2012: A Year In Review…
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What a bloody mad & fabulous year it’s been. I just looked back through my photos from 2012 & it’s all quite astounding. Sometimes you don’t realise exactly how much you’ve done until it’s all over!
So let’s do a little recap, shall we?
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Mike & I rang in the new year in all our finery, which of course included mouse ears (for me, at least!).
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Shortly afterwards, I flew to Salt Lake City to speak at Alt Summit. It was my first time there, & I was so delighted by the whole thing. What a fun event… & great vintage shopping, too! (I bought this leopard coat there & proceeded to wear it all year!)
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That same month, I was featured on the cover of a Japanese magazine!
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I dyed my hair black just in time to speak at Social Media Week in New York City…
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…& promptly flew to Las Vegas to get into plenty of trouble with Kat & Shauna!
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We had good times at Circus Circus…
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…& hanging out on the back of an Airstream, of course!
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I flew to Pittsburgh & spoke about radical self love at TEDxCMU. Do you think I’m the only speaker at a TED event to wear ears in my official photograph?!
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Rachel & I went to Queens to celebrate Holi… It was messy & marvellous.
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Mike, Fumi, Asami & I all rode over to Brooklyn to to celebrate spring.
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Kat came to NYC just as the weather started to pick up.
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We spent an incredible day with the babes from Made U Look Photography, & most importantly, introduced them to the glory of the Salty Pimp ice-cream!
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Hahahaha.
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We LOVE them & can’t wait to see them again soon!
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Kat had barely gone home before I jumped on a plane & met Shauna in Santa Monica!
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We had a great time riding bikes, doing poolside yoga, going for walks at the beach, & rejecting one another’s advances… !
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(Incidentally, this was one of my favourite manicures of the year.)
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I jumped on a bed for a campaign with alice + olivia, & got to eat a lot of ice-cream in the process.
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Then I flew to San Francisco with a gaggle of bloggers for a fantastic weekend with art.com. They treated us like rockstars, & I started to see the appeal of the city by the bay…
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I was appointed Beauty & Style Editor at xoJane.com, & going into the office to see the girls has become a highlight of my week. They are so cute!
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At the height of summer, my husband & I celebrated one year of marriage. Amazing!
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My parents came to NYC for a week; I made my mother pose with me on this Alice in Wonderland statue!
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I got all dressed up & hosted a Fashion’s Night Out event with Swarovski… I think I need this couch in my life!
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I was featured in a 12-page spread in Ink Fashion. It took two days to shoot, but it was super-fun.
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A week after my birthday, I flew to New Orleans for a few days with my BFF from Australia. I totally fell in love with the place…. & I can’t wait to see Jess again soon!
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I was on the cover of Her magazine in New Zealand… & the feature was pretty fantastic, too!
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Shauna, Kat & Lisa all came back to New York, & we held our very first Blogcademy event. It was a raging success & we had an unbelievably great time doing it!
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I partied with will.i.am…
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…& that’s not even half of it! PHEW. No wonder I’m so pooped!
I’m so excited about 2013, & as such, I’m taking some time off before kicking back into gear again. I’ll be back on the 1st of January, but of course, I’ll still be tweeting up a storm!
Thank you for coming along with me on this journey. 2013 is going to be absolutely amazing for all of us. I promise!
Have a beautiful new year’s eve!