A parcel arrived today... - Edited :D

A month or so ago, I nominated Sarah's blog in the "I LOVE YOUR BLOG" competition over on Kiwi Mummy Blogs. I truly do love her blog. It was one of the first Kiwi blogs I started following...

But as fate would have it, there were prizes for nominators (who knew that was an actual word??) too. My name was drawn out a hat and I received these awesome gifts in the post today.

As my photography is dodgy at the best of times... I'll describe them too - a handmade tote bag, coin purse and a plastic bag holder, which, strangely, is an exact match for my orange wall in my kitchen!  Also note Monkey trying to tell me to take a photo of the pretty flowers.

The tote was made by the talented Miriam at Make It Give It and the coin purse and shopping bag holder were made by the very clever lady over at Vintage Mum, Modern Child.


So I would like to thank Miriam, Vintage Mum and Kiwi Mummy Blogs for making my day and making me super-special as I walked around town today with my gorgeous new bag.


**Edited due to my confusion as to who made which aspect of the parcel... Sorry if I caused anyone any hurt.**

LJx

What's with today, today?

Firstly a cyber high-five to anyone who can tell me which movie that quote is from!

Now. Seriously. WTF is up with today? Here's a list of what bugging/eating at me today:

1. Monkey has been acting strangely all day. Crying for no reason, running away from his friend to hide by me. Ignoring me and his body (loooong story) and wetting himself at a friend's house.
2. My inability to perk up even after a fair bit of caffeine.It may be the lack of chocolate in my bloodstream is hampering the absorption of the coffee goodness!
3. The fact that Shirtless Boy next door seems to live up to his name every single day. Does anyone know what the opposite of a tramp-stamp is?? Tattoos on your stomach just look cheap and nasty. Especially when you get them in your late teens - you have no idea what it's going to look like when it's stretched to hell and back once your metabolism slows down!
4. Dumbass Teen next door and his stupid scooter/scrub bikes!
5. I haven't had a good night's sleep in about two weeks which may account for my mood - chronic pain is not as much fun as they say it is! 
6. At least four blogs I read today were about people dying. May they rest in peace.

So as you can see I have not been happy today - my happiness quotient was about three out of a hundred. And then I got this in my inbox

"Thanks for nominating in our recent I LOVE YOUR BLOG competition. Because of your lovely votes, you’ve won yourself a prize! A lovely handmade Tote from MakeItGiveIt Blog!"

Squeal!

and this on my phone:

"I'm on the 4:05 train"

Triple squeal with a handstand

And suddenly I am feeling lighter... Happier... It's almost as if someone knew I was having a hard day and it needed fixing. Or it may be a reward for not reaching for the chocolate and the cookies as soon as I started to feel bad about things....

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