Jo and I have been planning on meeting up for ages and I finally got round to booking as I found a great deal for a hotel. If you are travelling to Manchester just for a short break or to go shopping then I really recommend the City Inn as it is directly opposite the station and only 2 minutes walk away. Plus the double room with breakfast was only £65 for the night! This includes free wifi with a laptop and Sky tv in the rooms as standard.
As soon as I stomped off the train I saw the top of Jo's hair and made my way over, Jo and I were both really nervous that we would end up not liking each other but that feeling soon disappeared and I realised Jo was my sort of girl when we agreed to go to the bar in the station rather than bother to straight to the hotel.
After many a double voddie, a bizarre dinner of nachos and chips (carbs anyone), and a completely disgusting cocktail later the action started. After telling the waitress we were popping outside we got chased by the fat barman who thought we weren't going to pay for our drinks, he soon felt a plonker when we told him that we had already ok'd it with his colleague. Poor bloke, he looked like that was the most exercise he'd done in a very long while!
We were having such a laugh (especially when the hotel mistook us for a lesbian couple for some reason) that Jo eventually went home past midnight and I had a a mooch round the room then passed out. I haven't had such a fun night in a very long time.
The next day Jo took me to the Trafford Centre which is like Bluewater, Lakeside and Westfield rolled into one. I was particularly taken by the Egyptian toilets!
We also met Cosmetic Candy briefly at the Front Cover stand in Boots, we had to disappear and get some food as we were both starving so didn't stay and watch her makeover but it was very nice to meet her albeit for a few minutes.
Artwork from the latest collection, totally stunning
The main purchase of the day was our Dolce and Gabbana makeup. Simply because the lady there was the only assistant in the whole shop who wasn't a complete cow.
I can quite honestly say the rest of the sales assistants (or Oompa Loompas as most of them looked) were THE RUDEST I have ever come across EVER! I think Selfridges should be ashamed of their Trafford Centre beauty staff, because their tactics made me literally walk away in disgust. I think Jo was a bit embarrassed at RMK as the woman was so rude I just decided to be rude back and refused to take her stupid pamphlet about Gok Wan and crossed my arms so she would stop trying to force me to take it.
Rant aside here are my gorgeous purchases. I haven't had a chance to try them on my face so I will do a FOTD with them this week.
These are my first 3 items from D&G
After a wander round the rest of the shops and a Starbucks we met up with Jo's Gareth who very kindly dropped me back at the hotel. Poor bloke had two yawning women waffling about makeup for like half an hour in his car, sorry Gareth!
I am so glad I went to visit Jo, she felt immediately like someone I had known for years and is just a down to earth gorge amazing girl. Love ya babe xx Oh and sorry about the lack of pictures, even if I had remembered my memory card I was having such a brill time I would have forgotten anyway!
I will have to go back soon.
13 comments:
glad you had a good time and the new stuff looks gorg looking forward to seeing them on you xx
o wow! souns like alovely and fun time! I really need to take a week end off. But this weekend wow! sounds like something to remember ♥
Your weekend sounds fab! I've only ever been to the MAC counter in Selfridges the week before christmas and they seemed quite abrupt, must be a year round attitude!
Sounds like you girlies had a fabby time :) I am so very pleased. And that D&G lippie looks gorg xx
Awwww Im so glad you had just as much fun as me. Hahaha @ I saw the top of Jo's hair. I so forgot to put all the funny things that happened to us in my post though. Like when the barman thought we was running without paying lmao.
I had a ball babe, really did.
Love ya.
xxx
awww sounds like you both had a lovely weekend :)
thanks for sharing with us all
xx
@nicoletta ooh I can't wait to try it all out.
@Anya thanks hun♥
@Laura - Emerald Green 88 yeah the mac staff weren't as bad as some, they were just unsure of the names of their own products. doh!
@Milly ooh it is gorge, think you might prefer the lippie that jo bought tbh ooh they smell lovely!
@Jo cannot believe they thought we had lessed up tho! so embarassing!
@steph0188 it was fantasticalidooda! x
I am highly disappointed by the lack of pics. Also disappointed that you couldn't fit me in your suitcase.
Hmph!
Seriously though, glad you had a good time :D
Sucks about rude SAs! Especially as SO many people want their job, and could probably do it so much better. Apart from that, glad you had a fab time, I adore Manchester :).
xoxo
That's a shame that you found the staff in Selfridges rude, I've been to the Trafford Centre quite a few times and never had any problems with them, especially the Illamasqua staff, they are great!
That is so exciting!! I've met a girl who is on blogger, but I actually met her on a forum about 7 years ago and we've been friends online since :) we got on great in p[erson too so it was so worth it :)
Great deal on the hotel too! And the D&G makeup looks absolutely amazing.
I hate pushy sales assistants though.. TBH I find the staff in Lush far too pushy and annoying.
Sounds fun! I've always wanted to meet a blogger band hang out for a day.. Your purchases look great! The lipstick is gorgeous... Is it opaque/sheer??
The usual girls who work at RMK are really niceee =). Well the ones i know! I went to the event with that make up artist for gok wan's fashion fix on the friday and there was this women who works in rmk london and she was sooo rudee =/. maybe you meant her xD. XX
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