Happy birthday to me! Oh it’s been such a lovely day. Honestly, I thought it would be nice, but in the end: it’s still a Monday. How wrong was I? It was super fun: I woke up to a lovely breakfast, facetimed with the family, had a good lunch, an amazing meeting at the office, received presents and flowers and had the most amazing dinner, ever!

I am in love with my new handbag from Patrizia Pepe, which I received from my parents. I saw it a while ago and was thinking about buying it, though couldn’t fully decide. In the end, I wished for it as a present and I am so glad I did.  I am so gratef for what the past has given me and the moments I have been able to experience. I received a book from my sister I have wanted to read for a while now and: a rice cooker! How great is that? Haha, but seriously, I asked for one and am so happy about it. I will surely try it out in the next days and cannot wait for it. To the love of rice and good cooking utensils!

I received so so many emails and private messages, calls and texts. It’s great to hear so many beloving words from so many special people; I couldn’t be any happier!

I will be re-celebrating on Friday in 2 weeks with my whole family in Düsseldorf (Germany) and will even receive a few more small presents. How amazing does that sound? I’m already excited!

I took a few pictures of the dinner but was too concentrated on the actual eating (haha, insane!) to take enough. I will surely share these with you in the next few days. Also, I still haveso many calls to do tomorrow that I haven’t been able to take today. Now I’m ready to jump to bed and maybe revisit the past few years in thoughts – am I getting old now? Haha, – wish you all a great end to the day! Lots of love!