Feeling Grateful.

Today I am grateful.

For heart friends. For days off. For long sunsets. For international weddings. For beauty. For books. For learning. For adventures. For cider. For red wine. For nights at home. For lots of work. For Jonathan. For you. For creativity souls. For poetry. For hope. For dreaming. For risk takers. For good lenses. For film. For live music. For silence. For those who have gone before us. For grace. For forgiveness. For prayer. For joy.

...is it just me or is the word "for" starting to look strange?

Happy night peeps.

xo.

Artwork from Megan Wright Design Co. You can buy these cards here.

Playing Dress Up.

Hulllloooo, peeps.

I should really be saving this for a #tbt but since it's already taken me almost two months to make this posting, I'm just going for it.

Once upon a recent birthday, my mum and sister spoiled me with a ton of new clothes-like 6 new dresses and leggings (thank you, sister) and shorts, a couple of shirts, a new sweater and new flats (thank you, mum.)

It was amazingggggg.

And they haven't even gotten to see me in any of it, so here goes.....

This one is my favorite:

And this one is my Other Very Favorite. (Also, masses-stop judging me just because I haven't showered and have hairy leg stubble in these photos, okay?) #selfemployed #idowhatiwant

And my other favorite-wrinkles due to the fact 1. I don't own an iron (Nanny, I'M SORRY) and 2. I left all these beautiful dresses stuffed in a bag until I made this blog. I kept it near me as my motivation.

It's pretty cold here right now for these beauties though...guess it's a Good thing we are going to the Dominican next week for two weddings.

Cute dresses + fancy dinners, here I come.

Oh! And my mum gave me this sweater too....

I don't know about your childhood, but I wore a lot of hand-me-downs and was out of style until I was...ahem, about 23. (...now, was this due to the nature of the clothes I was given or my personal sense of style? When I was younger I went on a "red turtle neck + jeans + every day of my life" kick for months. And university waved me through wearing overalls no less than 4x a week for all 4 years. I wish, oh how I wish I were exaggerating.)

My PSOS (Personal Sense of Style) has always been a strong one.

But like I said, I've been pretty trendy ever since my early 20s. Very Trendy. Like look out world. ...........well, okay, I've maybe had some questionable days since then. But only one or two.

I

digress.

When I was a teenager, I used to dream about having enough money to go on a crazy shopping spree and just buy cute clothes. But really, I'm super happy with hand-me-downs now, even as an adult. (Thank you AEHA for all your many generous donations-I wore your sweater and shirt twice this week with pride.)

SO, I am overly grateful for all these new clothes-my closets are bursting. Thank you, thank you, thank you Mama and Catherine for your crazy, sweet, generous gifts. They mean so much and I will wear them all much a joyous heart.