Little Match Girl: Wishful Thinking

So it seems like winter's on it's way out -emphasis on the word seems. This happens every year, sometimes several times. The weather gets warm, the snow starts to melt, we start taking out the lighter jackets, we start thinking of all the great things spring brings and our hope that hopeless, lifeless, desolate season that is winter has come to a close.
But just you wait, sometime in March, those hopes for spring will be dashed and we'll find ourselves knee-deep in freshly fallen snow. What's pretty in November/December (often October, let's be honest) is like a nightmare in March/April.

And after the fresh snowfall, comes the cold snap and the ice!

And a lot of the time, this cycle starts up again in April, albeit to a lesser degree...

Ah! The joy of Canada!*

*this comment is sarcastic and excludes the province of British Columbia, and especially Victoria.

It may not be as pretty as fresh snow,

but the important thing is that it melts...

even if it'll be back.

Silver lining: Just as the stores bring out the winter merchandise in August, they also bring out the summer clothes in February! It's bittersweet, all these new styles and flouncy materials and flowery prints are gonna have to wait another few months before they can really shine -it just isn't the same when they're hidden under layers and layers of clothing...but it is my light at the end of this very cold tunnel.

As per the usual, I love the American Eagle summer line