CHRISTMAS AT PRIMARK 🎄 Shop with me vlog new in festive finds home & fashion

[Music] Good morning. Hello guys and welcome back to my channel. Welcome back to a brand new vlog, a brand new video. Oops. Sorry about that. I just banged you on my um mirror. I'm in the car as you can tell and I pulled up in Ultram. I'm just looking out for my friend Lydia. We've got a little Pilateses class booked this morning. But then I also wanted to pop over to Sustring Green which is in uh Ultramingham and also look fantastic. I'm also out and about today hunting down a few little last minute bits for my gift guide videos which will be up on the first week of November. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to stick with my reg regular schedule regular schedule of Wednesdays and Sundays or I might throw in a few extras. So, best thing is to be subscribed with the notification bell on for if you want to make sure that you don't miss those gift guide videos. So, that is on my agenda today. So, after Ultram, I'm going to head over to the Trafford Center and whilst I'm there, I want to go to Primark and have a look at what's new in for their Christmas bits and bobs. They've obviously got the brand new home store, which I've only been to once soon after it opened. So, I'm excited to see all of their Christmy bits in that they'll have. Um, I also have a click and collect which I did a couple of days ago of some bits that I really wanted to get my hands on in Primark. So, there's going to be a pretty chunky Primark haul probably coming for my next video. Um, so yeah, that is on the agenda for today. I need to go to Costco as well and get some just a couple of topups of some bits and frozen berries. What else do I need? Tom said oh, golf balls. Yeah, it's a day of out and about today. So, yeah, we are all ready to go. I've got my little bag, water, waiting for Lydia, do a quick pilateses, and then I will pick you guys up again when I'm at Sring Green probably. I thought I would just record a quick voice over for the um shopping trip in here cuz I had some quite loud music on and I just didn't want to get copyrighted. So, I thought I would just talk you through some of my finds that I um saw in this shop. Now, I will say as well, I've done a full more indepth uh Instagram reel and Tik Tok on my little shopping trip here. Guys, look at this. Candles galore. I feel like candles at this time of the year is it's the only place to go. Um if you're wanting like church candles, pillar candles that are just plain cuz they have every single color. They've also got loads of wreath making kits. Loads of crafts and bits and bobs for uh organizing for Christmas, including a Christmas planner as well as decorations of course as well. Loved those little gingerbread houses. And they had a full range like gingerbread range. And also love those little Christmas trees. They'd be good for sort of down the center of a table. Again, so much Christmas stuff to talk through and run through. But I did spot these which I thought I would show you. I didn't show you these in my Instagram real. They're like a blank or like a high neck cozy like like I don't know top that you could layer. They also had like balaclavas and gloves. Anyway, heading over to Homebird. Another favorite of mine. They always have the best basket selection on the entrance of their stores. They're kind of like northwestbased, but um definitely worth popping to if you are local to one and haven't been to one before. Again with the mini Christmas trees. loved those too and would be a perfect addition to a nice little tablescape as well as decorating shelves. Love this knots and crosses set. I love a wooden game set and I think that is beautiful to just have sat out all year round. Um and yeah, just a little browse around the rest of the store. I love these little mini mugs. They had loads of decorations outside of Christmas. I really like this garlic pot. Let's just turn Taylor off. I've parked up now at the Trafford Center. I'm outside Barton Square Arcod. I was going to go to Costco first just in case I get frozen food, which I am planning on getting frozen berries. Might not last in the car to do Costco first and then come to Primark. So, I've come to Primark. However, it is half 11. Just having some or like late breakfast. Some oats from Gales that I grabbed in Ultramingham. Uh, I yeah, thought I would go to Primark first, but I've not had my text to say that my order is ready to collect yet. So, it should be within the next hour or maximum two. So, I thought I would go to the home store first, have a good browse around the Christmas home section, show you around there, and then head over to the fashion, show you around there, and then collect my order. I might even if it's anything to go off what I've seen