Birthdays! (Sophie)

I haven’t been around much lately, things have just been busy. But yesterday was MY BIRTHDAY!!!

And as coincidence would have it – also fellow blogger, Johanna’s birthday too!!!! So happy (belated) birthday Johanna!!

Now for the THANK YOUs!!!!!!!!!!!!

*JEREMY* YOU ARE AMAZING, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL!!!!!! Yes folks, our dear fellow blogger (and great personal friend of mine) Jez TRAINED (I.E PUBLIC TRANSPORT) all the way to FOUNTAIN gate (Kath n Kim country) to get me a DOZEN Krispy Kreme donuts!!!! I was so taken-aback by what he did! It was the most wonderful surprise and I just want him to know how much I appreciate it. Nothing was cooler on my birthday morning than being at uni sitting down in the sun with Jez, his girlfriend Kim, with a box of Krispy Kremes, whilst wearing a Krispy Kreme hat (YES…your Vogue-reading, fashion-obsessed, blogger was wearing the hat that people at Krispy Kreme workers wear! HELP I WORE CHAIN-STORE!) We took a photo on my phone….maybe you will get the opportunity to view. Though it may just be too embarassing.
It was just lovely. -Plus the celeb status that Krispy Kreme gets you was cool! That will soon be no more once the Collins St store opens as everyone will have the opportunity to easily source Krispy Kremes – so it was a good feeling to experience this before it comes to an end!!!

Lunch was spent chatting to my dear friend Liz in the sun which was so relaxing and a nice break.

And after what seemed like forever of classes, I escaped to Melbourne Central where I was to meet J.

Waiting at ‘our meeting spot’, suddenly someone taps me on the shoulder from behind. I turn around and come face to face with a bunch of red roses the size of my body! In his free hand was a bag full to the brim with wrapped presents in Jelly Belly and heart wrapping paper…and somewhere near the bottom was an elusive pink, blue-bow-trimmed box.

We took the train back to my place together, I was determined to wait until we got there to open the presents. The whole trip home I felt like a princess. A princess on public transport – who would have thought?!

Finally, home.
And one by one, I opened the presents.

His card was so beautiful….
And the presents – MY GOD!!
I have never felt so spoiled in my life.

A gold Juicy Couture charm bracelet….somehow he knew it would be perfect…it was different to the one I had on order at Neiman Marcus, but a MILLION times better – I don’t know how he found it. And instead of having to wait months for it, it was on my wrist then and there. It is stunning…I adore it, I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT – and it with the heart and horse-shoe charms; it is a perfect symbolisation of the luck and love of our meeting and subsequent relationship.

A GIANT box of Jelly Belly jelly beans = DREAM COME TRUE (for those who don’t know – something I live for, particularly during exams!)

Hand-painted chocolates….you have not had real chocolate ’til you’ve had these.

And, a book ordered off Amazon “Investment Valuations” – all I will ever need to know for the rest of my uni degree and future investment banking career. It is the perfect book…(and massive- will take me years to get through!!).

He was just so incredibly thoughtful and I felt so special….I never expected any of it. I am so lucky!!!
Dinner was a family affair which was so much fun. It was held at my favourite Italian restaurant in Malvern – Sugo….TO DIE FOR FOOD!!! It was wonderful. I really could eat their food until death!

Finally we somehow made it home and sometime around midnight I collapsed into bed exhausted.

It was a birthday I will never forget.
I wish I could re-live it again and again!!

Thank you J.
For everything.