I’ve never had wild birthdays, they’ve all been (mostly) happy (except for that one time when I developed chicken pox right before my birthday feast was about to commence!!) but that has never really bothered me. I occasionally do wonder what it would be like to have a rowdy one, but I know myself well enough by now to know that if I were actually presented with a riotous birthday, I would most likely enjoy the novelty of it for a few moments, and then quickly feel drained. All this philosophising to say, I thoroughly enjoyed just having these three men on my special day.
I do want to thank my husband of ten years now!! for driving all around town to get me the various birthday freebies that I got from COBS bakery, Starbucks, Sephora, etc. He has done this for me every birthday since I met him, and it means so much to me. I also make it a point to wear the Pandora bracelet he got for me the first birthday I had after we got married; I still cherish that, especially with all the memories we’ve made over the years wrapped up in each charm.
I treated myself for my birthday to a lovely custom dress for my first Silkstone Barbie (I originally got her in 2016), and she is still my favourite after all these years. However, my little one wanted to try the dress on the playline Barbie mini-me that I let him play “family” with, and so here the playline Barbie is modeling it… it doesn’t fit her in the waist, and all I’m saying is… Barbie… if you can’t fit it, then there’s no hope for me. (Jokes!)
I wanted to update the direction of this blog because it’s been a while since I’ve posted an outfit… I still love pretty clothes, and I’m lucky to have in my closet the really lovely wardrobe staples that I splurged on years ago. But as a mum dealing with lots of spills, accidents and dirt along the way, as well as having gone back to finishing up university studies, thus entering my “budget-conscious college student” phase, buying new clothes or wearing my cherished pieces just isn’t feasible or top priority. I look at them longingly, and then reach for pieces that are still charming but starting to fade or show their ages. Sadly, nothing sartorial to see here really, folks… except for the odd time when I dress up a little and post to Instagram. Instead, I’ve been treating myself occasionally to a Barbie doll, a pretty dress or outfit for her, or a Charlie Bears teddy. It’s so much more cost-effective getting a dress for Barbie than it is for myself, sometimes, and it’s much easier to keep her wardrobe clean and in good condition than it is for mine. I’ve been very selective though — I don’t want to have bears and dolls spilling everywhere, and a few well-cherised friends to appreciate are exactly how I want my “collection” to stay.
I’d love to share my stories of Barbie and Charlie Bears teddies, although I worry a bit that my readers –if I’ve any left– will not be interested. But I think I have rather interesting ideas to share on the subject, and it is my blog… so a heads up to my lovelies… I hope you will enjoy these sorts of posts. It will resurrect this blog a little bit, at any rate, if my studies leave me any spare time!
What do you collect, if anything? Do you try and limit yourselves to a few cherished pieces? Are you in a student phase of life, and if so, how are you coping?
