The Paris Diaries | Part 1 Napoleons Tomb & Eiffel Tower

I've not had a blog post up for about a week now and I'm sorry for that, but all my energy was being put into my trip to Paris! I'd been planning this for months and had been wanting to visit the city for years, I kid you not - it literally has been years! I'm so glad Connor - my vvvvv lovely boyfriend - said he would come with me. Paris wasn't somewhere he thought he wanted to visit, but I think after visiting he was glad he went. We both had so much fun exploring the beautiful city, and I definitely want to visit again soon. 
We arrived into CDG airport around half past one in the afternoon and after getting the Paris Shuttle - I'd highly recommend, it was quick and incredibly good value - to our hotel we unpacked and went out exploring! 
Connor really wanted to visit Napoleons Tomb - so our first stop of the day was to DÔME DES INVALIDES, TOMB OF NAPOLEON I. Our hotel was nearby so we just walked it, the walk wasn't a long one - taking maybe only around 15 minutes, it was incredibly hot though which made the short walk feel so much longer. 

After wandering around the gardens we got our tickets to go into the Dome itself, because Connor and I are both under 24 and members of a EU country we got in for free. This happened a lot while we were away. And those that weren't free they were offered at a lower rate. The DÔME DES INVALIDES was stunning, inside and out! 
Next on the list was to wander over to the Eiffel Tower, we were going to leave going up if the queue was long. Luck was on our side though and we waited no more than 20 minutes to get a ticket and make our way up the tower. 

 The Eiffel Tower was amazing - its spectacular to look at (even more so at night time!) and to go up it was amazing as well! We visited all three floors of the tower, the views from all levels were amazing. The first floor had sections of glass floor and oh man it was freaky! The photo Connor took of me standing on the glass shows how awkward and uneasy I look, it made me feel a bit uneasy looking down and seeing what was below me.
After we went up the Tower we then went to get something to eat - there was a pizza place near by so we got a take away pizza and sat watching the tower light up. It was a great start to our first day in Paris!

So that was our first day in Paris! Day two - which was Disneyland Paris will be the next!

5 Things to Save For

Since I got up this morning I knew I wanted to write a blog post. What I wanted to write about was another story though. I had no idea at all about what to write about, I had nothing new to review and my outfit, well it consisted of a fluffy jumper and gym gear - not that I was actually doing any exercise.
I had spent the morning trying to figure out ways to get some extra pennies, so I took to eBay and sold a few things. That got me thinking - what am I saving up for? There are a fair few things I want to get this year - all of which are crazy expensive. I could buy one of them now but I like the idea of saving up and not blowing all my savings in one go.

Brand New Shiny Camera

I recently put my camera on Gumtree before I move and sell it on eBay - just to see if I can get the amount I want for it. So when it goes the money that I get will be going straight to my DSLR fund, also I'll be stuck using my IPhone for pictures - I hope that it takes good pictures. I've got my eyes on either the Canon EOS 600D - typical blogger camera or the Nikon D5200. The D5200 is fairly more expensive than the 600D, but it looks hella brilliant! I'm aiming to have about £500 saved before I go and buy a new camera - that way I get to have more choice about what camera I buy.

Beautiful Designer Bag

I saw a Michael Kors bag on a few peoples blogs and instantly felt jealous of them. £310 ish for a bag though is a lot so I think in terms of when I get this it will be somewhere between August and the end of the year - getting a new job would help brilliantly with this.

NARS Narcissist Palette

At a whopping £55 for an eyeshadow palette this is something I'm definitely going to have to save towards if I want to be the proud owner of it. My mum will probably kill me if I spend that much on it buy y'know its NARS and its beautiful. I have until June to get my hands on it - even if I don't NARS will release something just as pretty soon after.

A Holiday

I've never been on a plane and I haven't been on a holiday of any kind since I was 15 or 16. My friend and I are thinking of going to Paris in the summer and I think I'll need at least £300 for that, just for hotel and flights, then a few ore hundred for spending money and stuff like that. And if I want to go to Disneyland then I need £60 for tickets.

Leather Jacket

I've wanted a real leather jacket for such a long time and recently I saw a really lovely one by Free People on ASOS, its £138 but it is a real leather jacket so should last a really long time. I also think Leather jackets are kind of a classic piece and looks brilliant with basically all items.

Do you have anything your saving towards?

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