Dear Mom,

Thank you for everything you do for me, Josh and Dad. I feel truly blessed to have you as a mom. You are so selfless and warm and compassionate. You do everything you can to make me and those around you happy and I hope I make you happy too! I know I drive you crazy sometimes with my cheekiness but I think that that is just because you and I are carbon copies. I learned to be spunky and speak my mind from you and dad. It makes me happy when people say that I act and look like you. You are the most giving,nurturing,loving, beautiful person I know and I will be thrilled if when I am a mother, I am half as wonderful as you. I hope you had a wonderful mothers day mom because you deserve it. I know that I don't say it as often as I should but I am truly grateful that you are my mother. I couldn't ask for a better mom and a better role model. I remember when I was a little girl I used to be jealous of your preschool students because they would play with you all day and say that they loved you and I remember thinking "But that's MY mommy". I didn't want to share you! I love you so much mom. I love how silly you are and when you randomly burst into singing preschool songs. I love watching Little Women with you on Mayne Island drinking our tea. I love singing loudly along to "The Sound of Music" cassette tape in the car with you. I love all the times I spend with you! You're the best mom ever!  LOVE YOU MOM!!!! xoxo
Happy Mothers Day!

Birdy- Skinny Love

I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines

This song makes my heart hurt. But in a good way. I love when you find songs that really make you feel something and you listen to them over and over again. Oh and the girl who sings this is only 14. Crazy no?

Two Favorite Bags from Spring 2011 Collections

Happy Valentines Day!! As cynical as I can be about a lot of things ( for example, at Blenz they are doing this thing where you can get a red coffee sleeve and that way people know you are single and can make a move.It's just so cheesy. It's cute and cheesy, I haven't really made up my mind on how I feel about it.) I kind of like Valentines Day. Everything is pink and red and it's acceptable to eat obscene amounts of chocolate. It'd probably be more fun if I had a boyfriend but it's still fun to bitch with my girlfriends about "single awareness day". I am not going to lie, I love romance and Valentines Day. The best Valentines Day ever was a few years ago and my mom gave me a small vintage Chanel 2.55 bag that she miraculously found in a thrift shop. I love that bag so much it's ridiculous. And because today is the day of love, below are two bags from the spring 2011 collections that I love the most.

I know that it's so cliche to talk about Valentines Day and then put nothing but red and pink clothes everywhere ( and I won't) but this bag is way too sweet. It looks like a giant cinnamon heart. I love the little studs at the bottom. If I was carrying it I would feel festive but not like a total cheese ball because it has a little edge. Even though I am a total cheese ball.

This gorgeous black bag is by Yves Saint Laurent. It's just beautiful, I love it. I really enjoy good quality, beautiful,classic clothes (with a little bit of a contemporary edge so it's not boring) that can be worn easily with many different things, over and over again. Black is a colour that goes with everything. It's an absolute staple for me, in fact I probably wear black too much. Anway, in my opinion there are two kinds of black. Soft black, sophisticated, quality black. It's the kind of black that you just want to bury your face in. It's black that doesn't make you look like you belong in a morgue. And there is the stiff, boring hard, black that everyone manages to look bad in. This bag is soft black and I love it.

Happy Valentines Day! Be happy and eat chocolate!