2nd Blogiversary!

Another year of blogging has come and gone already! Once again, I'd like to say a very sincere "Thank-You" to all my readers; to those who have been with me from the beginning, and to those new friends I've gained along the way.

This blog has always been (and still is) one of my very favorite moments of "me time" everyday. I feel like it's a refuge that is entirely mine. I'm not required (or feel the need) to share this space with Husband, Child, family or work. It's an indulgence that is entirely my own.

And it's allowed me to do something that I love that never thought I'd get to do again after college: write.  Now I've never, ever claimed that I am a good writer (or even a mediocre one). But I still enjoy it. And true, since this is 'just' a fashion blog I'm obviously not getting into any deep philosophical discussions or pushing the limits of creative writing in my daily outfit posts. But I was once told that any type of writing is good for the individual. I know it's good for me. Cathartic. Soothing. A comforting place to hide from the real world.

  Now that I've done this for two years, I can look back and see change, growth,  development in articulation (hopefully). I can also see mistakes, blunders, and words ill chosen. And I wouldn't trade it for anything. In my daily interactions I've learned to pause and think before I speak--because real life doesn't have a delete button. And I've learned to make the attempt to be more diplomatic, less blunt, and less judgmental in my conversations with others. Writing my words here has made me more aware of the words I speak in real life. So even though this is 'just a vain fashion blog,' it's been both a haven and a learning tool for me--the most useful tool I've come across in a long time. 

And so on my 2nd Blogiversary thought I'd include a few quotes about writing

(because even though I'm writing about fashion, it's still writing and therefore worthwhile):

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for a few close friends, and then you do it for money.” 

-Virginia Woolf

“I hate writing, I love having written.” 

-Dorothy Parker

“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.” 

-Margaret Atwood

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” 

-Cyril Connolly

“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” 

-E.M. Forster

Once again, thank-you to all my readers! 

Thank-you for supporting, sharing in, and being part of my comforting haven for writing!