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And best friends!

Recently I received the BEST present. Ever. Plain and simple.

Elizabeth Lauren Sternberg, best friend extraordinaire, sent me a Valentine's Day "Survival Kit" -- seeing as Valentine's Day without her radiating beauty is nearly impossible. What can I say, us girls like to stick together.

I've been meaning to blog about this for... oh, the past three days, but my hectic schedule has gotten away with me and I've not yet had the chance to show what an adorable friend I have.

The package started with a card that had instructions to go through the gifts as they were numbered one through ten. I will have to show off the package in its entirety later (caution: some presents not suitable for the unexperienced/immature) yet for now I will just show off how she has influenced my morning and placed it into the "perfection category".

First: the sweatshirt. American Apparel in all it's simplistic glory. And it's purple - which for those that know me, know that purple's my thang. Her's too. LOVE it, and will wear it for days and days and days -and days- without taking it off (for those that know me again, they know that this is not at all an exaggeration.)

Second: The mug. Oh. MY. Goodness. I love love love quotables (website found here.) I mean, I possess an unabashed, an unrequited, never ending love for quotables. Check out the website and you'll understand why; you'll fall in love, too.

Mash my love for the brand with my LOVE for coffee and - bam. Perfection.

The quote on the cup reads:

live with intention.

walk to the edge.

listen hard.

practice wellness.

play with abandon.

laugh.

choose with no regret.

continue to learn.

appreciate your friends.

do what you love.

live as if this is all there is.

-mary anne radmacher

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY THURSDAY!

I hope everyone is as lucky as me to have a friend like her.