I'll be back.

I'm seriously missing blogging but having so much fun in San Diego this weekend! Time with family has been plentiful and it's not over yet. Catching up with old friends has also been refreshing and much needed. Tomorrow there will be more of both, plus a baby shower and birthday party. I can barely keep up! Can't wait to get back to normal blogging but it's good to take a break sometimes, right? I've also had some new ideas for the blog and made a couple of goals I'm anxious to get cracking at. In the meantime I am going to continue enjoying my time off and time in the lovely and ever perfect San Diego-my true home and Mecca (aside from Anthropologie if course).

Until time permits, I bid you adieu. Please don't forget about me...I promise to be back in time for next week's Fresh Cuts.

Wish me luck on my last day of being a 24 year old! I'm officially about to enter my mid-twenties. Quarter life crisis and all :)

If you don't have anything nice to say....

You know that saying, "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all"? Well, I think I took the phrase to a new level this past weekend. I've been quite a grump lately and although I'm not sure if others noticed or not, I figured I would save them my bad attitude and hibernate for the weekend. I made sure to be present at the things I was expected to be at, but beyond that I was pretty checked out from reality. Humanity-you can thank me later.

I also hibernated a bit from blogging. I kept up with the usual blogs I follow like this one, this one, and this one, but stayed clear from my own. Like I said, I've been a bit of a grump lately and didn't really have anything nice to say. I took this weekend as my opportunity to have a pit of a pity party, an introvert party, and a "it's time to move on party." Overall it was a good weekend, one I think everyone needs to have sometimes.

Because I didn't share anything with you this weekend, the next few pictures will give you some insight into how I spent my time. Don't get too excited. Unless you were also having a pity party and totally checked out from reality, or if by chance you are my secret stalker, then you will probably be bored to death by the following photos. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Weekend highlight: NO work on Christmas!

The Goods

Sometimes I pretend I live on Little house on the Prairie 

Girl Porn (Note: also downloaded Instagram at this point)

Magazine shopping--must have!

Too good to not text, tweet, or blog for the world to see.
Burly Beards 

And to get back to reality...Thansgiving with friends! Starting last year a group of friends and I have planned and celebrated Thansgiving together (i.e. Thanksgiving). Mondays are typically a dreadful day for most of humanity, but today I had something to look forward to. After secluding myself from the world it was good to be back with friends laughing, eating, mocking each other, and just being. I finally feel human again. You're welcome humanity.

Side Note: 
Can I just say, the beauty of "The Anthropology of a Girl" is that in reality I can blog about whatever I want because by default, anything I write about and anything that happens in my life, has something to do with being a girl. If "anthropology" is the study of something, then every photo I post, word I write, or story I tell reveals just a little more about what it means to be a girl. Part of me wishes every post I write was strategic, calculated, organized, and full of purpose, but that's just not my life right now. THIS is my life. THIS is what it means to be a girl. 

Life Imitates Art: New Blog Design

Life imitates art, right? Well, if that's the case then I think this blog is the perfect example of such.

I'm at this place in life where I am running hard and fast, but also feel totally stuck. I don't really know what I am doing with my life or where I am going, but I am kinda just going at life day by day, trying to make the best of it. Sometimes things turn out, and other time they don't. Sometimes I surprise myself, and other times it seems like I am the same little girl I was some 20 years ago. I'm working towards embracing each day as it comes, not dwelling on the future or what I don't have, but instead learning to be content and grateful for what is right in front of me. Easier said than done, eh? 

Well, like I said, if life imitates art then this blog is a perfect representation of my life right now. I don't really know what I am doing with it or where it will go. I am taking it day by day, trying to put my best foot forward and make the most of what I have to offer. Sometimes I love what I come up with, other times my ideas are a total flop. But right now, the important thing is that I am trying. I am trying something.

Like every other blogger out there, I have high hopes for this blog. In all my trial and error I want so badly to find my voice and discover what I have to offer others. I know there is something buried up there in that mind of mine...I just need to sift few a few things to let it spill out. 

So bear with me as I jump feet first into whatever it is I am doing. I'm excited for what's to come, but of course, that starts with being excited for today. 

So what am I excited for today? A blog layout! There are still a few kinks to work out that should be done in no time, but I'm too excited not to share what I've been working on with Liz for what feels like months!  

Thank you Liz for doing an incredible job and bearing with me through my crazies. Who knew a girl could be so particular? 

I guess that's just part of being a girl sometimes. 

Call Me Kate Middleton

I took a nap today and now I am regretting it. I knew I would, but the fluff that is my marshmallowy bed beckoned my name. I simply could not resist.

But now, here I am with a pretty epic nap-hangover. My eyes are strained and I feel like I have been sick in bed with a cold for days (I haven't). Basically I feel like I need a shower, a fresh pair of undies, and  a new day, but the caffeine-like buzz I'm running on from my afternoon power nap is seriously effecting my game. No sleep for me...yet.

Any-who, this blog is definitely in the works and at it's very most basic stage. However, good stuff is to come. To my followers, tell mom I said "hi". Also, thanks for your input on the layout that's in process. I'm excited to get things up at running in the very near future. I have this thing where I don't like to share things with people until they are complete and at their very best state. Art projects, my home, papers, blogs. I guess you could say I am a perfectionist, therefore I don't like revealing things about myself to anyone that are less than perfect. I suppose "perfect" is relative, but for me I want to be proud of something I am sharing with others.

Anyways, posts are on their way. Ideas are slowly getting sifted out. I'm excited for the potential of a blog that could be something. I have no idea what, but there's always hope, right? That's what I'm banking on anyways. Oh yes, and my delectable sense of humor, charm, wit, and wisdom. That's me in a nutshell I tell ya.

Whelp, I guess that's the end of my charm and wit for tonight. Call me Kate Middleton and let's call it a night.

AE