Outfit Of The Day

Day 25

Christmas Outfit Of The Day

Just a little #OOTD for all of you

Confession: I took this picture a while ago and planned to wear this on Christmas so that it wouldn't be a complete lie.  Is this what I'm currently wearing?  Well, if you are reading this at 7am then probably not....  but I am planning to wear this today!

You may remember the sweater from My Christmas Wish List... I caved and bought it for myself (and people are complimenting it and I'm loving it - it was cozy!).  Otherwise, I'm wearing a white shirt that I've had forever (in this photo I'm wearing it at least... that may be the one thing I change about this outfit and wear a t-shirt instead... just in case I get too warm... the t-shirt will look better I think.), and jeans.  Since this sweater has such a big collar I always wear my hair up with it... we'll see if that's what I decide to do on Christmas.

Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas Day!

In case you missed... here is my post on What Christmas Means to Me

Christmas Outfits

Day 7

Fancy Christmas outfits

Okay... maybe not THAT formal.  I'm not talking ballgowns here

Today's post for Blogmas is all about finding something to wear to that fanc(ier) work, family, or other Christmas Party (that requires dressing up).

I didn't actually run out and buy anything new for this... Found all of this already in my closet.

ENJOY!

ballerina dress

This dress I wore to John's work party last year when we found out that it was a little more formal than we were originally thinking it was.
I love this dress because it makes me feel like a ballerina (fun fact: when I was in kindergarten I was pretty sure I wanted to be a ballerina... it didn't pan out for me, in case you couldn't already tell, probably because I never took any kind of dance class).

Because it makes me feel like a ballarina I wear my hair in a bun (sometimes).  For the occassion with John I wore it with some flats (ballet flats anyone?) but when I wore this dress to a wedding I wore it with some little booties (John isn't too much taller than myself so I tend to wear flat shoes when I'm around him - okay, I tend to wear flat shoes all the time).

red dress

I bought this dress from Forever21 last September (I think).  Why?  I bought it because it was the cheapest red dress I could find to work with my Minni Mouse costume.  I was going to add white dots to it but then decided that I might just get more use out of it if I didn't add them.  The thing about this dress was that I was so desperate for a cheap red dress that I didn't care too much that it was a little short and that I probably would have fit a medium better than a small.  But I digress....

black dress

<< Everyone needs a plain black dress in their wardrobe (okay, maybe a guy doesn't need one and maybe every girl doesn't NEED one either... but you get the idea).  I wear this one when it is nicer out usually but it could definietely work in the winter too!  Just accessorize it differently and pull on some tights.

white dress

>>Here is the dress that I'm planning to wear to John's work Christmas party this year (if we attend).  I bought it last year at the end of winter so it was discounted (even more so because I bought it at Winners - for my American readers Winners is the same as TJMAXX).  I've dressed it down with a cardigan and boots and worn it to school so I've gotten quite a bit of use out of it.

Shoes!
I would pair any of the above dresses with these shoes.  The important thing about the shoes is that they must have a closed toe because it's cold outside (at least where I am living)!

Ways to Stay Cool During a Heat Wave

Just stay inside!

Hopefully everyone else around these parts had some kind of air conditioning this past week... I think we were around 40 degrees with the humidex most days this week!

Needless to say I DID NOT spend much time outside this week.

What I did do was...

1) I ate popsicles
I make smoothies most mornings (smoothies that include a couple handfuls of spinach I might add).  I fill a glass with it and whatever is leftover I put in a popsicle mold.  All those popsicles came in handy this week!

2) I turned on my a/c.  I don't keep it on too often... just to keep my bills lower but this week I spoiled myself and I had it on A LOT (in comparison to what I normally would)

3) Slumber party in the living room!
I only have a window a/c unit and it is located in my living room.  So I dragged an extra mattress into the living room and camped out there for a couple nights.  Then John came over and I felt obligated to turn my living room back into a living room.

4) Go to the mall!
The mall is a cold place to hang out.  I bought some fancy new pants (for $12 each because they were on sale!) and a bathing suit top - just the top.. I didn't like the bottoms.

5)  Swimming
When one has a pool one should take full advantage of it during hot days

6) Visit Friends with central air!
I went to life group which got relocated to my cousins... because she has central air.  I brought us pizza and pasta for dinner before everyone else arrived.

7)  Free Ice Cream!
During life group the person that brought dessert refused to take the ice cream he brought home.  So I took it.  It's been yummy!  John and I also went for gelati on Monday.  I had salted caramel and blood orange.  It was delicious!  On Tuesday we for a boat ride down the river for ice cream with my family too.  So 3 days of ice cream... not too shabby.

So that's been my week of staying cool

Other than that my friends and I visited the Chile (chilly?) pavilion for Folklorama and went out for Greek food beforehand.

This weekend is sort of a lazy and relaxing weekend in the city.

Saturday I made some Tagalong Cookies and worked on some T.U.S.C most of the day (in hopes I might be able to use it at a job I'm still waiting to get for September).

I also made this delectable meal.

don't worry I cut the strings off before eating it!

Today the plan is to head over to John's to make his dessert for life group (he is going away for work but still wants to supply his dessert - yes I offered to supply it for him!) in the evening and then head to bed early because I actually have to get up early Monday!

Hope everyone managed to keep cool this past week!