This time way back when

This time last year. "crazy folk" See full post here.

This time in 2012. "everything is better on vacation" See full post here.

This time in 2011. "For the love of Jojo" See full post here.

This time 2010...I was not yet blogging. I started in November 2010 :)

in tandem

top: Jcrew clearance

skirt: Jcrew clearance

cardigan: GAP sale

wedges: Mia sale

necklace: Premier Jewelry

sugar skull earrings: [un]possible cuts

After a whirlwind summer that was bonkers even for me, we are in Texas and settling in. Aubsent no longer. Clearly, this photo is from my Castro Valley photo spot and was taken before school got out. Life has been so full, wonderfully so, and I have yet to find a place for blogging in my life. Leaving behind my dance group in the Bay is going to leave a huge gaping hole in my life. I was rehearsing or performing 2-5 nights a week. So maybe now is the time. As life in Texas takes shape, adjustments will have to be made and new routines will form. I am happy to be back while, in tandem, mourning the life I left behind. It's strange to feel two such opposite emotions at the same time. Joy and grief. 

at the Castle

dress: J Crew clearance

shoes: Simply Vera Wang sale

Oakland necklace: [un]possible cuts

This past Spring Break I went to Hearst Castle. In anticipation of moving, I began frantically seeing all of the things in California that I have been wanting to visit but hadn't. Hearst Castle was at the top of this list and luckily my friend, Kyoko, had also been want to see it. It was so beautiful, breathtakingly so. One tour WAS NOT enough. Upon arriving I instantly regretted not booking every tour they offered. Guess I'll just have to make it back one day. 

aries and faeries

dress: Forver21

black thing: vintage

necklace: [un]possible cuts

crown: made by yours truly (inspiration from keiko lynn)

wedges: Mia

Off to celebrate the birth of some awesome Aries friends by dancing the night away! Flower crowns and flowy dresses that catch the wind just so. Swoon.

Aubsent No More

sheer dress: Free People resale

slip: GAP body

flats: Old Navy

cardigan: GAP

Well, the news is officially out and I guess it's time to share it on the blog. Come this summer, I will be absent from Texas no long. After six years in the bay area, I have decided to move home to Texas. It was a hard decision...hell, it's still a hard decision. I have doubts everyday but ultimately, I know that as for long range goals, moving back now is the right decision. Sigh, even as I type it I feel fear and doubt in the pit of my stomach. And ache to think of missing my life and my friends in California.

I'm excited as well. I've missed being close to family and am so excited to live with in driving distance once more. No more lonely Thanksgivings or missed family reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations! And Thunderstorms! I have missed Thunderstorms and warm Texas nights and Tex-Mex.

Does this mean I need to change the name of my blog?

Festive

skirt: resale

top: Old Navy gift

sweater: Old Navy

necklace: Premier Jewelry gift

pirate bunny pin: [un]possible cuts

wedges: Target sale

I look ready for St Patrick's Day, don't I? I have this think that I don't even think I realize I do, where on holiday weeks, I dress up for that holiday all week long. On the week of Valentine's Day, I am pretty sure I wore some version or pink or red every single day. The week leading up to St Patty's, I, all of a sudden, rediscovered every green item in my closet. 

Easter's approaching. Pastels, I'm coming for you!

not matching

boots: Popsugar from Kohl's clearance

dress: H&M

blouse: uniqlo clearance

This dress is an odd one. Every time I have worn it in more of a safe, conventional way, I have been monumentally unimpressed. Like here. So boring. One the other hand, I pull it together with pieces that I am sure don't belong (like so), and think to myself, "No Aubrey, why are you even trying this on?" And these outfits I like. 

Polka dot bouse, brown ankle boots that look awful with everything, floral dress. How does that work? You know, maybe it doesn't and I am the only person digging this outfit...but hey, I like what I like.