Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

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I had dressed casually for Christmas day, which was the previous post and went all out for my nighttime Christmas look because more family members were flying up that night. I had thought to wear a red and black midi skirt I have with a black top, it was even already in my carry on, but since I went to work to drop off a present, I thought I'd quickly check Rainbow. I had already seen this stripped skirt, which also came in black and white stripes, but I liked the white and gold for Christmas. There were only 2 left and the smallest size was a large, as I kept looking around the store, I found a small hanging on another spot, so I went with that one. I had thought also to wear my red lace crop top with it, but with all the rush, I forgot to pack it. I received two 3/4 sleeve tops as my present, which we opened on Christmas eve and they worked out perfectly.

Stripped cupcake skirt from Rainbow, new top from Nine West, faux fur coat from Burlington Coat Factory and booties from Payless.
Added some loose white glitter to my eyelids for a more festive look, more eyeliner and winged and matte red lipstick from e.l.f.
I had made my first purchase from Miss A and ordered many jewelry pieces which included these very Sparkly red earrings. Necklace came attached to a shirt from Rainbow, ring from Charming Charlie and bracelets from Miss A and mini in the box.
I was really loving the mostly white look with pops of red, so it was for the best that I left my red top.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

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It's Christmas eve and my first full day here in North Carolina. It's a lot warmer than I expected and hoped, so I had to wear a cooler shirt and since today is the warmest day of all the days I will be here, today's high is 77. It was a very hectic and non stop day yesterday with it being hair washing day, bus traveling to buy what I was going to take for my family up here, then going to work to drop off a Christmas present and say hello to everyone, finish packing, trying to eat and having a beer to try and cool down because it was very hot outside, but had to end up drinking it really fast because my Uber driver was here, repacking at the airport since I had just thrown things in there, switching shoes, checking in my luggage, but there were lines, rushing to my gate as boarding time had already happened and the plane was already full, but made it to my flight. While waiting in line for airport security, I saw a woman behind me in line that looked like Sissy Spacek as I could only see her profile, when she turned, it was definitely her. Would've been great to take a selfie with her as she was right next to me, but we were both in a hurry.

Skinny jeans from Forever 21, plaid shirt from Rainbow and booties from Sears.
My first time wearing my new jeans was for Sunday brunch and I tripped, fell on my knee and ripped them a bit sadly. I still have the bruise on my knee and it got worse, hard to kneel on.
Bracelets from Miss A, new ring from Charming Charlie, freshwater pearls necklace from no more rack and new ear jacket from Miss A.
This is the first time I bought an ear jacket and my first purchases from Miss A, they are actually really nice and I love that I can switch out the top earring for different looks.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

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I was spending a week in Miami and it happened to be Christmas time. I hadn't seen my friends in over a year and we were planning on dressing up for the 24th and then do an ugly sweater party for the 25th. I decided to wear the dress I had bought for thanksgiving, but didn't wear because it became casual. I was planning on doing wine with green accessories and since I came down to Miami, I was able to do green heels as well. I didn't get many pictures because I didn't have enough time before when we all got ready and then my friend helped me out by taking some full body shots while our other friends stepped outside, but then she got a creepy shot with my friend's teenage brother who decided to photobomb, became the highlight the next morning, creepy prom picture as everyone kept putting it.


Wine colored Forever 21 lace dress, Avon necklace, 2 Henri Bendel green bracelets and Fioni green heels from Payless, which sadly broke from being in storage for so long and had to thrown out because they broke. Was only able to wear them twice and they were comfortable heels, which is hard to find, I need for find another pair like those.


My nails were also green, which I had done before I left NYC.


Everyone with their ugly sweaters on the 25th.


Tuesday, December 23, 2014

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Second part of my NYC farewell was implementing for the second time my new tradition of going to The Plaza. Walking around inside and having a mimosa, but this time it was Christmastime so there was more to see.


The amazing skylight in the tea room.


Thought I would get this gorgeous chandelier with the amazing ceilings, which was right by the tree.


It was my first time seeing their Christmas tree in person.


Had my $11 mimosa, I forget to ask for price before ordering it.


A little tree on the side when I was headed back.


Central Park in the wintertime.


Found some amazing ornaments in one of the little shops at Bryant Park, this was the wine tree with tiny wine bottles and glasses with "wine" inside.


Great for the group of wine drinking friends.


They had so many stylish ones like heels and matching handbags.



Friday, December 12, 2014

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Wednesday night I went to Henri Bendel's VIP shopping event that ran from 5-8pm. They offered champagne and very tiny cupcakes while you shopped, since this was my first Henri Bendel event, I asked my boss to get out earlier to be able to go to an "event". It started snowing in the afternoon and it went on into the night, but that wasn't stopping me from going. Some sparkly clutches to match my sparkly nails and bubbles.


I do love looking at the Christmas section with ornaments and nutcrackers.


Loved how these sparkled.


I might've gone a little crazy with the shopping. Had some items gift wrapped, in which one was monogrammed.



I finally got my ornament and keychain, been wanting them for a while now.




Now have to somehow attach it to my red crossbody since I like to show my nice keychains.


Went to the jewelry section where the last of the third party sellers are 75% off and got some bracelets. Two row bracelet in green and clear.


Red version, but with three rows.


Very Christmas when worn together. I also got the taxi snowglobe version ornament, but since it's a gift, it was gift wrapped at the store before I took a picture. Same goes for the monogrammed NY skyline luggage tag for a friend. Both will be traveling since one is in North Carolina and the other in Miami.


They were giving a free candle set if you spent $250 or more, but since I spent over $100 they gave it to me anyways, which I was excited for since I wanted to get this for my mother.


Wednesday, December 10, 2014

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I was plannig to head to Michael's, which is on the west side and discovered there was also a TJ Maxx and HomeGoods there, hadn't been to TJ Maxx in years. I spent a long time in that area, many hours and a lot of time was spent at TJ Maxx. I ended up looking trough and smelling so many bars of soap, would make nice stocking stuffers, especially for dad since he uses it up fast.


Handbags are divided by colors and I found a tower with all red bags.


Some Kate Spade handbags in many colors, I took a picture of the green one.


A great Ralph Lauren bag, which was taken for a friend since she is a fan.


This sparkly gold clutch would be a great addition to any holiday outfit this season.


At HomeGoods, I immediately fell in love with these stands. A branch like stem featuring leaves at the top and glass to place your holiday treats or appetizers.


And an all wooden one that was at an angle, sorry for my finger on the bottom corner, didn't notice until after I was already back at my apartment and couldn't retake it.


Fell in love with some other stands, these were more sophisticated for maybe a classier party or event. Very gold with glass plate tiers, one in black and the other on red.



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