One Year Older

Well friends, today I turned 30. It’s a little bizarre reading that number because I think somedays I still feel 16 years old. But if this is what 30 feels like, I’ll take it. In fact, for my birthday I got to come see my best friends who moved to Chicago a few months ago and we’ve had the prettiest fall weather over the last few days here. I mean look at those leaves behind me! At one point they were blowing from the trees and falling on me as if we planned it and there was a guy above me with a wind machine and a bag of leaves. Turns out, this is actually just what autumn should feel like in most places and that is actually just a natural progression of trees. You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can’t convince her there are actually places that have real seasons. 
Back to turning 30. Yes, that number is weird to type out because it all seemed to happen very fast. But as far as being afraid of getting old or aging and all that noise, I’m just grateful for the last 30 years. I mean three decades — that’s a lot of life in the books. How many days is that even? Nevermind, let’s not count the days. Let’s just leave it at 30 years old. I’m good with that number. 
I’m going to be real about this sweater: it’s pretty much perfect. I bought it from Piperlime one day when we had a random cold front and I got excited, but then it just disappeared from their site. No worries though, this little detective found it at Nordstrom. So it can be all of our birthdays today. 🙂
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149 Responses

  1. Welcome to club 30 — where on occasion we still act 25, 21, and on rare occasion 16. It’s a pretty fun if I do say so myself, except that for some reason the hangovers just get exponentially worse (but hey that started at 27). But that’s why someone invented Tylenol right? Either way, Happy Birthday! Hope you’re enjoying Chicago 🙂

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  5. I’ll be turning 30 in about 9 months. I’m not sure how to feel about it, but so far I think I have the same attitude you do. I’ve had a great (nearly 30 years). 🙂

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  8. Happy Birthday Kendi! New shop, new decade, fall weather…all good things 🙂 Enjoy it all!

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  12. Happy Birthday Kendi! I just love your blog – I hope I can be as cool as you when I turn 30 (which is in July) – but 30 looks pretty fabulous (as is that sweater!). Thanks for being you.

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  18. Happy birthday, Kendi! We share a birthday! So cool to share my bday with such a cool lady.

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  24. Happy Birthday pretty lady! I’m two years into my 30’s and so far it’s my favorite decade yet! Wishing you the best!

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  35. Happy Birthday and welcome to the club. You look amazing as usual, and always have been a huge fan of your style.
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  36. happiest of birthdays to you! i’ll join you at 30 at the end of next month. here’s a fabulous new decade! thanks for always bringin’ it in the style department! 🙂

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  40. Welcome to club 30 — where on occasion we still act 25, 21, and on rare occasion 16. It's a pretty fun if I do say so myself, except that for some reason the hangovers just get exponentially worse (but hey that started at 27). But that's why someone invented Tylenol right? Either way, Happy Birthday! Hope you're enjoying Chicago 🙂

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  43. I'll be turning 30 in about 9 months. I'm not sure how to feel about it, but so far I think I have the same attitude you do. I've had a great (nearly 30 years). 🙂

    Style by Joules

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  47. Happy Birthday Kendi! New shop, new decade, fall weather…all good things 🙂 Enjoy it all!

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  51. Happy Birthday Kendi! I just love your blog – I hope I can be as cool as you when I turn 30 (which is in July) – but 30 looks pretty fabulous (as is that sweater!). Thanks for being you.

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  57. Happy birthday, Kendi! We share a birthday! So cool to share my bday with such a cool lady.

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  64. Happy Birthday pretty lady! I'm two years into my 30's and so far it's my favorite decade yet! Wishing you the best!

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  66. Happy birthday! I love that dark emerald green on you! And your cardi looks so cosy! I’m petite so they never work on me, but my sister has a similar one and looks just as good as you in it.

    Hope you had a wonderful birthday, it sounds like you did 🙂

    Away From The Blue

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  68. Happy Birthday, Kendi! Can’t wait to come see you in the new shop! <3

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  76. Happy happy birthday! I love your outlook surrounding getting older. It's not something to dread 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your day!

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  80. Happy Birthday and welcome to the club. You look amazing as usual, and always have been a huge fan of your style.
    #MadForFashionForLess Follow Us on Facebook!

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  81. happiest of birthdays to you! i'll join you at 30 at the end of next month. here's a fabulous new decade! thanks for always bringin' it in the style department! 🙂

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  85. Happy Birthday!! I remember having a hard time turning 30, but it ended up being so much better than my 20s – you become more confident and comfortable in your own skin, which I think is a good thing:). Now 40 is only weeks away for me!
    Love your blog and best of luck on your new shop!

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  94. Happy birthday! I love that dark emerald green on you! And your cardi looks so cosy! I'm petite so they never work on me, but my sister has a similar one and looks just as good as you in it.

    Hope you had a wonderful birthday, it sounds like you did 🙂

    Away From The Blue

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  102. Happy Birthday!! I remember having a hard time turning 30, but it ended up being so much better than my 20s – you become more confident and comfortable in your own skin, which I think is a good thing:). Now 40 is only weeks away for me!
    Love your blog and best of luck on your new shop!

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  117. happy 30th! as a fellow just-turned-30-this-month-year-old, I totally agree that just being “good with that number” is all you can be 🙂

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  126. happy 30th! as a fellow just-turned-30-this-month-year-old, I totally agree that just being "good with that number" is all you can be 🙂

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