Wear comfy shoes when you walk down memory lane...

Those of you who've worked in a office setting, listen up...those of you who haven't...listen anyway. You know that one person in the office who always brings in freshly baked goodies from home, strategically placed on the edge of their desk? S/he (yes, we knew a he), decorated their cubicle with knick-knacks and artifacts for "flair", and liked to send non-work related emails which always preceded with the letters FW:: in front of them. Yes, that person.
Well guess what...that person is awesome. You know why? These cake-baking, email forwarding co-workers turn the pallid, mundane, white noise, chicken coop world of cubicles FUN! You may not appreciate them now, but you will.

Due to the wonder of Facebook, I came across a couple of old pictures of us during the pre-Green Lavender days. Look at us: So professional. So grown up. So respected in our chosen field of work. So dignified.

Mia, in her cage of birthday balloons

Joanna, eating her non-organic sprinkled doughnut

Mia and I met at Sobeys Head Office, where we worked together for a few years. It was not exactly our dream job, hence why the inception of GL. True say, we are beyond pumped to be owning our own business...but working in that office was, in retrospect, pretty fun sometimes...especially when said co-workers (see first paragraph) took the time to deck out your cubicle on your birthday and made you feel extra special (embarrassed by proxy), making an otherwise spiteful (why I gotta work on my b-day???!!) uneventful paper-pushing day extraordinary.

So, today...on our inaugural post, our very first...

What I learned: Honour and cherish the people around you, no matter how big or small the contribution in your life. Be thankful for those who make you laugh, smile, cry, support, challenge and motivate you. (Special thanks to Maria and Ken who did a good job souping up our cubicles)