online with what they've got, I might even have to do a couple of trips back to the car if the bags get too heavy. So, I'm in no rush. I'm here for a good long brows and after my breakfast, I will head on in. Bring a coat if you come here. It is always freezing in this section. I've seen they've got a P Louise city opening as well. Um but anyway, Primark Home. Let's go. Okay, first stop the Primark Edit, which is like the kind of elevated, more expensive range. They have some beautiful bits. I love the design of that cushion. The inner isn't very good, but the cushion itself, £35. They've also got this cozy throw in. Oh, it's not the softest. It's kind of like a felt fabric. This is the section that I'm after. The reds, the greens, the traditionals, the nutcrackers. Oh my goodness, the tartans, which we're definitely going to incorporate a bit of this year with a kind of like Ralph Lauren theme. So, that one's £24. They've got little tartan baskets as well. I saw this throw online, which I was going to add to basket, but you couldn't. You had to buy in store. So, I think I might grab that. Um, and then they've also got this little post box, which is cute. How much is this? £7. I think they've got a lot of crockery in this pattern. But they've also got a plant pot at £5. And they've got some bows, Christmas bows, little holly. Okay, let's head over to this section where they've got again more tartan with the little doors stop there. Again, only £5. It's pretty good price. Again, very fitting with my theme this year. These little teddy bears. I love those. They are £6 for a set of three. I wasn't going to buy a new topper. However, this could be a good one to have given the theme for this year. And it's only £4. Even like as a huge present wrap, gift wrap uh bow. It's a nice idea. I mean, even dare I say it, I was going to say in your hand. Maybe it's a bit too big for that. But £4, I can't not get that. This is the benefit to having an entire home store close to you because you know that the store is going to be well stocked with all the homeware. It's cedar wood and pine little wax melt burner. That sounds good. And even the packaging, I love what they've done there. How much is that? It is £5. A good little gift option as well. Maybe a little secret Santa gift if you've got a smaller budget. Okay, heading through to the kind of kitchen dining section. This is the range that I was talking about that they've got loads of crockery in. So, they've got little side plates which are £4. Good for little milk and cookies. They've got gravy boats. Uh £6 for the gravy boat. Cookie jar. What else have they got? Mugs. How much are the mugs? £350. Not bad at all. Little teapot bowls. I really like this plate actually. That's nice. That one is £4 again. Seen this tablecloth which I would have got. That'll be too small for our table, but they are £10. And if you like the bow trend, they've got loads of bow bits and bobs as well. Bow bits and bobs. They've got these little side plates uh with the beaded edging. £450. They've got some tablecloths, mugs. The mugs are interesting handle uh 350. Not necessarily festive. I think the beading adds a bit of festive touch to this range, but they've got a whole crockery set out um in on display with this again beaded range which you could have out all year round. So £10 for the serving platter. It's quite a small serving platter, but for like your pigs and blankets or something. And then the side plates are £450 and they've got like a gold trim on them. I really like these charger plates as well that they've used underneath. And obviously a bit of tartan with the napkins. Gorgeous place mats. Honestly, I'm impressed. So, here are the place mats. I've just found them. They are 350 each. So, that's per placemat. Um, so gets quite pricey if you're wanting to add them all. Um, but they are a lovely kind of quilted fabric. Or I've just spotted this little mini jug as well. £4 pound50. That'd be good for cream with dessert. Anthropology dup with the um kind of like charm glass tumblers at £5. And then these are what are these? Tea towels. Oh, they don't feel very nice. I feel like that would just be more of a display one to be honest with you. They've got holly berries, plain green, and the tartan. I actually can't get over how much they've got. So, they've got this range which Pottery Barn do a very similar. I'll put on screen what I'm talking about with their gingerbread collection and these little like teapotss. Um, so they've got them in loads of different colors. Oh, these are adorable. How much are they? 350 for a set of two spoons. Oh, I think I might have to get these. This is one of the plates that I saw that wanted to get my hands on. Uh, again, kind of similar to Anthropology that not Anthropology, Pottery Balm one