Love Letter: Covert Accessories

Lucky duck that I am, I received an iPad mini for my birthday this past January. I was supremely excited not just because of my love for all things Apple in general, but it also meant that I could buy a snazzy case for it because I'm a massive accessories junkie.I like the challenge of finding perfect accessories due to being frugal and picky about both design and function. 

After several lunch hours devoted to the search, I finally came across Covert Accessories. Not only were they stylish and came in several different designs, but they were actually functional. And wouldn't break my bank.

Look at how gorgeous these are! 

Covert - Varsity iPad mini case

Covert - Calvary iPad Mini case

I couldn't resit their Calvary iPad Mini case because of it's versatility, stylish looks and wonderful price. I've used it on long train journeys to watch films and enjoyed the integrated stand feature, and haven't thought twice about throwing it in my crammed and messy bag daily because I know it will protect my iPad. Plus the wooly texture of the case with the leather accents are plain old gorgeous. My husband is even jealous of my case. 

E-readers

Well, a small tragedy occurred over New Years Eve. My Kindle Keyboard unfortunately did not make it into 2013.

 
Let me just go on shortly about my love affair with Amazon's Kindle. I've had a Kindle since the first version, and have absolutely loved it ever since. I upgraded in the summer of 2011 to the Kindle Keyboard, and it was a beautiful and loving relationship. (I did defect to a Nook for a short while, but was unimpressed and went back to the Kindle...shhh!)
I so wish I had had one as a kid! I remember lugging a huge, over-stuffed backpack full of large books onto planes, and in cars for family trips between the ages of 7-14. Having a kindle would have saved me so much packing space, and I wouldn't have had to agonize over which books I could fit in my backpack.
Well on New Years Eve, after a few glasses of wine (okay, more than a few), I left my kindle on the side of the sink in the bathroom of our flat. All was well, until my husband, also a few glasses deep, went into the bathroom and for some reason decided to put the Kindle for "safe keeping" standing upright in it's case on the tippity-top shelf of our bathroom cabinet behind the mirror.
Cue my skipping in not thirty seconds later to look for makeup, open the cabinet and BOOM CRASH.  It bounged off the sink and to the floor. All seemed well until it seemed frozen on a screensaver in sleep mode, and I could not get John Steinbeeck's face off.
Since it was technically both of our faults, I told my husband we could split getting me a new one sine he felt pretty terrible.
I'm always curious how long people tend to keep their e-readers before they pass on!