happy monday loves!  not to rub it in but i'm wearing shorts...in january.  which makes me giddy...until i get hit with crazy random symptoms from cedar allergies which i think is the single worst thing about texas.  i hope you never have to experience the horribleness that is cedar...ugh.  but anyways...speaking of texas (because you know that's all i do now), i'm finally starting to realize that this is now my home.  i know that sounds crazy, but i was writing my address down this weekend for something and it hit me...

i.live.in.texas.  

and when i said that out loud, i didn't cringe, or long for my old home, or get super sad.  i think i have finally started to embrace my new home...because lets be honest...who doesn't want to wear shorts in january?

AND i have super exciting MRD news to share!!!  two of our new spring bands (that will be available next week when the shop reopens) are featured in the latest issue of Girls' Life magazine!  such a perfect way to start off the year for the line...i see big things happening this year...big things!!

sequin beanie: vintage, tee: urban outfitters, cardi: apricot lane, jeans: hudson

and was reminded that i do in fact have the best.family.ever.

today is my birthday.  and i am 31.

seriously when did time totally speed up and decide to make me so old?  maybe it's the fact that i work with a bunch of 18 year olds, or that fact that i don't really look or feel my age, but 31 seems so...serious.  like at 31 you should have the perfect job and a house and kids and dogs and eat fancy dinners on placemats....um...i don't even have a table...sad but true. 

but that is ok because i am not serious.  part of me being me is that i don't take things too seriously...well most of the time.  this past year of my life has had so many ups and downs and yet i also feel like not much has happened.  i know that doesn't really make any sense but it's almost like all these things were happening around me yet i was standing still.  like i should have been doing something but i wasn't because it was all just too much to take in.  maybe that's what happens when you move...it takes a year for you to settle.

 but settling is kinda boring.  i need some adventure and to explore.  so i've decided that 31 is going to be the year of me.  i spend a lot of my time focused on making others happy that i sometimes forget to take care of me and i think i've earned the right to be a little selfish.  it's time to take care of myself and figure out what my next step is.  i want to make an impact on world and in order to do that i need to stop and take a deep breath...or two...and focus and just be.  i need to live.  so 31...i'm ready for you.  lets make this the best year yet...and the best me yet!!