that they've got. I do quite like the popper bread. They've also got this little milk and cookies one at 450. Again, more of the gingerbread range. These little salt and pepper shakers are adorable. £5 for those. They also have the little charm um glass in a little wreath as well. Are we over the autumn? Cuz I pretty much am. As much as I love autumn, soon as the Christmas stuff is out in full force, I feel like Yeah, look, these are all getting discounted now. So, I suppose you could grab a bargain maybe, but I think they're more full-blown Christmas to be fair. Little side plates. These are now reduced to two pound. Just a quick look at the Primark nonfestive range. They also have some pajamas out in this store. These are like a I don't know if you'll be able to see on screen, but they're kind of striped. So, they are £16. Whilst I'm here, I was just looking at the uh sort of embroidery that they've got on the Primark Edit duvet range, which I think is really, really pretty. It's 500 thread count. And then they've also got in the Primark Edit range the silk pillow cases, which I think would make for a lovely little stocking filler. Oh, wow. Okay. £25. These uh duvet sets remind me of Chelsea Peers. They're like a little dupe for them. And you get uh in here a duvet cover. Did you get pillowcases as well? Yeah, two pillowcases and it's £18 for a double little Mr. and Mrs. teddy bears. They're £14. I think Barney would just think they're a toy of hers. I was right. I'm one trip into taking stuff back to the car and then heading back in. I had a big bag of home stuff which was quite heavy. So now hopefully, fingers crossed, my fashion click and collect will be ready. Um, here's hoping. I love now that the pajamas are right at the front of the store. So, hopefully we can get some good festive ones. Ooh, that linen set is nice. I'm a fan of these cozy dressing gowns. They're like a super super soft fabric and they are only £22, which I think is pretty good cuz they are very chunky and cozy and would make for a lovely gift. They've also got these like satin range right next to them. Um, which again for like elevated uh pajamas, like £22 for the set of those. They've also got lots of new like teddy bears and dogs, like cute dogs in as well with the bows, they've got these cozy socks in. And then also, if you prefer to sleep in short PJs, which I quite often do. So, I think I'm going to grab this set. Um, then they have these cute little teddy bears. Oh, how cute. And then they have the same like little teddy bears but in an actual teddy fabric as well. These are they would be too thick and cozy for me probably but £12 for those again with the little cozy socks. Then they have that Borg teddy um in like a zipper as well. Then they also have the kind of like fuzzy fabric in the long trousers and shorts but with the little doggies on. 12 for the shorts, 16 for the long ones. These cozy PJs. We've also got doggy ones which I may have bought on the click and collect cuz this range they also do um these sort of pajamas. They do like matching for the family. I'm just in the Primark edit uh section where they've got still quite a lot of autuminal colors, but I saw this cardigan and it's uh it's £28 and it actually contains cashmere. So yeah, pretty impressed with that for Primark. But although it's not like super soft. I wouldn't say it's scratchy, but um that is nice. £28. They've also got some good basics. I love their basic teas. They're £12 for those. But they've got these new striped ones. And this is like a I think Yeah, it's like a chocolate like a really dark chocolate brown. Oh, I might get one of those. Again, contains cashmere. They've got these socks in the Primark credit range. So again, could be a good little gift idea. They're £6 for those. We've also got leather um leather gloves in at £12 and a belt at 7. Still in the Primark credit range, guys. And they have these wool blend little beanies, which again, good little gift ideas. Even if you didn't want to sort of like know that they were from Primark, you could always cut the labels out and put things like a few of these little bits into like a hamper. Um but yeah, really like the color of that one. I saw these online and I was tempted to add them to my basket. They didn't have my size in. Um, but yeah, they still don't have my size in store, but I really like that kind of herring bone tweed fabric. I don't love the fact that it's elasticated at the back, but you could easily cover that up. They've got a matching blazer as well somewhere. Kind of love this deep sort of burgundy shirt in the faux leather. However, I really like it done up more so like that, which I don't know, would I wear it all the way done up? The reason why is I don't love the popper buttons, like the meth the sort of