free to be bree.

Hope everyone’s Christmas was fabulous! I can assure you that mine definitely was!

In addition to getting the amazing sweater I’d been lusting after, the grey feather earrings that had been sold out, and a digital camera with social networking capabilities, I GOT A FREAKING LAPTOP!

I had been using the same desktop computer that I got for my high school graduation— 7 years ago— and got me through college, but is now basically a dinosaur. Then, as I was putting together my Christmas list and getting seriously fed up with my old, slow PC, I jokingly* put a laptop with a winky-smiley emoticon on the list. So here I am blogging from the comfort of my bed! Woo hoo!

Another thing that made Christmas a little extra magical was my sweet little niece. She’s been obsessed with Katy Perry ever since she saw the scrapped Katy Perry & Elmo short from Sesame Street. Lately, she’s moved on to Katy Perry & Snoop— to the point that my sister will sometimes call me and I will have to pretend to be Katy Perry on the phone in order to get my niece to do things like put her shoes on or eat her pancakes.

So, naturally, when I came across a lavender wig for kids in Toys R Us that matched Katy Perry’s hair in the California Gurls music video, I had to get it for my niece! I wrapped it up, marked the gift tag as “To Alexis, Love Katy Perry,” and presented it to her on Christmas morning. She was beyond thrilled to get a present from Katy Perry, but was a bit weirded out by the wig at first. She finally warmed up to it once we put the wig on her baby brother, and then she treated us to some sweet photo-ops.

I really can’t get enough of this kid. Just when I think she can’t get any funnier or cuter, she does something to totally blow me out of the water.

*Full Disclosure: Although I jokingly added the laptop to my list, I secretly hoped I would get it. It ended up working out for me AND my siblings because all 3 of us got laptops this year!