l.o.v.e

happy valentines day, love bugs!

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yes, this will be a post full of love.

because, yes, i let the holiday freak flag fly.

and i like holidays, especially valentines day.

and i'm single, so it's not like i'm one of those people.

the cutesy, couple-y type.

last night i prepared for february 14th with 

cotton candy + miami

no, no. these are not the names of finalists on I Love New York II.

but rather, two of my nail polishes.

{and for the record, no i am not married, my ring doesn't fit on any other fingers, god don't judge me!}

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this morning i made cupcakes.

rose + lavender 

although, the pictures may say otherwise.

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yes, i did indeed dress for the occasion.

pink & grey sweater over a purple top.

black socks with red, white, & pink hearts.

topped off with red & pink slipper socks.

also, not pictured: pink cupcake earrings.

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mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

homemade frosting.

i don't do recipes, but this was some milk, flour, and powdered sugar.

and it was tasty.

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we had coffee & cake downstairs with oma + opa.

valentines edition.

dani helped me decorated the cupcakes.

i love her sprinkle ones.

i did the hearts.

standard.

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 i heart cupcakes.

i sent some lovely e-valentines this morning to some select loved ones via this hilarious company.

here some others i enjoyed:

honestly, i won't believe you if you say that you didn't chuckle.

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i made a valentines day mix.

which i will be mailing all the way across the ocean for my grandmother.

she loves my music.

on this c.d you can find:

1. I Believe In a Thing Called Love-The Darkness

2. Brighter Than Sunshine-Aqualung

3. Lay Your Head Down-Keren Ann

4. Soul Meets Body-Death Cab for Cutie

5. Home- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

6. New Slang- The Shins

7. Into the Dark-Ben Lee

8. Sky-Joshua Radin feat. Ingrid Michaelson

9. Love-Matt White

10. The Only Exception-Paramore

11. As Lovers Go-Dashboard Confessional

12. The Dress Looks Nice on You-Sufjan Stevens 

13. She's Got You High-Mumm-Ra

14. Either Way-Generationals

15. To Love Somebody-Damien Rice

16. Blood Bank-Bon Iver

17. Love Lost-The Temper Trap

18. Out of the Dark-Matt Hires

19. Heart Skipped a Beat-The XX

20. Yours-Fay Wolf

just some lovelies off of the long list of love songs i have collected over the years.

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and if you know me well, you'd have known to expect a clip from one of the best t.v couples of all time

[sorry, a bit blurry...]

i get way to invested with fictional characters.

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best part of my day?

coming home to this waiting outside my bedroom door:

love them.

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and don't forget this today.

whether you're celebrating romantic love, familial love, friendly love, or all of the above...

XOXOXOXO