gunmetal that I don't love. Seeing it open like that, I don't love. But this I think looks really smart. How much is that? It's $18. So, they've got these jackets in which they've paired with the t-shirt on the mannequin and I really like them, but they Yeah, they're £17 and I like that brown. It's like a really cool toned brown, but looking at it against my brown leggings, you can tell there's a difference. And I don't particularly like the Primark leggings. So, I don't know. Would I just wear them with wear it with black? I really like these Americanstyle zip quarter zip fleces. They've got a Montana national park and Colorado Rocky Mountains in the green and the chocolate and they are £15 but good for like everyday leggings. Just looking at Paula's new range. She's got some beautiful clothes in but she's also got some interesting accessories I thought I'd show you. These like fluffy claw clips. Never seen anything like that but she's also got some really kind of antique looking jewelry. I really like the middle one especially. Uh, and then same with these little earrings. They're quite glitzy, but I really like those hoops and they're only 350, but I think party season they could be really nice. It's not kind of coming off on camera, but this is like a really um dark green. I want to say like a really dark olive green, which obviously you've got the matching shorts and blazer. I would probably never wear those shorts. But the blazer £36 and it's like a leathery textured finish. Oh, I don't know if I love it or I should leave it. I'm not sure. I'm not convinced. I nearly added this to my click and collect order, the gray. And they've also got it in a cream. And I think they've got another color online. That one's got a pool though, but like a brown maybe. I think the gray is my favorite. Um £12. Some nice riding style boots I like the look of. And also these heeed boots under here. They've not they've obviously got a heel, but they're not too high. I feel like they're quite wearable. And they are uh £18, but I think with some nice widelegg jeans for like jeans, heels, nice top, they could be really nice. got some Christmas jumpers in and quite a lot over here of like feral prints and all sorts to be honest with you. Again with I have seen online I can't see them in store but with matching dog um outfits. I like this cardigan contains wool £20. It's quite thick. Oops. They've also got this one which is a bit thinner um which I like. I think I prefer this one. This one's 17. I know they do lots of dupes and stuff in Primark, but this is literally just like the packaging for my water bank moisturizer. Probably not the same formula though. That is one full to the brim car. We've got our three click and collects homeware bag and a fashion bag. Wow, loads to show you. So yeah, that will be my next video coming very soon. Back in the car. I am getting hungry now. Oh my goodness. It's been quite the time. I want to say a couple of hours I've had in there. And yeah. Oh yeah, over a couple of hours. And I am hungry. I'm going to go to Costco now. Um I've just seen from a distance otherwise I would have gone and said hello. But I've just seen um Blueberry. If you know, you know Chinsia's Little Blueberry. I think it was again it was from afar but I think it was I saw Chinsia Lydia and someone else with them but I couldn't see who. Um but yeah it was obviously Blueberry that I spotted first. Her cute little puppy. So so cute. I would have loved to have said hello but again bags in hand and it was from a distance. So, um, but anyway, yeah, I have just got back in the car, just loaded it all up, and now Costco is on the agenda, but I also want to get some lunch from somewhere. So, I'm like, am I going to go to Costco for lunch? I know I'll be tempted by a big piece of pizza, though, if I go there. Or there's a Tim Hortons. We could just get like a little cheese toasty. There's Starbucks. I do think I need something before going to Costco, though. either as soon as I get in. In fact, I need to get a new card because I've lost it. Yeah. Okay, we'll probably go Tim Hortons, I reckon. French vanilla. Yes, French vanilla, which I've not had in a while. They have got a seasonal drinks at Tim Hortons, but I just think that French vanilla is the best. And if I was going to get seasonal, I'd get a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks next door. So, no. Let's do Tim Hortons. Okay, Tim Hortons. 