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Well, it's been two weeks since my last post, which means I better have a lot to write about... right? Where to begin? First of all, Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays as much as I am. There's nothing I love more than good quality time spent with family and friends. I especially love it when my nieces and nephews decide they want to play with my hair. All it takes is for one of them to start and then it seems they all want to join in. I could sit there for hours letting them brush my hair, even if they end up pulling out a few strands.

As I've mentioned before, I love any excuse to get all dressed up, and this month has given me plenty of excuses. The first event was the Kris Kringle dinner with my co-workers which I've already written about (here). The following weekend I attended the Market Mall Pharmacy staff Christmas party with mum as my date. We both had a marvellous time. The food was delicious, and there's something about watching your co-workers drink way too much that is just so amusing. What's not so amusing is having one of those drunk co-workers attempt to dance with a drink in each hand and spill an entire drink down the front of your dress.

Since Christmas was just around the corner, I decided to wear a dress that I already own but never got a chance to wear. As you all know I've been trying to add colour to my wardrobe, and this dress definitely does just that. Draped dresses and ruffles are very big this season and I absolutely love these trends. The shoes are a new addition. I figured since I didn't buy a new dress for the event, I could splurge on a new pair of shoes. OK, I'm sure I already own a perfectly good pair of shoes for this outfit, but where's the fun in that? It could have been worse. I could have purchased a new dress, a new clutch, and new jewellery! So I did good right?  



Christmas Eve was spent at my younger brother's house and although my family does dress up nice for the holidays, I was the only one wearing a dress. Actually, my 3 year old niece wore a dress as well so I wasn't entirely alone.

My older brother thought it would be funny to wear an ugly Christmas sweater (which he decorated himself).  

I truly do look forward to these family get togethers. Especially when I know there's going to be good food involved. Everyone has their own Christmas traditions and I love knowing how other people spend their holidays. In my family, we get all dressed up, go to church, eat, drink and wait up til midnight to open our gifts.

Christmas Day was spent here at the house. We enjoyed a very good turkey and ham dinner, listened to Christmas music, sat around the dining room table talking, playing cards and having a bunch of laughs. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the holidays.

How do you spend your Christmas?

Well, the weather has been acting crazy this past week. From snow and cold winds, to mild temperatures and rain. We are in December and the snow doesn't seem to want to stay. Not that I'm complaning of course. If it were up to me, I would make the snow appear just for the Christmas holidays, and just as quickly make it disappear for the rest of winter.
  
I absolutely love the colours brown and grey and I love them even more when they are paired together. A few years ago, I never would have even thought to wear these colours together, but the more I see it on the runway, in magazine ads, and on some of my favourite bloggers, the more I love it.  I say give it a try!!!


Sweater ~ Gift
Top ~ Maurices
Skirt ~ Forever 21
Shoes ~ Mark by Avon

 

Kris Kringle or Secret Santa is something I look forward to every year. I'm sure there are some people who would much rather skip the whole thing, but I love shopping, even when it's not for myself. I guess it can be quite a challenge when you draw the name of a person you don't know very well, but I like a challenge. This past Sunday, my co-workers and I got together at a restaurant, for food, drinks and a gift exchange. I ate way too much, drank enough wine to make my cheeks rosy, and shared a delicious peanut butter cream pie with my bestest friend Angel. Thank god I wore a flowy dress because by the end of the night, I had a very unattractive (food baby) belly bulge.

Everyone knows I usually like to dress up for these events. I wouldn't be me if I didn't, but this was more of a casual dinner party so...I still wore a dress but a casual one. I purchased this dress near the end of summer and I know what you're thinking. A summer dress during the winter? The floral print is back for the winter season so I added a cardigan, a skinny belt, some tights and voila!! If you're thinking winter is here and it's time to pack away your summer dresses, think again! A bit of summer floral is the perfect thing to brighten your winter days.




Cardigan ~ H&M
Dress ~ Forever 21
Belt ~ H&M
Every last Thursday of the month at the Market Mall Pharmacy, which is where I work, we have what we call Seniors Day. This is when all the seniors come in for their 20% discount, and let me tell you, some senior citizens are no picnic. I wish I could really express how I feel when they come in and ask me to help them find Christmas cards for each and every one of their relatives. I'm sure everyone knows as well as I do that picking out the right card for someone can take more than just a few minutes. We offer both the Hallmark cards and those other ones that cost only a dollar. Just imagine my surprise when I have already spent 10 minutes searching for cards only to be told they are too expensive and would prefer the dollar ones. After another 10 minutes spent searching through the dollar ones, I am told they appear too cheap and would prefer the "cheapest" Hallmark ones. Oh joy! 

Last Seniors Day, my boss asked me to dress up wearing Artizan clothing to promote the collection, which we carry in our gift shop. Obviously I jumped at the chance of wearing anything other than our oh-so-boring-and-ugly navy blue uniform. I chose to wear this yellow Artizan scarf hoping it might help brighten my day since those seniors have a tendency of ruining my mood. The scarf worked like magic because all day long I received a bunch of compliments which kept me happy and smiling.







It's finally December which means the countdown to Christmas has begun. This year I have decided to put a Christmas tree in my room, and I'm very excited because the ornaments I have picked out have me doing a little happy dance. A booty shakin' happy dance! It's definitely not a traditional Christmas tree but those who know me would say it suits me perfectly. My room is decorated in a black and white theme, so I wanted to add a little bit of colour but I wanted to do something other than the traditional Christmas colours. And yes those are tiny shoe ornaments, and purse ornaments! I'm such a girl!








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