Twenty-Twelve

It's that time of year again to look back on what has been, cherish those memories, and get excited for what is to come! This time I’ve broken down my 2012 review in terms of concerts I attended, travels I set out on, moments I loved, and virtual moments that made me giddy. You know I spend a good chunk of my life on the Internet (I loooove the Internet!) and so the best virtual moments weren’t difficult for me to recount. And so, from the beginning:

Shows: The Envy Corps

Travels: 2-night scrapbooking staycation extravaganza with my sisters and Ashley

Best Moment: Turning the big 2-5 and celebrating in the best way: spa, shopping, movie of a favorite book, family, friends, Mexican food, drinks, dressing up.

Virtual Moment: The most amazing birthday gift: a video of family, friends, and famous people reciting my tweets, status updates and lines from my blogs! I just got so excited to watch this again on my 26^th!

Shows: Lion King [The Musical] with my three lovely sisters // Bombay Bicycle Club

Travels: None

Best Moment: Acting like a total kid by playing trampoline dodgeball and suffering for several days after.

Virtual Moment: Social media set a-flutter by news of Indeed opening this year.

Shows: Of Monsters and Men

Travels: None

Best Moment: Spending St. Patrick’s Day with a lot of great friends

Virtual Moment: The #StyleMe Challenge was born, and with that, new friendships and a whole new slew of Instagramming

Shows: Fun. // Cults // Florence + The Machine

Travels: None

Best Moment: Two extremely fun weddings.

Virtual Moment: I guess April was boring!

Shows: Grouplove // M. Ward

Travels: Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon with Zebulon

Best Moment: Playing cribbage and eating nachos at Tug Boat Brewing with Zeb

Virtual Moment: Discovering my photo and review on Hilary Rushford’s #StyleMe page

Concerts: The Shins // Avett Brothers

Travels: Denver, Colorado (with stops at Red Rocks and Golden) with Zebulon

Best Moment: Finishing my first half-marathon // Dancing to Avett Brothers on the most beautiful night at Red Rocks Amphitheater

Virtual Moment: This blog turned a ripe one year old.

Concerts: Basilica Block Party (Imagine Dragons, Train, Cake, The Head and the Heart) // Beirut

Travels: Atlantic, Iowa with the family for Grandma’s 90^th birthday party.

Best Moment: Nancy’s birthday sheNANigans at Indeed

Virtual Moment: Researching what freedom means for Independence Day (seriously)

Shows: Coldplay

Travels: Dallas, Texas with Zebulon, Nancy and Nathan

Best Moment: Leaving work early to celebrate the opening of Indeed Brewing Company and meeting Mr. Mayor! ;)

Virtual Moment: Treble and Lace turned 1!

Shows: Awolnation & Imagine Dragons / The Head and the Heart & Blitzen Trapper

Travels: None.

Best Moment: Fashion’s Night Out, Blogger Meet-Up, Fashion Week with my new bloggy friends.

Virtual Moment: Tweeting back and forth with Blitzen Trapper // The Royal Concept’s management contacting me about my blog post

Shows: Wolf Gang & The Royal Concept // Miike Snow // Passion Pit & Youngblood Hawke

Travels: Rome, Florence and Cinque Terre, Italy with Zeb.

Best Moment: Grilling out and drinking wine with random Italians in Vernazza, Cinque Terre and touring wineries in Tuscany.

Virtual Moment: Winning tickets via email to see Wolf Gang at Varsity Theater

Shows: Matt and Kim & Oberhofer

Travels: Lutsen for Thanksgiving Weekend with Zeb and his family.

Best Moment: Exercising my right to vote and learning that Minnesota had defeated two proposed amendments to its state constitution.

Virtual Moment: Following election coverage

Shows: Sufjan Stevens // Of Monsters and Men

Travels: None.

Best Moment: Walking to get a Christmas tree in a blizzard and spending the rest of the day snowed in.

Virtual Moment: Sharing the holiday season with Instragram friends via #ShareAdvent

Looking back on the year helps me to put it into perspective and capture a sense of closure. As a girl highly-nostalgic for everything, it helps me feel accomplished and able to let the past be the past. It's time for now. Won't you join me?