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I’m in love.

And the shocking thing is, it’s a feeling that I haven’t had in years. I haven’t felt this way since before I met The Doc, back in my younger and carefree days. The time when I was less constrained and concerned with proper appearances. When I felt free enough to let loose and do things without a care for what anyone else thought.

Don’t get me wrong. I was still somewhat conservative and not one to play the field. I always had one steady love in my life and wasn’t the type of girl to casually dole out affection.

But I might need to change that. I find myself drawn to variety and wanting something…different.

And The Doc doesn’t know about any of this. Yet. I have to find a way to break it to him. To let him know that our current, conservative way of life isn’t quite as fulfilling as I was hoping it would be. To let him know that I’m yearning for something else.

Please help me figure out how to deal with this. I need help making a decision.

brown, orange, and blue hobo bag with bead handle

brown, green and orange hobo bag with bead handle

brown and blue hobo bag with bead handle and sparkles

Which of these fabulously hippy-chic bags should I get?! I really want to get all of them. They are only $20 each. Quite a bargain, if you ask me.

They take me back to my pre-Doc days. He called my style “earthy” and I don’t think he meant it in a good way. Since we’ve been together, my style has morphed into a more tailored, conservative, respectable-wife-of-a-doctor version. I’m still artsy in some ways, and tend to use bold colors and geometric patterns to lend a creative twist to my wardrobe choices.

But I don’t have anything so…so…hippy-esque in my closet anymore. And I want it. I want it BADLY!

I think I might be able to convince The Doc to let me have one. For the carefree days of summer. Everyone needs something carefree for summer, right?

But which one?

I love the orange and blue together. Very striking.

But the earthiness and natural vibrancy of the green one is drawing me in.

Oh, but the third one, the one that’s blue and cream. It has teeny tiny little crystals sprinkled around the top inch or so of the pattern. Dreamy!

What do you think? Should I go for it? I think having a fling with one of these bags might add a little spark to our marriage. Should I take a little walk on the wild side (or at least the earthy-hippy-in-me side)?

If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.  ~Terri Guillemets

spring flowers in snow

First flowers of Spring in snow

Ahhh, there you are!

Today has been a dark and gloomy day. Clouds, drizzle, rain.

Luckily, the wee beasts said they wanted to grow flowers, so we decided to have an adventure at the local garden center. After a raucous thirty minutes on all of their playground equipment samples, we headed inside to find the perfect flowers for beasts. That means, ones that grow FAST.

But before we made it to the flower and seed section, we passed PRETTY THINGS.

I’m a sucker for PRETTY THINGS. It’s part of my nature as a designer to be attracted to them. Like a cat to shiny objects, I can’t pull myself away.

These three things jumped out at me, yelling “Spring is almost here. No, really. It is! Just look at us and try to deny it.”

Well, I can’t deny it. And I might not be able to deny myself of these spring-alicious objects. There might be another trip to the garden center to bring these home soon.

Welcome mat with huge colorful flowers

"Welcome, Spring" is what this says to me.

Look at those big, beautiful flowers! Now, I’m not really a fan of flower prints, but this is undoubtedly one of the happiest welcome mats I have ever seen. I might even welcome census workers, door-to-door salesmen and Hari Chrishnas in for tea if I had one of these.

happy polka dot flower pot

Polka dots make me want a polka party!

Polka dot and geometric prints are more up my alley and this is just too cute for words. Don’t polka dots just scream happiness and fun? And look at the cute little ruffle around the top and attached plate. Looks a bit like a flower, and I’m okay with that.

large teacup shaped flower pot

Would you care for a cup of flower tea?

And my absolute favorite…the teacup planter. Or coffee cup, if you prefer. I love the colors and attached plate. And this is huge! You could fit several plants in it and use it as the centerpiece of your table. To play off the tea idea, I would have to plant something like chamomile or mint in it.

Even as I sit here listening to it rain outside, I can’t stop thinking about getting out to garden. Spring showers do bring Spring flowers, after all.

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