V-Day Un-Woes and Natural Born Quiller

i'm not a fan of st-valentine's day. not at all. and yet, some years, certain people do things that make me feel good enough about it. that is the case this year more than ever and i'm single so i clearly was not expecting that.

firstly, at my new office, everyone got truffles from the building owners and one of the developers went around and gave everyone more chocolate. i also tried my hand at table tennis for the first time in sixteen years and didn't suck, although that probably had nothing to do with valentine's day but it did happen at work and right before i handed out the truffles so just go with it...

last week, i got the sweetest surprise in the mail. my ridiculously talented friend, charlene, who owns the cleverly-named etys shop, natural born quiller, sent the kids and i some valentine's day treats:

she also sent me the beautiful bookmark you see in the third photo and sent my daughter the super cute bracelet in the last one. both gifts are from shanghai. 

i'm grateful to have this girl in my life for a series of reasons but especially because of how thoughtful she is! she remembers the craziest, tiniest details and hangs on to them until the right moment and then she surprises you like this. friendly gushing aside, check out her shop and add it to your favourites! what this woman can do with paper, man... i can't even make a paper airplane. just saying. 

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