10 free Timbits when you buy a beef burger and a seasonal drink. Let's have a look. Oh, I'm not ready to decide yet. Hi, comfort. Can I take your order, please? >> Hello. Please. Can I get a uh maple chicken wrap uh French vanilla latte? >> That's it. Thank you. Oh, actually, I wanted a maple dip donut. Let's see if I can add it on. I wasn't ready. Or maybe I should avoid it. Feel like I'm coming down with something. You know when your throat in the mornings just feels like something's brewing. It's been like that for a few days now. Although I've not slept well the last few days cuz Barney's basically had a cone on his head. >> Can I also add a maple glazed donut onto it as well, please? >> Maple dip. >> Yes. Thank you. So, you have maple barbecue wrap latte small and a maple lip. >> Yes, thank you. >> So, yeah, he's had a cone on his head cuz he's had a hot spot, which he's had before. Um, that's not uncommon for him. He has had a few. I think it's just because he is obviously a swimmer. >> Thank you. Um, because he's a swimmer, he's had a couple of them before and it's essent it's something to do with if they've nicked their skin or something whereby if they've it's been kept wet and it's not been dried well enough. So, that's probably my part as well, not drying them off properly. Um, but I just don't know how he gets them. He's This is probably his fourth one now, and it's really annoying. And to be fair, I I look after it as soon as I notice it, so that I don't need to take him to the vets or anything. He it like heals quite well, but it's because he's a swimmer and it's because he's not been dried properly. He just has like a little saw and it's on his tail. so he can reach it really easily. So that's why we've had a cone on him and bless him. I always feel so bad when he's got a cone on. Um anyway, cheers. French vanilla latte. Oh, that is good. That is so good. And I wanted to Hold on. Let me let me just prop you up. I use my little bag that I keep in the car with random bits of like plasters, paracetamol, hairbrush, things that I might need in the car. Here we go. prop you up there. Um, yeah. So, I feel like there's definitely a tickle in my throat and I want to see if they've got any of those ginger shots at Costco that I'm just going to get and chug. Although, turmeric shots are meant to be quite good for when you're feeling like that. Ginger's good for your stomach. Maple barbecue wrap. Let's give this a taste test. M. Oh, that sauce that they use, it's quite smoky. It's really nice. And I feel like this is somewhat better than a piece of pizza. Just remembered I'm at Costco and their fresh cookies that they have are so good. I think because they're so new, I forget that they still do them. I should have got that over the maple doughut. Never mind. Okay, we're in Costco now. Got a bit of a tactic today to get my step count in. I'm going to go up and down every single aisle. Plus, it's an excuse to make sure I don't miss anything. Um although this is a quite a boring aisle, so we'll skip ahead. Oh, they've got a big olive tree in. It also comes in a really nice pot. Wonder how much that is. That one is $99.99. This is quite a good idea, especially for party season when you're doing cheeseboards and things. It's only $19.99 and it's quite big, but you've also got the pull out drawer for the knives, the slate, which you can remove. And yeah, you can do your own little at home platters. Guys, this is officially the most underwhelming pumpkin picking experience I've ever done. But this year, we just haven't had the chance to get to a pumpkin patch. Uh, and I want one for the doorstep. So, these were like £4 and they're pretty big. I'm not a mince pie lover myself, but look at the size of these ones. They are huge. They've got all the Christmas treats out. Now, look at this lint advent calendar. I think they'll be like a mix of things in here. What it say on the back? We've got some Yeah, a whole mixture of things. Only $14.99. Pretty good value for money. How yum does that look? Mature cheddar and jalapeno pull aart cheese bread. Oh my goodness, that looks so good. And you just air fry it for 14 minutes. And for the cheese lover, they've got a whole cheese advent calendar. Okay, that one's ripped open. But all those different flavors in. How much is that cheese advent calendar? $7.99. I used to be absolutely obsessed with these. I don't drink them anymore, but they've got the Christmas editions in. If you do drink them, the Christmas cups are $8.99. They also have the cookies and cream and the sweet mocka in the Christmas packaging as well. These are quite good for hosting. They're only $7.99 and you've got the three different mixes in there. You've got a classic mjito margarita. Um oh, two mjitos. Right. This is Tom's request. Two boxes of golf balls. Last time I had to get the yellow ones cuz the white was out of stock, but he prefers the white. I think I do too to be fair. I'm acting like I play golf all the time. I definitely don't, but when I do, I prefer white. These are good for Christmas. $9.99, you get a big box of um like bags of coins. Oh, six. There's six bags in there. So, if you've got like kids to buy for to um pop in stockings or sacks. These are $14.99 and again, great for gifting. They've got these lint sets which come with a mug, little bear. They're kind of like a hot chocolate set cuz they've got hot chocolate marshmallows in there too as well as the lint chocolates. They seem I think it's just the two designs that they've got. But I think of the two I prefer the little gingerbread one. Still sticking with my walking up and down every aisle getting these step counting. Wa! Look at the size of this tuna. That is crazy. Crazy big. I've not seen my favorite one that is usually in here. the Otter tuna. I don't need a stock up yet, but I hope they do bring that back because it was a lot cheaper here and it's really good. Down the kind of Christmas section. I've shown you these before which are just adorable. These are really nice. I've not seen this deer family with trees before. I'm not sure how big they are though cuz there's no sort of display one. The box is huge, but that just looks like it's sat on a tray to me. I think that must be like a mirror or something. Anyway, they've got a little advent calendar that you can fill your own. Oh, no. It's not a fill your own. You literally just use it as decor. Um, and then that's a fill your own one. Oh, that's a tree skirt. That's clever. That is $18.99. Thing is, I don't want to overdo it with the tartan. I think less is more when it comes to especially tartan. just little bits of it, you know, but mostly just reds and greens, traditional colors, teddy bears, um Ralph Ren theme without being just all tartan. They've got this set of candles, these three festive scents, and then I've just noticed they've got sand and fog, which obviously they do in uh Homesense. They're £18.99 for these huge ones, which I think is if if you saw that in HomeSense, I bet that would be like 25 maybe. Then what else? We got a little nativity scene. I say little, that's actually pretty big. I've got loads of pumpkin pop uh poper pumpkin puree. Sorry. Le cans. They come in a set of three for $4.89, which obviously usually in supermarkets. I find these quite hard to find. And they're usually down like the American section or you can get them off Amazon but for more expensive. I don't think I've seen Witads in here before, but they've got these hot chocolate sets which again could be good for gifting with what have they got? Luxury salted caramel cookies and cream hazelnut. Uh so I thought I'd show you that. That's $16.99 for that set of six Tim Tams. Just the original one. I've just bought this but I should have held off because it is cheaper here. It's usually £22.99. I think I bought it with like £3 off in Water St. But yeah, it's only £12.99 here, but I haven't read it yet. Let me know if you've read it. We've also got the brand new Mary Berry cookbook. This is half price in Water St. at the minute, so it's a similar price. It's actually slightly cheaper here, but her very best recipes. Should get this for Tom Golf, the iconic course at $16.99. I have bought him this one before, which is a really lovely book, the watch book Rolex. But obviously with this one, that one's $39.99. They come in the cellophane wrapper, whereas the golf course one don't. And can you see they're all a bit beaten up. So I don't know, like maybe I will just leave it if it is going to be for a gift. But having said that, that is lovely book for a gift. When I said I've been shopping, I meant it. There is a lot here because I also came home to a few parcels as well with me having um the gift guides coming up. I've been putting in a few online orders. So yeah, there are lots of parcels to come home to as well. This chicken rotisserie chicken from Costco is just I will never not get one if I um like if I'm buying for a meal that day because a rotisserie chicken How much are they? They're like £3 pound50 or something. So affordable that with the salad I did went for the lazy option and I got one of these salads. They are kind of pricey. They're £8, but they're huge and they do last for a few days. So one that you can just kind of keep eating your way through. I got some ribbon for my Christmas presents. We went for the tartan with a little bit of gold on the edging. And then this one's reversible. It's green on one side and red on the other. And I really like their ribbons because they've got wiring so they can you can really shape them into like really big pretty bows. At Tom's request got a couple of boxes of golf balls for him. And our berries that we always get, they didn't have them, so I just had to go with blueberries. They did have um raspberries as well, but we like the mixed berries one. I'm going to get these in the fridge and down one right now because I feel like I need it. I'm just craving that health right now. And a ginger shot hopefully will do the trick. Even just for bit of hydration. Hello, mister. And then we've got Mr. Man with his cone of shame. But it is beneficial for you. I promise. You can smell that chicken, can't you? I will give you a little bit of chicken if you're a good boy. Seems as though you've had to go to school with that cone on your head. It's embarrassing, isn't it? So embarrassing, mom sending me to school with a cone on my head. Bless him. Anyway, ginger shot time. Been thinking about this all morning. Oh my goodness. packs a bunch. Oh, that is good. Right, pop these bits away in the fridge and I don't know if there's anything else I'm going to show you today because in fact there are probably a couple of bits from Soft String Green, but a lot of those things by the front door. Like I said, they're all for either my Primark haul, which will be my next video or um or for the gift guide videos. I made the other day, a fresh banana loaf, which I probably should have had that for breakfast actually, but oh, it smells good. But I um was in a bit of rush this morning. Anyway, I need to answer the door. It's an exciting one for you, Barney. Sorry, I didn't mean to distract you. Just eating his food. I've given him his dinner early tonight because he never has like a full portion before going to doggy daycare. I don't like to fill him up with um food just before he goes and has a runaround. So, I um yeah, he's just had his tails delivery. Going to Carax on the old lips, guys. How is it getting dark already? Well, it's 4:00 now. And it is We're into the thick of the autumn winter months where it starts to get darker earlier can be quite hard. That I'm not going to lie. As much as I love autumn, winter, and I do like a cozy night as well, I will admit, but it is sometimes hard when well, especially I remember when I worked in full-time office work because you would have to leave for work in the morning and it'd be dark and you weren't coming home until it was pitch black. That was hard. Being my own kind of like worker for myself, it does work a little bit differently now. Sorry, is that distracting that you can hear Barney munching away? Look what also arrived. The thread winter white company brochure winter 2025. I want to have a flick through this this evening and see if I can Oh, they're nice PJs. see if I can spot any new and bits that I maybe can be on the hunt for when I go shopping for dupes or if there's anything that I want from the white company cuz I have got a little 15% off code to use in here as well. Anyway, I'll have a flick through that in a second with a coffee or something. I've also got my Tim Hortons donut that I'm yet to try. Maple. Oh, it smells good. maple. Poor Barney. I can't stand in the cone. Okay, so the whole donut isn't glazed. It's just the top part that's glazed. [Music] That is good. But I think a Costco cookie would have been better. Never mind. I did resist though cuz I thought that's just been greedy. Definitely don't need both of those. Um, this isn't necessarily something that I picked up for my gift guide videos, but it's from the Inky List, so I don't know what's in here. This is just This is PR. Thought we'd open that together. Co-founder of Inky List, Colette has very kindly sent me a parcel. We are on a mission to make skincare simple and want you to join us. Let's cut through the beauty BS together and find skin care that's effective, transparent, and accessible for you. Oh, we've got a little receipt. And then inside the products that they've very kindly sent over for me to try, we have a cleanser, the cleansing balm, oat cleansing balm, which I think is meant to be quite gentle. Helps remove makeup and cleanse Yeah. sensitive skin. So, I think I'll like that cuz I can get a bit of sensitiv sensitivity sometimes. And then we've also got a Excum hydroglow complex serum, a caffeine eye cream, and an amigga water cream. So, thanks to Thank you List for sending over these bits for me to try. This is from a PR company. Oh, Intuition collection from the P private collection. We hope you love them. Can't wait to hear your thoughts. Loves love the Why can't I speak today? Love the rituals, too. Maybe it's cuz it's getting on day. Oh, the packaging is beautiful. This I always think rituals would make for a lovely gift. And this packaging in particular with it being the new range. So, so pretty. This is their whipped body cream. And I love their shower gels. There are velvety foaming shower gels, sandalwood and vanilla essence. A perfume oil. We'll give this a little sniff. Oops. Flew out. Velvet aura. This is really handy size as well for that is lovely. Quite feminine for me, but still quite deep or wintry. That is lovely. And then this is their luminous body exfoliator. A little