Happy birthday to my love and some other randomness...

I'm a bad blogger...please forgive me? Because we're friends, right? Okay, good!

First of all I have to wish a very happy birthday to my love, Alex! Happy birthday baby - you're the bestest!

 

Some of you have already seen this picture of us from Halloween, but I wanted to post it again because it's one of my favourites (and there are surprisingly few pictures of us together). Alex was Max from Where the Wild Things Are and I was the female version of Tom Cruise in Risky Business.

I have been crafting, sewing, designing, and embroidering this week (mostly designing) but still don't really have anything I can show so instead I give you some pictures of pretty randomness!

First up are the pretty tulips I bought Alex on Saturday (yes, I do sometimes buy him flowers). Tulips are one of my favourites, so I guess they're a tiny bit a present to myself too!

 

Here is the awesome bag I bought myself last week (cheap, I got it at Winners). I love Robert Frost, and when Alex and I first met I remember having a long phone conversation about him together. Alex loves him too and we share many of the same favourite poems.

 

Fabricland was having a great sale last week and all Simplicity pattern were only $2.00 each (crazy, I know)! Funnily enough Amy of Things We Make just bought herself one of the same patterns (the Built by Wendy one) and we've decided that we're living parallel lives - there's a bunch of other weird little things in common that keep popping up and it's pretty entertaining!

 

Would you like a granny square update? I haven't had the chance to do any since Friday, but we are now at 108! Woohoo, only 42 left to go and then *I think* I'll have enough...then I'll have to teach myself how to join them...no worries, I'm sure I'll figure it out!

 

And, I did it! I bought my dream rainboots and they're great...

Oh yes my friends, these are my new Hunter's - worn by Her Majesty and common folk alike! My old boots split after having them for about a year and a half and I decided that I wanted good quality rainboots that would last for awhile, if not forever and here they are! Gosh, they're pretty aren't they?

And Heather Bailey told me I was gorgeous today and I can't help it, but I blushed and glowed and felt all light and happy because of it! I'm sorry if mentioning this makes me sound self-involved or anything, but it really made me feel good. I know, I'm a little ridiculous; but when an awesome, famous and talented (not to mention extremely-gorgeous-herself) lady tells you you're gorgeous, it just can not be helped! Thank you Heather, you made my day!

Okay, I have to leave for class in 15 minutes and am seriously wearing my pyjamas (I put them back on when I got home this afternoon). Talk to y'all later, you guys are the greatest!