Favourite things – Page 23 – Blue Collar Red Lipstick

20
Dec
2014

Office Christmas Party, 2015

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Moschino floral dress; Valentino half bow peep toe pumps — Dress, Moschino; belt, Anthropologie; shoes, Valentino (via consignment); bag, Rebecca Minkoff

Roses and red lips: a perfect combo for an Alice in Wonderland themed party? I think so. Plus, I’m happy with any excuse to wear my lovely Moschino dress.

Here’s a slightly less blurry look from the afternoon “dress rehearsal”. I literally picked my outfit 3 hours before the party – I’m that disorganized, or that efficient. Potayto, potahto.

The party was super excellent. You can always count on nice decor (because we’re talking about the Hotel Mac here, and it’d be hard to make it look chintzy), but the organizers outdid themselves this year. I mean, just take a look:

alice in wonderland party; christmas party decor — showing us the way … or not

The food was good, the alcohol free-flowing, and the company excellent. I didn’t win the annual draw for a trip to New York (boo!), but I did get to take home this cute centrepiece – that is a functioning pocket watch there!

Hope you’re enjoying a lovely Christmas (party) season!

16
Dec
2014

Sweatshirt 24/7

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J. Crew Dutch floral cropped sweatshirt — Shirt & vest, Old Navy; sweatshirt, J. Crew; pants, NYDJ (via consignment); boots, Nine West; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

If you follow me on Instagram (you do, don’t you?), you’re probably heartily sick of this cropped sweatshirt. I seem to be wearing it all the bloody time … because I do. It’s a combination of having paid full retail price for it (albeit via gift card), and not being entirely sure I should have bought it at all. Classic wardrobe staple it is not, so I guess it’s just as well that I’m getting my money’s worth out of it now, before cropped sweatshirts go the way of the harem pants.

J. Crew Dutch floral cropped sweatshirt; Old Navy buffalo plaid shirt — Sunday morning blues

This Old Navy buffalo plaid shirt is probably my favourite match for the sweatshirt. I’ve struggled to figure out how to best layer it, and I feel like this is my best attempt yet. Minus the cropped pants/ankle boots thing, which I’m not sure I’m feeling. Whatever, I’m 80% there – just ignore everything from the ankles down. And while you’re at it, please ignore everything from the neck up too. If I look particularly bleary-eyed, it’s because this was the morning after my office Xmas party, and my daughter decided to get a different kind of party started at 5:30am. The fun never ends around here.

11
Dec
2014

Favourite New Thing

categories: Favourite things, style

Max Studio fit n flare dress — Dress, Max Studio (via consignment); necklace & shoes, J. Crew; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

You know when you buy something and you are sooper dooper excited to wear it. All. The. Time? I guess you could say that I feel that way about this J. Crew necklace. I’ve been kinda “over” their statement necklaces this year, but this one doesn’t feel like a big whopping cliche. It adds just the right amount of pizzazz, without being insufferable.

J. Crew melody tassel necklace — cute dress

In other news, this Max Studio dress is still cute. I love the silhouette, but the print is a little “blah” for me. I was going to write “understated”, because you know that wearing grandma’s floral couch is my preferred approach to doing prints, but you might disagree. In any event, I think this is the reason why I don’t wear this dress nearly as much as I should.

In other other news, I still have not mastered the art of the messy-but-still-office-appropriate bun. I’m going to blame this pathetisad effort on the fact that I hurt my back a couple of days before, and it affected my range of motion. Also, I worked a 12-hour day and had no time to wash my hair the night before. So, there you have it: all the (TMI) details you didn’t know you wanted.

Marc by Marc Jacobs Mag bag Fools Gold — shoes & bag are cute too

Category: Favourite things