Baking in Style

I just realized that I don't think I've posted yet about my new KitchenAid Stand Mixer (in Pistachio) that was a gift from my mother-in-law for Ayyám-i-Há/my birthday...but I love it and it makes me extra happy to be in the kitchen with such a beautiful piece of equipment!  I never (ever) would have purchased one for myself, so it's nice that we will have this for decades to come!

I've determined that getting birthday presents on your birthday is tres overrated.  It's much more exciting to get presents randomly throughout the rest of the year (or even just the month after your birthday).  Totally unexpected, and totally awesome!  My latest birthday present installment arrived today in the cutest packing ever.

And to my surprise, it contained this:

EEEEK!  I've been eyeing aprons from Anthropologie ever since I joined Pinterest last summer (fall?) and now I have one!!!  Looking trendy while baking = fantastic!  A big "thank you" to my sister-in-law, Jaleh!