not THAT post. not yet.

i'm back!

down with a terrible cold - sore throat, cough, cough, cough, sneezy, snotty... the whole thing.

i guess my body took advantage of the week off from it's standard overdrive mode and decided to do its thing.

so before i kill myself of lack of sleep, here's a post just because.

an ode to madewell.

madewell - the other j.crew - is this homeland of me that i knew existed... somewhere out there... mostly on the coasts... but out of my every day reach.  it took 30 minutes to land before robin + i hunted down the madewell store and had a very separated-at-birth-esque reunion.

angels sang as we walked through the front door.  the choral voices led me to the wall of button downs that literally made me stop breathing.  have you ever seen such a sight?

is there anything more aubry than that? i dare you to find it.

{speaking of, i got this text from jenna: "got dressed and realized i'm so aubry right now"}

stripes on top of checks over dark skinnies and gold sperry's.  helllo!

madewell did me proud. i walked out for under $100 {that's $100 spent within the first hour of my 8 day vacation. eep!} and scored three tops, the belt of your DREAMS, and a completely unnecessary new pouch to put something in in my bag. lip junk? cards? dolla bills? i don't know but it was an additional 25%  off.

if i could have just one wish, it would be for a madewell within reach. it was beyond perfect style.