La Liste de Souhaits.

Today Maxime my roommate and I are off after an extremely tiring and tough week at work.

The summer season has officially ended, and all of the summer staff have left, leaving Walt's feeling a little empty and quiet.

The atmosphere has changed quite a bit and people seem to be more cranky than usual..

Thus leading to a week where the hours just seemed to drag by, whereas before most of the time they flew.

We headed off to Val d'Europe this afternoon to pick up some food and ended up in FNAC, which is France's chain store of books and all things techno. It's pretty brilliant, and we spent a good hour and a half in there.

I was checking out the macbooks, and I had previously decided in my head that I was going to break the bank and go for the brand new Macbook pro with retina display, because I have heard such great things about it. It's over my budget though at a massive 2399 euro.

Bare in mind that I have been working full-time all summer in order to buy one of these guys.

I checked out the over macbooks and was surprised to see that the macbook pro 13inch actually feels like a perfectly fine screen size. I thought that it would be too small, but it seems fine and obviously is lighter than it's big sister the 15 inch.

Another plus is that it's priced at almost 600 euro less than the 15 inch at only 1300 euro.

I'm going to double check the specifications, but I think this might be the one I'll go for in the end.

 Macbook pro 15 inch Retina Display

Macbook pro 13 inch

I also had a cheeky look at the imac desktops which are surprizingly reasonably priced, and the screens are enormous. But buying a computer is probably not that practical if I'm not too sure what the future holds after this year.

I also had a look at the DSLR cameras, and have my eye on a Canon 60d. A mid-range DSLR, which would yes, mean changing from a Nikon to a Canon! In the camera world this is pretty much like switching premiership teams in football...

I do love Nikon, great cameras, great company, but I would like to check out a Canon for a couple of years..

Finally after about an hour of deliberating, and me encouraging... Maxime decided to, rather impulsively, purchase the new Samsung Galaxy Tablette 2 for himself.

He's not an apple fan, so went for the new Samsung, which looks pretty slick, and has a very chic and minimalistic interface.

I wouldn't mind one of these myself.

La Retour.

I know that I haven't been posting much this summer, so there is quite an accumulation of clothing items that I've bought throughout the pasts three months.

The sales were on for the first month, so I bought rather a lot at the beginning of this summer and told myself that I wouldn't shop much after that.

Fortunately I actually managed to stick to that promise, only picking up a few bits and pieces here and there.

I'll start off with my recent purchase of boots from H&M. I'm so delighted with them. They will be perfect for wearing to college or for when I work up at the racecourse.

A nice little bit of height, but also comfortable and easy to walk-in. Not to mention, very easy to pair with jeans or a mullet, up/down skirt.

Boots, H&M, 30euro.

Next up is the bowler hat that I just bought on request for Sarah this morning.

I couldn't get through to her on the phone as H&M had two different types but I think I bought the right one.

I will definitely be borrowing this... and plan to wear it sitting on the back of my head with hair straight down, centre-parting.

Next up has got to be one of the best things I bought! This aztec print skirt from the zara sale has probably been the most worn item in my wardrobe this summer.

It is longer at the back and about knee length at the front. It's super light and airy and is perfect for walking to work in with just a black tank top or string top tucked inside and a skinny brown belt around the hips.

Love this.

Skirt, Zara, Was 25euro, down to 7euro!

The final few things for this post have got to be my levi shorts.

Before I left I bought myself a pair of levi trashed denim shorts in Urban Outfitters.

They're easy to wear with tights or bare legs, and go with most tee-shirts so I thought it was a good buy.

I then had my eye on a pair of the black ones, but fortunately I didn't buy them because here in Paris, I've found a second-hand vintage store that does them for 5euro!

Imagine! Compared to the 42euro I spent in UO.

So I bought myself 3 pairs, although to find ones that fit you right you do have to be patient and go through a long process of trying on tons of pairs.

I'm delighted with them now though. I bought another light-wash jean, a dark jean colour, and a faded black pair.

L'inspiration.

A small collection of recent photos I've found inspiring...

Billy's.

I've been so lucky to make a great bunch of new friends this summer.

I guess Disney probably attracts like-minded people.

Unfortunately most of the people below have headed home by now, but here are a few pictures of our favourite place to hang out...

Billy Bob's.

Billy Bob's.