Riverside

Hello my dears!

I'm off to dinner with one of my most dearest of friends this evening. Just wanted to stop by and leave you with this beautiful song by the lovely Agnes Obel. Hope you had a most merry and blissful Christmas!

Adoringly,
Yours

Let Your Heart Be Light!

Merry Christmas Eve, my dears!

It's happened again, and Christmas is upon us already! I have no complaints this year however, as I feel I squeezed just about every ounce of Christmas out of this season as humanly possible - I feel so blessed and joyful.

As anyone close to me knows, I am about as Christmasy as a person can be. I listen to Christmas music from the moment Halloween is over onwards - I adore it. What other time of year do perfect strangers wish each other a "merry" day? We live in a beautiful world, but one which is also very broken, and it can seem a weary place. This time of year is always such a breath of fresh air when radios cease to sing about da' club (unless T-Pain has a Christmas album I don't know about) and most other "every day" things, and instead sing of peace, joy, and cozy, tree-laden houses. I absolutely do adore it. Most of all, it's a wonderful time for me to reflect on the meaning of it all: when Love came down to Earth and our Savior was born.

So, now that it's here, I hope you are all snug as a bug in a rug with your families and that you count each and every one of your blessings :)

Here is my very first What-She-Wore posts (a new, but familiar to the blogging world tradition for my little blog). So here we're gonna baby go!









Outfit details: Dress - Forever 21, Blazer - Urban Outfitters, Brooch - Vintage, Necklace - Gifted to me from Etsy (Thank you, Chels!), Stockings/Shoes - Fred Meyer (College student, people ;) ), Lipstick - see post below ;)

I hope you all have yourselves a merry little Christmas!

Adoringly,
Yours

Four More Sleeps!

Hello my dears!

Stopping by with a bit of glee to say - only four more sleeps until Christmas!

Things have been so busy, but I'm determined to keep up this little blog (and no, this is not a new year's resolution ;) )! So, I will stick with the sweet and simple posts for now, and leave the longer posts for the doldrums which is January.

Lately, I have been challenging myself to step outside my comfort zone and wear lipstick. I am already beyond addicted to Burt's Bees chapstick, but that extra zap of lipstick color has always intimidated me. After much magazine perusing and Sephora shopping, I have finally come up with something that works for me: clean makeup, only mascara for eyes, and L'oreal Paris lipstick in Volcanic. I decided to start off with a drugstore brand before committing to a Sephora purchase, but I'm so in love with the orangy-red color that I am now determined to find a more lasting color. Every girl needs her perfect shade, as evidenced by Holly Golightly - am I right, ladies?



Adoringly,
Yours

Nothing Like It! (Glitter nail polish, that is)

Happy 13th of December, my dears!

I'm being a busy beaver running some Christmasy related errands today before work, but wanted to stop by to make sure your day is merry, bright, and filled with love!

Adoringly,
Yours

Out of Hibernation (Yet again)

Hello my dears!

I'm going to hop, skip, and jump my way over the elephant in the room (elephant being: why oh why haven't you posted since the Dark Ages?). Ahem. I'm doing a reversal of hibernation by awakening to cyberspace before the snow comes; I'm so very happy to be back :)
That being said, I will ease into the blogging world quite mildly, leaving you only with some words to make you feel smitten, and a promise to be back shortly:

"I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all. No... not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening, but love that... overthrows life. Unbiddable, ungovernable - like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture. Love - like there has never been in a play."

- Shakespeare In Love

Adoringly,
Yours

p.s. I hope all your trees are trimmed and your tummies are full of mini gingerbread men.