I have been lazy about posting. Life took a few unexpected turns and was a bit busy here and there. I turned 34 (a.k.a. 29 v.5) on the 26th. It was such a wonderful day. In recent years past I haven't done much for my birthday. There's an inside joke of the birthday curse with me. So dismal, I know! But it's a running "joke" amongst my family and friends for ages now. Either: there's really bad weather on my birthday that puts plans on the backburner or I get crazy sick. This year, technically neither happened. There was no blizzard and I only had a sore throat. Take that birthday curse! HA!
Some friends and I went to Madison for the day. We had lunch at Village Bar which is just really a dive bar but they have amazing burgers with brick cheese. They were actually featured on the Travel Channel awhile back. Then we went to GiGi's Cupcakes which was absolutely divine! I got one with chocolate chip cookie cake and chocolate chip cookie dough frosting. SINFUL and deeelicious! The one featured on the right is the Peppermint Patty one. Our last stop in Madison was to Archiver's where I got a few rolls of deco tape. You know, gotta feed the addiction a bit. :) When we got home plans fell through for more friends to come over for Cheesecake, but it seems like a lot of stuff came up for everyone, which was fine. B's gift to me was a laptop! I so went out and got one. A HP Pavilion g6, which is great for basic web use, my love of Netflix streaming and for gaming (i'm a Warcraft nerd. Shhh. Don't tell!) and I really love having a non-ancient computer. So I chilled at home with cheesecake and my new computer. The next day, my sore throat turned into influenza. So I was out of it for awhile. I do feel almost back to normal thankfully.
I ordered as a birthday treat for myself some tape from
Raquel's Esty shop. I really loved the ones I picked out. I have been using more of my washi/deco tape lately decorating backs of letters, it's a great use of it for borders and also makes my stash look less scary huge. And why have all of it if I never use it?
I am still loving my Lamy Safari and I liked Goulet pens ink drop for the month with its shades of red, purple and pink. I will definitely get it next month. I did like the Deep Magenta color by Diamine, but I am a little sick of pink by now from all the Valentines Day themed letters, but it's definitely a color i'll consider if I am looking for a new shade of pink ink. Currently loaded in is the sample of Sailor Jentle's color called Grenade which I absolutely love. I'll never (ever!) tire of red ink.
Alas, I am going to go work on some mail and watch Grey's Anatomy. I'm up to season 3 now. :)
Happy Valentines Day, friends! :) <3
