Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies! ❤
I’m not the romantic sort. Never have been, which is weird according to my friends.
I’ve just never been into the mushy love stuff. It all makes me uncomfortable, which brings me to the point of this post. 🙂
Many years ago, I read Shopgirl, a novella written by Steve Martin. 
Yep, that Steve Martin. I loved the book so much that I was thrilled when it was made into a movie starring that Steve Martin.
It’s been many years since I last watched the movie, but it’s currently playing on HBO so I watched it when I was out with the flu. The entire movie is sweet, but I relate to Steve Martin’s character, Ray Porter, much more than Claire Danes as Mirabelle Buttersfield. The ending of the movie brings me to tears every single time.
I was that girl who never allowed herself to fall. Ok, correction.. I was that girl who never allowed herself to ADMIT to falling. In love.
I’d never admit it until it was too late. Sometimes that was a blessing in disguise. Sometimes I lost what would have been great loves because of my stubbornness, or fear. Or both.
It was both.
At 2:02 is where I most relate to Ray Porter, and at 2:06 is where I really lose it when the camera pans to Mirabelle’s face. I’ve seen that face. I’ve even been that face. I don’t know which is more painful.
I think you’ll like the novella and the movie.
Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all.
❤ Cherilyn 
I introduced my girls to what would be our New Year’s Eve tradition for years to come: Watching 200 Cigarettes while wearing party hats and drinking sparkling grape juice in plastic champagne glasses.
A few years ago I bought myself two from a shop no longer on Etsy. They’re perfect size for keys, wallet and phone. Even as an adult, I received many compliments when I carried one. It’s just a unique gift and one that will be cherished as though you crocheted it yourself.
Gifting them to friends/loved ones filled with beauty products will soon be a gift idea that I’ll use! So, on that note, a great gift idea would be a cute makeup bag and fill it with the 
My favorite website for goofy socks (because I LOVE goofy socks) is 
Or, for your wine drankin’ friend, pick up a stemless wine glass from the dollar store and have your decal-making friend make a custom decal to put on the wine glass. 
I don’t recall the significance behind these candies, but there has to be one because there are about 345 varieties in this one can and only 2 of them are worth eating. The rest are only good enough to throw at your siblings.
Yeah, I know. They look more like funny faces being held up in a robbery. 😐 Despite the burns and the incredible mess I made making these, I think they turned out super cute and my coworkers loved them.
I have made 8 so far. I ran out of ribbon so I had to run out and grab more. I’ll have all fifteen jars completed by the end of next weekend.
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