Vintage Color Splash

I bought this necklace at Cheap Thrills (a vintage/thrift clothing store in Fayetteville) for $10 like a year ago.

It's one of those 60's necklaces like they wore in "The Help."

I have another one that belonged to my Grandma Forga. It's pale pink and a bit more subtle. I wear it quite a bit. But I never wore the sherbert-tastic Cheap Thrills necklace because I couldn't figure out what to put it with. Yesterday evening, while getting dressed to go see a play, I was inspired to pair it with this black sweatshirt-dress.



Perfect!

I was going to make this my profile picture on Facebook, until Josh pointed out that I was making the dreaded "duck face." So I went with this instead.

Anyway, this outfit was totally cute and I was totally proud of it. You can't see, but I did black tights and brown cowboy boots.

{ quote of the day }

Josh on Valentine's Day: 

"Man, there were like six redheads in Walmart today!

Not that I went to Walmart to buy your flowers.

I was just there to look at the redheads."

NYE 2012

No sparkly New Year's Eve outfit this year. I ended up wearing basically the same thing I wore to the winter solstice party, but with my beloved cropped denim jacket, and boots instead of ballet flats. Josh and I drove to a neighboring town for Blake & Salina's 2nd annual New Year's Eve party! It was so fun. They are amazing people. Here are some pics I stole from Blake's FB album.

Me with the lovely hostess.

Josh having a good chuckle. 

Hanging out in the kitchen.

Love me some Andrea.

The elusive boots of my dreams are making a cameo appearance in this photo.

My New Year's resolution is to eat more Tex-Mex. Just kidding, I don't really have any. My only intention is to "go where the spirit takes me", as my good ol' father-in-law would say. Happy 2012!!! :)

Winter Solstice Party '11

Yesterday evening, my mom hosted a lovely winter solstice party. (Like a Christmas party where you look at the moon.) 

Her house looked amazing, and there was a lot of seriously delicious food.

This is the dining room, where a lot of the food was. And there's Mom getting a shot of the shrimp.

The shrimp... This shrimp is my favorite. Mom has been making it for Christmas parties since I was a little kid. They're coated with olive oil and seasonings.

The beautiful and delicious citrus salad with avocado. I used to be leery of this, but fortunately for me I have come around. And I did my deviled eggs again as you can see in the background. Not pictured but amazing were: Becky's artichoke dip, Lucy's salad with pecans/craisins/feta, Amber's reuben dip, Morgan's reindeer balls, and Jodi's salmon/pesto dip. 

Here's me with my drink and my curly hair.

And here's my whole outfit.

A Sparkly New Year

OK so it's not like I'm going to an extravagant New Year's Eve party this year. (More of a laid-back thing with a few close friends.) But I've decided that I want to wear an extravagant New Year's Eve outfit. Always wanted to, never have, this is the year. I want the classic NYE look: black dress, black tights, sparkly silver accessories, and I even want to wear heels! Which I have not done in years. Not even to my wedding. Speaking of my wedding, I have gained like 10 lbs since that MF-er.

Anyway, not wanting to spend much (especially not on a 10-lbs-over-my-ideal-weight dress), so my plan is to hit up TJ Maxx first, then make the long grueling drive to Forever 21 if that doesn't work out. And my pre-New Year's resolution is to look up how to use the timer on my camera so I can take a pic of myself in whatever party outfit I come up with.