Oops. Looks like in all the craziness, I have missed the one-year anniversary of my blog. Just like me…I’m terrible at remembering birthdays and anniversaries.

Just as well because I don’t have anything special to commemorate the day (which was way back at the beginning of January) but I am glad to have been around for that long. I”m grateful for the creative outlet and all the things this last year has brought me through my blog.

The Style Co-Op and so many like-minded ladies to thrift and love fashion alongside especially Elia, Andrea and Amy. All my great connections - I now know about a million photographers, stylists and make-up artists. All the sweet friends I’ve met from afar (Natira!) and being able to keep up with my friends (even if you don’t leave comments).

Thanks for letting me share my life with you all!

P.S. A new addition to my shoe collection (where else would this be appreciated), that I got at a thrift store yesterday for $7.50!:

Have a wonderful weekend! Hopefully next week will be less crazy and I can get some regular updates and pictures from the trip/of my ring up!

Sandhya

Now I know it’s presumptuous to believe that you all are waiting at the edge of your seats for updates but I have had two dear friends call me out on being absent from the blogging world (Hi, BFF + Natira!) and I feel the need to apologize for my lack of activity. Even my sweet Street Style Blog has been suffering.

I will be back as soon as I can with pictures and more pictures. I’ve just been incredibly swamped since the proposal and the trip and with the new business plus all of life’s little hiccups.

Thanks for sticking around.

Sandhya

WE’RE ENGAGED!!

Bear proposed to me on Sunday in a very sweet and romantic spot – one of the very first places we ever met (and the first place we remember ever speaking to each other) on the UT campus. He even made sure I was looking my best and someone was there to capture the moment:

I get internal tickles everytime I hear the word fiance/fiancee. And I introduced him as my boyfriend today. Oops!

I couldn’t be happier.

Sandhya

Last night Bear led me on a scavenger hunt through our apartment, with wine refreshments to help me (please excuse the pajamas, I was in the midst of a Gilmore Girls marathon when this happened):

We’re going to New Zealand + Australia!! It’s my dream trip that I’ve never been able to take. I couldn’t be more thrilled!

We celebrated with drinks and Plucker’s. This is Bear’s “This Beer Belongs to the Coolest Boyfriend In the World” mug. Very appropriate.

I think it goes without saying that I have the most thoughtful and sweetest man. Kangaroos and kiwis, here we come!

Sandhya

Last week I wore a lot of sweatpants. In fact, there were days when i didn’t even change out of my sweatpants. In my defense it was very cold and rainy. Between Bear and I we have like 16 pairs of sweatpants. OK, more like 5. And fine, they are his. But they are just the right amount of comfy and what are boyfriends good for if you can’t wear all their comfy clothes?

So when I finally got dressed I chose something bright and cheerful. And I painted my nails to match:

Old Navy Jacket – $1 – Thrift Store; Pearls – $12 – Boutique in Houston; Zara Sweater – stolen from boyfriend after it magically shrunk; Hat – $20? – vendor at Shecky’s Girls Night Out; Jeans – $30 – Levi’s Outlet; Boots – $70 – Piperlime

How gorgeous is this knot ring?? Many thanks to Elia and her boyfriend for such a beautiful piece – I love it! Oh and my nails are painted with one of those glitter colors from the OPI Burlesque collection.

Also spent my time indoors making more bath bombs since I got a whole lot of new supplies: glitter, dried peels and flowers, new essential oils, molds and new jojoba and almond oils. But the recipe isn’t perfected yet, so I’m still tweaking and will post it soon.

I made some ducks that were a sweet orange + ginger blend, with jojoba oil, orange peel and yellow glitter for the bills. Also made some lemongrass + sandalwood ones with lemon peel and a diamond glitter and some ylang ylang + myrrh truffle shaped ones with dried lavender and purple mica glitter. Oh and Bear helped.

Happy (finally sunshiney) Monday!

Sandhya

Happy 2011! Hope everyone had a relaxing and happy holiday season…we did lots of family time and movie watching ourselves. We didn’t do presents this year because we got ourselves bikes, then our parents paid for them. But I did get some fun new boots for myself and then a scarf from Mama and Papa Bear:

Sweater, $15, Gap Outlet; Necklace, $1, Estate Sale; Scarf – gift; Jacket, $1, Thrift Store; Jeans, $120, Citizens of Humanity from Dallas Boutique Epic; Boots, $70, Steve Madden on Piperlime; Ring – Unknown

We also attended our last wedding of the year…appropriately on New Year’s Eve. It was a simple and sweet, very personalized event and we had a great time. Congrats to my lovely friends, Kaley & Alan! (Sorry for the bad lighting!):

Dress, $30, Kenneth Cole Outlet; Bangle – Free – Clothing Swap; Rings – $3 – H&M; Shoes – $12 – Nine West

We ended out vacation with my current obsession: making bath bombs! Last night we made Lavender + Green Tea ones in random molds just to try them out:

The result was fragrant and luxurious and left my skin soft for hours. I just ordered a bunch more supplies so I have a feeling you’ll be seeing more of this obsession.

Oh!

This week we start our hunt for a house…with a real, live backyard! We’re buying it for the puppy. Seriously.

Hope this Monday is as painless as it can be! (I myself am battling an allergy attack…at least that’s what I hope it is.)

Sandhya

Yes, we decided on a name…for real this time! Pawsitive – Dog Training and Pet Care. The website will is www.pawsitiveaustin.com and I LOVE the site thanks to my fabulous, super-talented boyfriend.

Also, my generous friend Sarah Barnes of Hartshorne Photography offered to take pictures for the site for me. There’s a bunch on the website and a bunch more on the Facebook page here. I would love it if you’d go and “like” the page!

Other than getting everything up and running, we’ve spent some time doing some holiday mingling and eating, including the fabulous Armadillo Bazaar put on by my very talented friend Elia. Can’t wait to show you the jewelry her man is making me!

Very low-key Christmas and New Year’s this year – only a few decorations and no tree since we bought ourselves bikes earlier in November.

Been too busy to take pictures of really anything but my clothes in a hasty few minutes before running out.

Here are a couple outfits:

Shorts – free – Clothing Swap; Tights – $4 – Gap Outlet; Shoes – $20 – Aldo Outlet; Top – $5 – Gap; Bracelet – free – Clothing Swap; Ring – ?? – ??; Headband – $4 – H&M or F21

Dress – $15 – Windsor outlet; Tights – $4 – Gap Outlet; Boots – $?? – Nine West Outlet; Jacket – $30 – JCrew Outlet; Ring – $4 – F21; Bracelets – various

Decided it was too warm (darn Texas weather) and put on this red jacket ($20 or so; Old Navy) instead. Also, I painted my nails to match my festive toenails: Sephora for OPI’s Personal Shopper and then covered it with Only Gold For Me Glitter Topcoat.

Off for a night of wine and video games!

P.S. How cute is this email that Bear’s dad sent me? FYI, Beti means daughter and PB stands for Papa Bear which is what I call his dad. His mom is obviously Mama Bear.:

Sandhya