THE perfect bag! Zara City Office Bag Review

You may have seen me talking about this bag last week, well I only went and bought it! 

So I am now a proud owner of the City Office Bag by Zara, it is a reasonable £49.99, seeing as it has about a zillion compartments! Also I've wanted this bag forever, seems a small price to pay for such an excellent bag. (facts and figures may not be exact)

I purchased this bag after running around town and trawling through the internet trying to find a bag big enough and sturdy enough to hold my laptop, as I have been using my other Zara bag which isn't exactly ideal - I have to force my mac into it! 

After finding out about this bag, I went into my local Zara store, and found the camel version of it, unfortunatly they did not have the black one in stock, but I thought, if I buy the brown one at least I have a bag I can fit my laptop into. Then if the black one comes into stock I can exchange it. Low and behold the next day on Zara's website, this one came into stock! 

I ordered it straight away as it has been rather sort after as it is very similar to the Prada bag, which has also sold out. However at a fraction of the price I personally love the Zara version more than the Prada one, for one it has more compartments than the Prada original as well as that you have less chance of getting this one stolen (yes I touched wood then). 

The City Office Bag is great it has five compartments, three zipped and two held closed my magnetic buttons. I've seen other peoples reviews on this bag and the zip seems to have been a problem, luckily for me the zips on the bag work fine and don't get caught at all when opening. Must be luck of the draw I suppose. Out of the three large (17inch) zipped compartments, the one in the middle is nicely padded, which means you can fit your laptop in there knowing it is protected from whatever else you have in your handbag as well as it being completely safe if you were to drop your bag. (I reckon, however I'm not going to test this out just incase I break my mac!)

The other two zipped compartments are simple, with just the deep red lining, which is gorgeous! The two buttoned compartments are both brilliant, one with a small zipped compartment that is also padded, this can be used to keep your Ipad/Kindle or any other device. 

The other side there is more little compartments, to fit your mobile, cards and also a tiny zipped compartment for change or other little bits you don't want to be sifting around your bag for. 

The bag also comes with an attachable shoulder strap, which comes in handy when you just want to chuck it over your shoulder when you have other things to carry - for me it's Uni books and Vanilla Latte's 

All in all I think this bag is worth the £49.99, it is gorgeous, simple, and so many compartments, so if you're like me and enjoy putting things in certain places then this is the perfect bag for you. 

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Just another week #7

Happy Easter everyone! 

Hope you're all having great weekends filled with chocolate and food! As you can see I've been filling my Easter with chocolate and cold and flu medicine, along with tissues. Least I've got the chocolate to make me feel better and less sorry for myself. 

I also popped round my aunties house for a few hours, with my parents, it was nice to see everyone (minus my cousin Gabbie) and we chatted and gave them their long long overdue Christmas presents. I know; can it really be classed as a Christmas present if you give them in March? It was still lovely to see them though and they gave me some great tips on where to go on my upcoming London trip with my boyfriend. 

So onto what's been going on this week, I've decided to put my photos into a different format, as it's easier that way!

1. My new top and necklace from Urban Outfitters sale; the top I adore, it was only £14! It's a tad too big but it's better than it being way too small. The necklace was £8 down from £18. I wouldn't have paid full price for this necklace, as it is very light and doesn't feel like it's worth £18 but I still really like it and it fits in well with my other jewellery. 

2. Zara bag...wonder whats in there (post coming next week)

3. My boyfriend writing one of his last essays for uni - then we went out to Nando's for lunch and then had a nice evening in watching Game of Thrones (recently got into it, only on the first series) 

4. Anti gay marriage leaflet that came through my door (was not happy about this, as I have many gay friends who I think should have the same rights as everyone else) 

5. Slug and lettuce menu - with my boyfriend and the parents in Gunwharf Quays. 

6. Gunwharf Quays dock - Had a lovely day in Gunwharf, mooching around the shops and finding the Cadbury shop and going a bit crazy.

7. Patisserie Valerie chocolate gateaux. I feel terrible saying it, but I really didn't enjoy this cake. I'm sure other cakes are lovely, but this chocolate one really didn't do it for me. I really wanted the cheesecake however they had just sold the last one - seconds before we got there! I'll have to go back and try it, hopefully it will be nicer than the gateaux. 

8. Outfit of the day, Primark skirt, New Look top, Primark necklace, River Island boots. I wore this yesterday whilst hanging out with one of my best friends. 

9. Drinks with friends in a terrible pub last night. - Terrible pub, the Guinness was served from a CAN! (Not that I drunk it, I'm not a fan of Guinness to be honest) We then ended up in a pub in Winchester; The Royal Oak, which was much nicer! I had half a pint of Aspell's cider, as I was driving. 

How have you been? 

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