"We love labels. We really do--as a society, I mean. It's so much easier to understand the world around us if we name it, tie it down, and distance ourselves from the parts we don't like." - unknown

I'm not sure if parents still label their off-spring's school uniforms with their names or whether it's considered horribly old fashioned and the children just have to fend for themselves. All I know is that...lurking in the depths of my sewing basket...is a packet of tags, embroidered with my full name. My mother obviously bought in bulk and I've kept them because a) I'm a terrible hoarder, b) they take up very little space so I forget that they're still there until I start digging around trying to find a loose button or exotically colored piece of thread (i.e. something other than black, white, or navy).

They're a memento of my childhood...but essentially useless...and I'd swop them in a second for Antoni & Alison's versions...."I'm imagining things" and "Don't spend any more money" being much more helpful to me at this point in my life...