H is for Happy week 6

I am very much aware that I missed last week's posting of this. I had to go home for my grandma's funeral and even if I had internet connection, going online was the last thing I felt like doing. I'm back up north now having been shipped off back to uni for the next month until Easter holidays with only an overnight visit for a Taylor Swift concert the week before I break up for Easter. Anyway, looking to begin to feel happy again here is the next H is for Happy:

Chunky chips: smothered in salt and vinegar preferably. Done right, one of my favourite foods

Carasouls: I'm fully aware that generally speaking carasouls are for small children but I love these. Plus I have an excuse on family trips out courtesy of my neice

Surprises: a lot of the time I don't like surprises but there are a few particularly lovely ones I don't mind. One such surprise was Piers showing up at the train station when I got back a couple of nights ago, feelings physically and emotionally shattered, and gave me the biggest hug ever.

Kinder Eggs: Combining two lovely chocolates AND a toy means this is one of the best sweets possible to get your hands on

Love quotes: I was originally going to have poetry as part of this week's post but then I came across this picture. I remember this quote from the Hilary Duff film The Perfect Man and it stuck in my head. I'm a romantic at heart so stuff like this makes me smile.

New Year, New Wardrobe Wants

Forget the sales, January is when the shops restock and offer us some gorgeous pieces. Here are three items I am seriously considering indulging in when my uni loan comes in...

First is this New Look animal Peter Pan tunic. At £16.99 it's one of the shop's cheaper options, which is always a plus. I know these collars were quite big last year (wow it feels weird writing that) but, if New Look's mini collection of Peter Pan collar tunics are anything to go by, they look set to hang around for a little bit longer. I wasn't really interested in this kind of collar previously but this tunic might just be an exception for me. I blame the print and the tunic's colour - the black one with this collar really didn't do it justice - as they work really well together.

Next up we have a LOVE tile stacking ring which goes straight for the Scrabble-loving, word-geek that I am. At £8 it's a bit pricey for a ring but given how amazing it is and the fact it's from Accessorize (not looking so pricey now when you look at some of their other pieces) it will be a worthwhile £8.

Finally is this bracelet. I adore these kinds of things - I've never really been one for a delicate, intricate chain adorning my wrist - so this is definitely right up my street. It is £8.50 but as it's from Dorothy Perkins I do get 10% student discount which knocks a bit off. Also, I have a feeling I'd wear this to absolute death as it would go really well with my casual uni day wardrobe, as well as living up a party dress. Always a sign of a good accessory.

And these are my three "oh my goodness I really, really, really want these in my life" pieces of the high street's new 2011 stock.