Cupcakes & Handbags

Yeah. yeah. I haven’t updated in a bazillion years. It’s impossible for me to understand why I don’t make blogging a priority. Clearly, I have an opinion about everything. Je ne comprends pas. So, in an effort to (once again) post on this bloggityblogblog more often, I’m making a focused effort to follow the original format: more lifestyle, less whine.

Yesterday, I came across thee most “ah-door-ah-bluh” duvet ever to cross my path on the internet. Confession: I have a thing about duvets. I refuse to have a solid color duvet. They are just so boring. I feel like life needs a little more *oomph* than that.  Couple that with the fact that a certain someone has a very strict design aesthetic (”Um, no. Too girly.”) and a sometimes dirty, rather shedy (that’s a word; it stays) 12-pound dog insist he sleep with us, trying to find a duvet covet that makes all three of us happy is nearly impossible. Needless to say, the solid color duvet embargo in my house has caused it’s fair share of stress since 99% of the duvets in the world fall in to the following categories: White, Beige and Hideous.

Sure, I can add a few patterned pillows but what woman wants to be the chick who has 50 pillows on her bed just to get a little color and texture? Or better yet, what woman wants to watch her man toss several hundred dollar silk accent pillows on the floor. Don’t go to bed angry? Yeah, good luck with that.

Back to this duvet.

West Elm sent out an email for a sale on bath towels, which I’m due to update, so I clicked on the link and ended up wandering into the bedding section. When I came across this duvet, I let out an exhausted “yes!” as in “yes, I finally found you. After all these years of searching, I…have…found…you!” A perfect blend of cornflower, slate and royal blues. Clean design. Sateen. And two adorable little love birds to finish it off.

I also have a hang up about shower curtains, but we’ll get to that another time…