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Earlier this month Clairey and I went on a city break to Chester in Cheshire. Chester is known for being a historic city being found as a Roman fort and has near complete city walls which you can walk around Chester on. It also has adorable black and white shop buildings which are double stacked having another shop on top of them all in the old tudor style. Oh and a Roman amphitheater too and so much more that we didn't take any photos of as it was 30 degrees Celsius both days! We had lots of fun in Chester though shopping, sightseeing and then retreating to cafes and our hotel for cool AC when it got too hot.
Earlier this month Clairey and I went on a city break to Chester in Cheshire. Chester is known for being a historic city being found as a Roman fort and has near complete city walls which you can walk around Chester on. It also has adorable black and white shop buildings which are double stacked having another shop on top of them all in the old tudor style. Oh and a Roman amphitheater too and so much more that we didn't take any photos of as it was 30 degrees Celsius both days! We had lots of fun in Chester though shopping, sightseeing and then retreating to cafes and our hotel for cool AC when it got too hot.
However when we got home we did take photos of our combined haul!
When we first arrived in Chester we walked around in the evening to find everything and get a clue where we were we spotted a Doc Martens shop that was having a summer sale so we decided to definitely hit it up the day after and here is what we bought! Clairey bought the Yelena iced metallic pink sandals and I bought the Virginia shoe in lilac as well as pink ribbon laces to wear with them. When we walked in the store we didn't intend to buy any shoes but we fell in love with them and I did really need a pair of summery shoes however, I didn't know they would be docs! If you can see in the picture the pink sandals have been chewed up a bit near the buckle. Unfortunately our loveable baby boy Archie, our Golden Retriever puppy has been teething and managed to run away with them. Luckily it's not the main bit of the shoe so a bit of a doh moment. But it won't stop us from naming and shaming him.
We popped into Lush later to pick up a lip balm and something new which turned out to be Jason and the Argan oil shampoo bar which seems to be now sold out online. The shop assistant we had was really good with suggesting which shampoo bar to get and gave good tips on how to keep it such as letting it drip dry. We don't have a rack to let it dry on so I had to get creative and use this.
Rilakkuma to the rescue! Luckily with the warm weather we've been having I've been able to hang the basket outside to dry (and forget it too.) I hope the birds don't get confused and think it's food!
After Lush Clairey and I found Disney which was also having a big sale, we planned the city break at a good time didn't we? Everything was pretty cheap too! Clairey managed to get these Ufufy note pads for £5 and they have a cute velvet touch feel on them. Mickey and Minnie are lined, Donald and Daisy are square and Goofy is blank. She also got the Stich and Angel Ufufy mini's for £3 too, though we kind of wish there was a Lilo and Scrump set too!
Being just our luck the day we finally get around to taking photographs there was rain after weeks of sunshine! So our apologies for the grey photo. Lastly we popped in the very large Primark, we saw lots of new things our little Primark at home didn't have. In the end we were quite good and we bought the Barbie sleep top to share (We both share our wardrobes a lot, it's good being a twin!) Amy picked up some socks to wear with her new docs and Clairey bought some Stitch socks.
After our stay at Chester we visited Quarry Bank Mill a National Trust property, it was a cotton mill where you could also see the owners house, the employee village and more. There has been a television show based of the mill and the true stories of the people who worked there too. In the gift shop you can buy cotton fabric that was woven on the looms in the mill with print designs designed by local artists and printed locally too! I bought this fabric which has scenes of all the different places at the mill but also has little textile motifs too. I plan to make a lolita skirt with a bustle back as I only got a metre of this fabric having already spent up in Chester. I was so surprised that actually sold fabric made on the looms and probably chatted the lady's ear off with my excitement.
In the end I think we had a pretty good haul, we did want to buy more clothing for summer but getting the docs make up for it. We never expected to get our docs but seeing the summer sale made us take a peek and we really got our dream shoes. We both really loved Chester and definitely want to go back, and maybe next time we'll get some better photos of the place.
Blog soon xxx
Clairey & Amy
After our stay at Chester we visited Quarry Bank Mill a National Trust property, it was a cotton mill where you could also see the owners house, the employee village and more. There has been a television show based of the mill and the true stories of the people who worked there too. In the gift shop you can buy cotton fabric that was woven on the looms in the mill with print designs designed by local artists and printed locally too! I bought this fabric which has scenes of all the different places at the mill but also has little textile motifs too. I plan to make a lolita skirt with a bustle back as I only got a metre of this fabric having already spent up in Chester. I was so surprised that actually sold fabric made on the looms and probably chatted the lady's ear off with my excitement.
In the end I think we had a pretty good haul, we did want to buy more clothing for summer but getting the docs make up for it. We never expected to get our docs but seeing the summer sale made us take a peek and we really got our dream shoes. We both really loved Chester and definitely want to go back, and maybe next time we'll get some better photos of the place.
Blog soon xxx
Clairey & Amy
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