Yet Another Birthday

As is yearly tradition at this point, I just had a birthday and thought I would share it with you. I treat birthdays with a lot of respect and I agree with Anne Shirley that “it isn’t as if birthdays are common things”. 

I hope this little post is entertaining and gives you some ideas of what you could do for you next birthday. I also want to say that I am so blessed and so grateful to all of my family and friends who made this birthday so special!

You may know this if you’ve been around on the blog for a while, that I love to have my birthdays themed around books and bookish things. This year was very regency inspired (which has been a theme this year.)

On the morning of my birthday my Dad, brother and I went to a bakery. The drive there was so beautiful, looking at all of the budding and flowering trees while listening to Laufey.
    
​At the bakery I got a Pain au Chocolate (they sadly didn’t have any almond croissants), a cheddar, bacon and scallion biscuit, and a London Fog latte.

    I spent a lot of my day quietly, hanging out with my family, reading Jane Austen’s Lady Susan, and taking a walk with my family.
  
​ I also took my siblings with me to Starbucks to get my free drink (I got a matcha in case you were wondering).

The main event of the day was going to the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Pride and Prejudice at the movies. I of course adore this movie, and seeing in the theaters was a surreal experience, especially since my friends hadn’t seen it before!

The evening was spent in at home with food my parents cooked, and a pistachio cake with raspberry whipped cream.

​The day was so lovely in it’s simpleness. Remember that birthdays and every day can be beautiful if you do little things to make yourself happy.

Now it’s time for a little gift haul. This isn’t everything I got, but these are the things that I think are the most fun and interesting to you all (they’re mostly books.)

This shirt is my new obsession and a perfect reflection of my personality. Obviously Little Women is my favorite book ever, so having a shirt that captures all of the little moments that make the story so timeless and special is amazing!

Going on the same track, my best friend sent me this beautiful edition of Little Women. It's the Harper Muse Painted edition, I love it so so much!

This picture is very bad quality so I apologize, but one of my friends who went to the movie with me gave me this adorable Pride and Prejudice book vase. It's so cute and the peacock!!! iykyk. The flowers were also a gift :).

The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady is such a beautiful book. It's the real diary of a woman from Edwardian England and how she tracked the seasons through her paintings of nature. This edition is stunning.

Bows! I have become obsessed with bows, and there isn't much else to say about that.

Back when I was in England (it's been a year guys), I kept wanting to visit Fortnum and Mason, a store known for their fine tea selection. Unfortunately I wasn't able to, but now I get to try some of their most popular blends from this little box of tea.

I have been collecting the Chronicle Books/Barbara Heller classics for a while now, and I've had my eye on Anne of Green Gables since it came out in September. I am so grateful for this edition, it's beautiful and full of little bits of Avonlea. Such a special book.

In the same vein, I got The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook! It's an adorable book full of recipes from the Anne books and L.M. Montgomery's personal kitchen.

And because the world needs more Anne, I also receive this copy of The Anne of Green Gables Devotional by Rachel Dodge. I've been going through this every morning and I love being reminded of the truth of Gods word through the world of Anne.

All in all, such a lovely birthday and I'm so grateful for what this past year of life has been, and for what God has planned for me in this next year.

Belle Thomas

Belle is the writer and dreamer behind An Old Fashioned Girl. She is passionate about reminding girls of their identity in Christ, classic books, history, Louisa May Alcott, and earl grey tea.