How My Mulberry And I Met

Sounds like a love story doesn't it? And it kind of is...I fell in love with the Mulberry Bayswater as soon as I saw it in Selfridges one day. But it was scarily expensive, so I just had to walk away. I did a post on this before, but it was a bit crap...hopefully now I've found my blogging feet I can maybe explain it a bit better!

I'm not writing this to show off and be all like 'Look at my designer bag!', I just want to raise a bit of awareness about the Starlight Children's Foundation. It was thanks to them that I got this bag! They contacted me when I was about 15 after my nurses at the hospital referred me for a 'wish.' I could basically choose anything I wanted...a trip to Florida, a swim with dolphins and so forth. Well sitting in a pool with giant fish would scare the life out of me and I'm terrified of heights so Disney World would be totally wasted on me. I'm a giant wimp! To the horror of my brothers, who wanted a skiing trip, I chose...a Mulberry bag. 

A lady from the Starlight Foundation met me and my Mum at Oxford Street and we spent the day looking around the shops before finally hitting Selfridges where I chose a Mulberry Bayswater in Natural Oak Leather. I can honestly say it was one of the best days of my life! It even made my local news with a cringey picture of me and quotes that I definitely did not say 'All of my friends keep coming round to see it!' Er, none of them were that sad or even knew what Mulberry was and most still don't to my dismay!

It might sound stupid and maybe even shallow to some, but this bag does actually make me feel better. When I'm feeling ill or sometimes upset, it puts a massive smile on my face. That's what makes the Starlight Foundation so amazing! So I just wanted to say a massive thank you to them, they do so much for ill children (most of whom are far more deserving than me!) and since I feature my bag on here quite a bit I thought I should explain where it's from.

Josie xx