ode to resale

dress: resale

sandals: Target

sunglasses: Walgreens

blazer: Target clearance

Resale shopping is the best! So many of my favorite articles of clothing have been unearthed from the depths of some resale clothing shop. This dress was like $12 or something ridiculous! It takes more patience than regular shopping and you also kind of have to have an eye for styles and fabrics that work for you but it's totally worth it. I will miss Crossroads but know it's just a matter of time before I find my resale mother-ship calling me home. 

bay area layering

dress: Betsy Johnson resale

scarf: Old Navy

jacket: Old Navy

boots: Seychelle

bird necklace: [un]possible cuts

Bay Area weather, while glorious and totally living up to the hype about California, was crazy. Everyday, even in the dead of summer, it would be cold in the morning. So I would leave the house for work all layered up. As the day progressed, I would shed layers like a flower losing petals. First the scarf would go, tossed over my chair. Then my jacket would be discarded and if I were wearing a heavier base piece like this little Betsy Johnson resale score, my hair would go up in a bun to get it off my neck. Then this process would repeat in reverse as the sun went down. Layers reapplied as the temp dropped with the setting sun. I have no idea what to do with all these layering skills here in Texas.

dreaming of cooler weather

top: Jcrew clearance

button up (under top): Old Navy sale

skirt: Target resale

wedges: Forver 21

necklace: Premier Jewelry

sweater: resale

In 100 degree weather, I am fantasizing about cooler days that require layers. The grass in always greener. :) 

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.