Here are the contents of the mystery present… a teacup and saucer! This is something I’d been daydreaming about for awhile. It’s the last of my birthday gifts and wow – they certainly seemed to keep rolling in...

I’d seen this ChilliChilly teacup (called “By the Lake”) at a number of design sites and loved it. I couldn’t find it anywhere in the U.S., so this came all the way from England at Design My World. My parents are so thoughtful and very patient to have ordered it from so far away.

When I get presents, I divide them into two categories: for the office and for the home. I try really hard to keep my home a more grown up space. I love kid stuff and cute things, but I don’t want my place to look like a kindergarten classroom. This is really hard because for a long time, it did look that way. And with a mammoth purple velvet couch, it’s hard to get a classier style going. But we’ll talk about the couch another time.

At work, I let my inner 12 year old decorate – and that’s where all of the fun, girly stuff goes including the pink rug I’d never put in my home.

This teacup is for the home. Thanks mom and dad.