Auld Lang Syne

Happy New Year!  I'm off to go have a glass of champagne surgically attached to my left hand...

Dress - thrifted A.J. Bari

Pearl collar - vintage via eBay

Brooch - thrifted

Tights - TJ Maxx

Shoes - Tracy Reese

The back...

The details...

The coat...

Coat - thrifted (for $1.50!)

New decade, old dress

I'm sure you're all aware that New Year's Eve is coming up and there is so much pressure! I don't know what to wear! I dug through my dresses and pulled out quite a few options... so HELP ME! What should I wear? I am going to a "Fancy Pants Cocktail Party" at my friends Matt and Jim's house... It's indoors so I'm not too worried about being warm...

Option #1

Dress - vintage (1950s) from Junk Bonanza

Option #2 (I had to show the back on this one!)

 Dress - thrifted vintage (1980s)

Options #3 and #4

 Good vs. evil

Options #5 and #6

Dress - Hayden Harnett                       Dress - vintage (1950s) from antique store

So these are kinda rough ideas, I'm not totally sure on the tights and jewelry and etc so feel free to throw your two cents in the comments on ideas or things to change!


EDIT: Thanks for voting! Dress #2 narrowly won (by only 6 votes) over dress #5!

Look, Charlie, let's face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.

(That's a quote from Lucy, in A Charlie Brown Christmas, FYI)

It's Christmas Eve! Which is a bigger deal in my family than Christmas Day. We head off to IL to see the extended fam, including 8 aunts and uncles and about 20 cousins. It's crowded and loud and usually involves jello shots and white elephant gifts.  We do a million appetizers and desserts instead of a "real" meal which is awesome. It also generally means my grandma will demand we all sing the 12 Days of Christmas, but everyone's had too much wine and no one remembers how many drummers are drumming anyway and it is the funniest thing ever. So here's my Christmas dress:

Dress - secondhand vintage from Everyday People (consignment store)

Sweater - Marc by Marc Jacobs

Tights - Target

Shoes - Unlisted by Kenneth Cole, hand-me-downs from sister

Oh yes, look at the velvet and rhinestones... it can't get more festive than this:

I feel like I had a version of this dress when I was about 6. The red velvet Christmas dress, a classic!

So Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, Happy Weekend if you don't!