hi everyone!

i'm sorry to have been away for so long. my mother was recently diagnosed with a form of cancer, and that sparked off a long internal struggle about whether i should up and leave to be home with her, dealing with the guilt monster when i decided it would be best for me to stay and at least see this visa out (a visa my employers spent a lot of money to help me get)...

luckily, the cancer has turned out to be still in the mild stages, and was almost entirely removed through surgery, but she is still undergoing radiotherapy every day for the next month, and the thought of not being there is driving me wild.

so as you can see, i haven't really been in a fashion sort of mood, and my poor blog has been left quite lonely. but i'm tired of living in a grey, drab-feeling world, and i decided the best way to pull myself out of the doldrums and a situation i cannot control is by working on the situation that i can, and that makes me happy! so here i am, rejoining the world of fashion once again :). i have missed you all so much, and i'm going to go start commenting like a madwoman on all the threads i missed...NOW!