Going to work the Monday before Christmas is a test for ye olde motivation. 2014 was a short work year for me, but I’m nevertheless ready for it to be over. I’m ready for a fresh page, and hopefully the start of an exciting new chapter. Sorry for the vague platitudes, you guys: I’m tapped out. Bring on the eggnog!

For the rest of the year, posting on BCRL is probably going to be as haphazard as holidays with two small, very excited kids will allow; I’ve got a bunch of posts lined up, but I won’t lie: you’re probably better off watching Love, Actually for the 11,759th time, and getting your Christmas buzz on. But come back in the new year, ya hear?

Merry Christmas to you & your family!

Is this mauve? I think it’s mauve, but then again, colour names are not my forte. In any case, I think it’s a pretty good match for my difficult plaid skirt.

Speaking of difficult things, my hair, you guys. Oh, my hair. I tried to give myself those fashun bloggery loose waves, and failed miserably (as I tend to do at all fashun bloggery things). I documented my feelings about it on Instagram, because of course. What kind of fashun blogger would I be if I didn’t, I ask you. Anyway, if you missed my odd facial expressions, you’re in luck.

Ahem. Oh look, pretty, shiny bag.