When I selected the peacock for my profile pic on facebook a year or two ago, I did it to make a small statement. Profile pics seemed to be about catching yourself at your glamorous best, preening like a peacock. It didn't hurt that I don't take a good picture and I'm bordering on paranoid.

While some have criticized the peacock for being decidedly male, when I am not, the peacock otherwise seemed to make a good icon for me and stuck with it. It has paid off. Of late, I've been getting lots of peacock gifts.

While I didn't really have a strong affinity for the bird, I am loving my growing collection of peacock items. My peacock phone case is so very unique I ditched the Otterbox and just hope I don't drop my phone.

There seem to be a lot of peacock images in fashion these days, so I've embraced the full peacock. I have peacock t-shirts, peacock earrings, etc. Someday, I may make a peacock room, but that is a bit beyond my current skill set. Still, a girl can dream.

My thanks to those who've pushed me into my peacock collection. I'm loving it.