"Its the most wonderful time of the year..."

Look at the cute holiday window stickers in my appt! I love them!

And some cheesecake snacks I ate after dinner! :

When: December 1, 2009

What:
Floral skirt: Panama
Burgundy t-shirt: Panama
Green mini-jacket: somewhere when I went to Europe
Brown tights: Target
Brown boots: Payless Shoe Source
Gold purse: Present from my parents
Jewelry: Present from my mom (she knows I love stars!)
Hair pin: Present from my brother and his girlfriend :)

Where: A dessert guessing event with free cheesecake tasters! Yum!

Comments:
December is definitely the most wonderful time of the year for me. I just LOVE Christmas! I love the Christmas spirit, getting together with family, decorating the tree, wrapping the presents, seeing people smile when they open them. Everything! I love it all!

In lights of the first day of this special month, I decided to wear a Christmas inspired outfit (hence the green and red together). I usually never pair these two colors together because I know it automatically makes you think of Christmas, but that sorda was the idea today! Plus, I think this green and red in particular are more subtle than the bright green and red combo.

Today I went to a really cool dessert guessing event! They had several contestants smelling and tasting desserts blindfolded and they had to guess what flavors they were. It was pretty fun :) And the best part of it all was the free cheesecake tasters!! They had plain, chocolate, and raspberry! Yum yum!

Here are other ways in which I've worn this skirt:

Monday's tip of the week: Summer dresses into the fall

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Today's tip of the week is how to use summer dresses into the fall and winter. Now I am definitely no expert since this is my first fall/winter season ever. But I'll share my ideas anyway and hope they inspire you to get more use out of your summer dresses!

So here are a couple of elements you can add to a summer dress in order to make it more fall appropriate:

1. Tights or leggings: This is the most essential thing you need in order to make a summer dress more fall appropriate. The safe bet is to add black or brown, those always look great; but if you want to be more daring: add colored tights! An easy rule of thumb in terms of what color to choose is to look for a color in the print/design of the dress. That way you're sure it combines.

2. Boots: The next step is to add boots in order to keep those feet warm! Plus, who doesn't love wearing boots? They make outfits instantly chic! If you need extra warmth, put on a pair of thick socks on top of the tights... that will do the trick!

3. Chunky sweater: This immediately says: "this is a winter outfit". It makes the summer dress look much more appropriate and it keeps you warm as well. I would invest in classic colors such as white, brown, black, or grey because they go with everything.

4. Closed jacket: put a closed trendy jacket on top of your dress and it suddenly becomes a skirt! This is a great way to decrease the amount of summer pattern and/or fabric in your outfit. I have personally used this trick to show off how cool my motorcycle jackets looked zipped up... thats an extra bonus right there!

5. Scarf: This is such an easy and obvious option I don't know why I'm even mentioning it! jaja. In terms of making a summer dress look more fall-ish, I would say the chunkier the scarf the better!

6. Warm top: Another option is to wear a warm top underneath the summer dress. My favorite top to do this is a classic white turtleneck. It goes with everything and its a winter/fall staple!

7. Hat: A winter looking hat like a beret or a felt fabric hat are cute and very winter appropriate! This is just a finishing touch to make the summer dress a little more fall-ish.

Give it a try! Wear some summer dresses into the fall! That way you get more use out of the dresses and you have more variety of clothes to wear. All it takes is a little imagination. How are you wearing summer clothes into fall?

Virtual Monday frenzy :)

When: November 30, 2009

What:
Floral dress: H&M
Denim jacket: Panama
Brown scarf: Gift from a L'oreal event
Brown tights: Target
Beige boots: Panama
Brown Liz Claiborne purse: TJ Max

Where: Having a frenzy with all the wonderful Virtual Monday deals!

Comments:
Sorry for the late post everyone, I was too busy last night going crazy over all the Virtual Monday deals online!! I had soooo much fun looking at all the discounts and merchandise. It was especially more fun since my mom was looking through the sites as I did. It make me feel like we were shopping together as we used to in Panama, one of our favorite activities. I cant wait to go visit my family for the holidays! Yai!

Today's outfit was simple yet very cute. I paired this sorda creamy floral dress with the bright pink tights to give it a pop! I added the denim jacket for warmth and because I really like how the blue looked with the pink outfit and the brown accessories. I felt so extra girlie wearing so much pink, but that's a good thing right? jejee.

Here are other ways in which I've worn this dress: