Winter haul

Usually my tax return is put to good use by fleshing out my Winter wardrobe, but this year I couldn't wait. I needed new jeans, new blouses and at least a new jumper as well as some ankle boots and over the past weeks I have been slowly accumulating the goodies.

2 shirts from Everlane. One in dusty pink and one in slate.

Ashley Gusset Book from Witchery

These were the easy ones to get pics of! I also got a jumper and another silk blouse from Oxford, though I don't love the quality. I bought my jeans this year from Levi's online and found out the hard way that the US style of 'skinny jeans' is different to the Australian style of skinny jeans. It's more straight leg and not the best for me.

Have you done any Winter shopping yet?

Back to reality

S and I got back from Japan on the 7th and have been really busy since. Japan was amazing! We spent the first week in Hakuba where we skied. The snow was amazing! So so powdery and so awesome to ski on. I was really apprehensive before we went about the skiing, as I've never really enjoyed it in Australia, but Hakuba certainly changed my mind!

The second week was spent in Tokyo which was also fantastic. I didn't realise the shopping there was so good and came home with a new Winter wardrobe.

 The ski mountains

 It snowed a lot overnight...

 Blizzarding on the slopes

 Showing how deep the snow is. This is outside our accommodation.

 The trees looked like glass trees

 The view from our room

 Snow monkeys!

 The only family of monkeys in the world that use hot springs

 We bought fireworks..

 Harajuku

 The view from The Peak Lounge - Park Hyatt, Tokyo

 Amazing view!

 Mount Takao Shrine

 Tokyo City is so clean and modern

The view from the New York Bar, 52nd Floor of the Park Hyatt, Tokyo.