illustration of like an owl on this one with the like a flower sandalwood and vanilla essence. So thank you to Rituals for sending that again. Uh the item that I wasn't expecting there. So a nice little surprise to come home to. I think that's everything though. I'll show you the bits that I did get a sustr. Not loads, but I saw that they had these shower like bath mats. these oops wooden bath mats in which I thought would would be really nice downstairs in our bathroom in the basement. We've got already in there a product container like a dark wood u from Zara home. So I thought this might match quite nicely or in my bathroom or in Tom's bathroom. These will go in any of the bathrooms. I also got a stock up of a couple more of their wooden spoons for our jars in the pantry which I like to get. I got a smaller and a a smaller and a bigger one. The bigger one was £2. The smaller one was80, I think. And then, how cute is this? This is with all of the Christmas decorations and like hanging decorations. They had a whole box full of like gold different shaped but gold um metal decorations. So, it comes on a zoot ribbon, but I just there's something about this being a key that I thought would be lovely obviously as a Christmas decoration on a tree, but even some kind of I don't know. I think if you had kids, you could somehow include this within a magic key, Santa Claus letter, something or other. Got a little sheet mask from Look Fantastic, which I want to try. This is from that Cantella brand. Beauty of Hold on. Beauty of Josen. Canella Asia a Asetica calming mask to help soothe the skin comfortably. This uh brand which stocked in I think it stopped in Pure Soul as well when I popped in there and had a look at their masks and these were highly rated. Speaking of masks, I did also pick up this which I really want to try. Um, if I really like it, I'll give it a try and I'll let you know. But I'll also maybe if I do like it, include it within a gift guide or a blog or something where I can let you know. But it's called the collagen night wrapping mask. You apply it as the thin layer to your face after you've cleansed. Leave for 15 minutes and then sleep in it. So, I'm assuming after 15 minutes, it feels quite like tight. So, whether or not I'll keep it on for like an hour or so before going to bed or actually take it off, I'm not sure. But um the fact that this is highly rated, your skin's meant to like really rejuvenate afterwards and you can either wipe it off with like lukewarm water or peel it off. I will close off the video here. Thank you so much for spending the day with me and coming shopping with me. Like I said, it's already getting dark outside. It's about time for me to have a shower, get into my comfies, wind down. We're solo tonight as well cuz Tom is away with some work friends. So, I quite enjoy just a chill full rain of the TV, possibly even go up to bed and watch. In fact, let me show you this Tik Tok. Where's my phone? I sent it to a girl's group chat just cuz it made me giggle. I just thought that is that is me. Today is day one of doing something fun every single day after work so that I'm not living for the weekend. I've been seeing people do this on Tik Tok and it just like really inspired me and I have something really fun I want to do tonight. >> Where is she? the new line. [Music] >> That's going to be me tonight. I'm on the girls group chat now. This is another one that's just a classic. [Applause] >> The fact that they're silent afterwards, you just know that they are crying. You know, when you laugh in silence, you know that that's a good laugh. Anyway, um we've also got the girls sending me some pictures of the VS show, the Victoria's Secret show that was on recently. And my goodness, those models insane. I used to love watching the Victoria's Secret show growing up. This is like when well I say growing up when I was like teenagers, teenage years when we lived in America, I loved Victoria's Secret. It was like all I shopped was the pink section at Victoria's Secret with like they had yoga pants, joggers, obviously all their underwear, really like fun and girly and pretty and um I just loved watching the Victoria Secret fashion show every year. Um anyway, that is going to go going to conclude shower, PJs, makeup off, rotisserie chicken for dinner. the rest of that maple doughut for dessert. Some good TV, good girly trash TV and call it a night. So yeah, thank you so much for watching. I hope you guys have enjoyed it. Don't forget to be subscribed with the notification bell on and stay tuned for my next upload, which will be a gigantic, predominantly festive cozy winter Primark haul. Uh that will be coming next. But otherwise, thank you so much for watching and I hope to see you all very soon in my next video. Bye guys. [Music]