickers and Malaysian tea <33333 I love this girl hahaha <3 Thanks so much deary! I'm teaching her some Spanish and I want to learn some greetings in Malay too :) 

I finally got Ploi's letter from Thailand! We started snail mailing in summer and this is my second letter from her! So yeah, it seems mail it's really slow between out countries :\ 

This is Vivien's first letter, from Singapore :) She's a new penpal too, she sent me this cute bracelet and taught me some things in Singlish! I'd love to know more expressions in Singlish, I find it really curious ^^ 

I got Corey's letter along with a Christmas card <3 Thanks so much sweetheart! And oh, she checked and commented my last post so THIS IS A SOUTOUT FOR YOU! <3 Thanks for being such an amazing penpal! :')

Masha from Russia is a new penpal too! She's 26 and she sent me a really nice Chritmas card along with the letter :) I loved the floral stationery!

This letter comes from Jennifer from the Netherlands! <3 She's a really nice blogger, you can check her out here! She sounds like a cool girl to talk to and we both love posstcards so, we're swapping them too! I went to Amsterdam 2 years ago and I didn't buy any, so I'm so glad she sent me one :)

I got a stationery pack for Reyes (with stamps included), so I could catch up with all the letters I had to send ^_^ I'll keep going tomorrow afternoon! Oh and btw, Raquel's back to Barcelona on Friday night! Can't wait to see her on Saturday, I reaaaally miss that chubby cutie Galician (even though we haven't seen each other for what... 2 or 3 weeks only? XD) <3~ We're going shopping too hah, let's see if I finally buy myself those tights!



Last but not least, I'd like to finish this post with a new reading section. One of my hobbies is obviously, reading. Unfortunately, my daily life and my studies don't give me much time for that, and when they do, they're books I have to read for university >_< So yeah, I'd like to present a few reading lists I just wrote (thanks Penny for the idea!) :)

Books I read in 2012

1Q84 (1 & 2), Haruki Murakami

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

"Los Santos Inocentes"/ the Holy Innocents, Miguel Delibes

Red Mandarin Dress, Qiu Xiaolong

The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

The House of the Sleeping Beauties, Yasunari Kawabata

Please Look After Moom, Shin Kyung Sook

Books I quitted reading for a while

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kessey

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire saga), George R. R. Martin

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami

Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins

Books I started reading in 2013

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

Books I want to read in 2013

The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng

Dance Dance, Haruki Murakami

Kokoro, Soseki Natsume

Grave of the Fireflies, Akiyuki Nosaka

Take me Home, Brian Leung (in English)

I should go read some lectures I have for Japanese Literature tomorrow :) I still have to write about our last Christmas tradition in Spain the 6th Jan, the King's Day! I'll try to update this as soon as I can, in the meantime, hope you enjoy this new post! <3 I heard it'll be chilly next week so, prepare your blankets and hot cocoas/teas!

Love you all :)

CL