12.24.2010

Happy Eve {+ Pretty Things}

Christmas is by far my favorite time of year (Thanksgiving following with a close second). Of course it's always fun to receive gifts but the older I get the more I've come to cherish my time with family and appreciate the festivities. I'm happy to be home and am looking forward to making gingerbread houses, admiring Christmas lights and taking over an entire church pew with my extended family (we have a full house this year). Besides the obvious holiday excitement and singing along for hours to the *NSYNC Christmas CD, here's a little snippet of the "pretty things" that got me through this week. A thrifted $10 sweater with cute little penguins. Sending (and receiving) Christmas cards. Pretty shoe clips from my sweet girlfriend. And my wedding heels arrived, pretty pink box and all!

Happy Christmas Eve and wishing you a champagne filled New Years!
Congrats to Jaci, winner of the Lulu*s scarf giveaway!

*I'll be taking a mini blog break this next week (plenty of wedding planning and family time to be had), see you back here in 2011.

28 comments:

Andrea said...

Merry Christmas! :)

Andrea
http://andrejkyblog.blogspot.com

Helena - A Diary of Lovely said...

Merry Christmas gorgeous girl, enjoy! xoxo

Cara said...

Merry Christmas!

Closet Fashionista said...

yayyy for pretty things!! :D :D
And Happy Christmas!!!!!!!! :D
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Best Foot Forward said...

Ohhh the NSYNC Christmas CD is the best for getting into the holiday spirit! And these pictures are so pretty; they make me wish I had a better camera. Enjoy your time at home and have a very merry Christmas!

thebrunetteone.com said...

Love those shoe clips! And wedding shoes--can't wait to see those!! I'm with you..as we get older presents are nice, but it's time spent with our friends and family that mean the most (ok--and maybe it's a little bit about *NSYNC and their Christmas album) :)

Natalie Brooke said...

Merry Christmas darling! I love the sweater and the shoe clips, you look gorgeous! :) can't wait to see those wedding shoes!!

Kastles said...

Have so much fun my friend! LOVE the shoes! Beautiful :)
Also the Penguin sweater is so cute!
<3 Kastles
Happy New Year!

Kimbirdy said...

i've spent several christmases all by myself up in san francisco, so i completely agree about time with loved ones being the best part of christmas. i'm so excited to be surrounded by so many friends this weekend.

i hope you have the best christmas ever!

tara said...

Leash - i love how you call that sweater "thrifted" haha. i own that sweater. like, i bought it when it first arrived at jcrew. i made my mom track it down for me circa around 2007 for christmas. it was sold out in our local seattle stores. it was the height of happy feet/ march of the penguins penguin phenomena! i still wear that sweater all the time, i wore it last week to work. i think its oh so cute and actually one of my very favorite sweaters ever.

so funny to see you wearing it here!

merry xmas doll.

xoxo,
tara


www.thewondergirl.com

Stefani said...

Merry Christmas!:)

xx

Nikki! said...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! :)

Little Bow Prep said...

Lovely outfit and blog!

Anonymous said...

Aw youre so cute!

Alicia said...

@tara,aww that's too funny! we could be twinsies!! xx ;)

Erica said...

Merry Xmas Girl!! I just can't get enough of that NSYNC C.D... soo great for the holidays! The shoe clips look soo cute on your shoes!! I want to get some!! How fun!

Nicole Marie said...

merry christmas! love the sweater so cute! i agree as i've gotten older i just want to hang out with my family and do fun holiday stuff rather than get gifts

Gigi LaFleur said...

Merry Christmas! Love the Miu Miu pink box. I always get excited seeing one of those.

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THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...

I hope that you had the most wonderful holiday! :)

Caroline said...

That sweater made me smile ... too cute!! And yay to your wedding heels one of my favorite parts of my wedding ensemble. I hope you had a lovely Christmas sweet pea. XO!

Justyna said...

merry christmas! those shoes are gorgeous, lucky gal!

Rachel from Love a la Mode said...

1. I am officially obsessed with your thrifted sweater... I absolutely love penguins! 2. I also love sending handwritten cards 3. Both the shoe clips and the shoes are fantastic!
Bisous,
Rachel
lovealamode.wordpress.com

Taylor Sterling said...

congrats on such amazing wedding shoes!! I love them!! You are going to be stunning!!

Helena from BrooklynBlonde said...

amazing shoes!!!

Jaime @ La vie...J'aime said...

cute cheetah sunglasses. hope you had a merry one! :)

Michelle said...

Oh my gosh, that penguin sweater is too cute! Enjoy your break from blogging!! :)

Meg said...

Love your sunnies!

Happy Holidays!!
xo

ari said...

your sunglasses are amazing!