Danger, Danger

dress: pinkbasis.com
tights: charming charlie
AE flats: payless
clutch: sephora (actually came as a brush set)
lipstick: Wet n Wild 522A Dark Wine

I wore this to a hotel party for our roommate's brother's surprise 21st birthday. It was tons of fun and I met some lovely ladies. I need more of those nights in my life.

Not gonna lie, I feel dangerous in this outfit. Sexy and dangerous. And I love it.

House Shows & Sequins

top: gift from friend

jeans: JCPenney

denim jacket: thrifted

clutch: Target

rings: H&M

boots: Kohl's

You guys have probably noticed that I live in pants. I own 2 skirts and I've even yet to wear one of them. I do wear dresses a lot but I covet jeans like nobody's business. These are one of my most recent purchases and I'm obsessed with them! They're so edgy and add a little something to simple outfits. I know they're probably not for everyone, but I can't stop wearing them! But here's my promise: I promise I am trying to venture into wearing something other than pants. The next time I go shopping, I will buy a skirt and wear it... and like it.

Fancy Faux Fur

faux fur vest: secondhand
top: Jeans by Buffalo - via JC Penney
belt: "borrowed" from mom
leggings: TJ Maxx
boots: Candies - via Kohl's (similar)
earrings: Apt 9 - via Kohl's (xmas present!)
clutch: Sephora (xmas present!)

As promised, here is the faux fur vest, dressed up. I almost didn't post these though because I completely forgot we took them on Henry's phone. The quality kinda sucks but it's all we had! My camera definitely wasn't going to fit in that clutch and we had just been to dinner, had a few drinks and then went to the casino, so no one thought to even bring it. Oh well! At least it's a fairly simple outfit.

This top is one of my exchange Christmas presents, meaning I exchanged something I actually got, for this. I almost didn't buy it because it was a whole $30 but I've been wearing it so much, I think it was well worth it. It's so comfy and easy!

The clutch, Henry got me for Christmas. It was actually a makeup brush set that came in this fantastic clutch and I adore it! Unfortunately I can't find it on the Sephora website but well done, Henry. Well done.

Christmas Day Outfit

coat: pinkbasis.com

dress: gift from friend

tights: Kroger
booties: Kohl's (similar) (similar)

bag: Charming Charlie

necklace: gift from Italy

Sorry for the crazy lighting and the crooked pictures. Blame Henry! This is what I wore to our Christmas Day festivities. It was cold, cloudy, and just miserable outside but we managed to snap these before we left to go to my grandma's.

I kept it really simple. Just an embellished dress that you've seen before and black everything else. My bag is one of my Christmas presents and since I loved it so much, I decided to use it the same day. I think it went really well with the outfit. The gold in the dress was perfect with the gold on the bag. I've been wanting a fold over bag for a long time now. And you can really see my new haircut in these!

First Christmas of the Year

velvet dress: thrifted
tee: thrifted
tights: Target
flats: Payless

How many trends can you wear at a time? I think I won.

This dress is one of my favorites and I'm so excited that I finally got to wear it. My dad's side of the family all got together last night for food, family and Christmas Bingo. I won those flexible hangers you see on tv, haha! We took these when we got home, so that's why my hair looks a little crazy in the first one. We didn't walk in the door until almost 2am! On a positive note, I cut my hair Friday and everyone loves it, including me. Maybe I'll get some better pictures of it soon!

Hope you're all having a good weekend :)

Winterlicious Tag!

I've been seeing this Youtube tag video all over, lately and I thought it'd be fun to do it here on LLB. But since this is a blog, why not blog it, instead of vlog it. (Ha!) Oh and I tag all of you!

1. What's your favorite winter nail polish?

This Essie polish has been my favorite lately. I'm wearing it on my toes as we speak! (Err.. you know.) It's an army green color, hence the name Armed and Ready. And it's got the tiniest gold fleck to it. It's really pretty, and actually, really on trend.

2. Favorite winter lip product?

This may be a boring choice but Aquaphor has saved me this winter. I have really badly cracked lips normally but this stuff has made them so much better and really soft!

If I had to pick an actual lipstick/gloss though, it would definitely be my new Wet n' Wild lipstick in Plum Fairy. I'm loving dark, vampy lips (just like everyone else)!

3.  Most worn winter clothing piece?

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My boots! If you've been reading my blog for longer than a week or so, you know that I wear these babies to death. They're so comfy and such a perfect color, I just can't say no.

4. Most worn winter accessory?

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The ring in this picture. I think it's the first or second time it's made it into an outfit post, but I wear this ring, and my others, like nobody's business, in the colder months. I think rings are much more a winter staple for me than bracelets or necklaces because I don't like to wear bracelets with long sleeves much and necklaces get in the way when you're wearing scarves. I opt for rings so that I can still wear jewelry!

5. Favorite winter scent/candle?

This one was hard because I stick to one or two perfumes and I really only like sweet/fruity candles. I don't like pine or cinnamon candles. Plus, the most recent candle I bought was lemongrass & eucalyptus (aka heaven). BUT I was recently in Yankee Candle and I smelled their new Cherries on Snow one and YUM! I want 50, please.

6. Favorite winter beverage?

Dark hot chocolate! Any brand really. Because of my IC, I can't have milk chocolate so my go to is dark and so far, it hasn't bothered me. Yay! Has anyone tried white hot chocolate? I heard its divine.

7. All time favorite Christmas movie?

This is a tie between Nightmare Before Christmas and Elf. They don't need explanation.

8. Favorite Christmas song?

Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue

Also found on my girl power Christmas playlist!

9. Favorite holiday food/treat?

I don't have a picture for this but my grandma makes AMAZING meatballs at our annual Christmas party (the Saturday before Christmas). That's today!

10. What's your favorite Christmas decoration this year?

I know it's small but our tree is my favorite. We have all my childhood ornaments and some new ones my mom bought us and I just couldn't be happier with it. It's the perfect little tree for our apartment.

11. What's at the top of your Christmas list?

A new flat iron. Specifically a Chi or GHD. I don't know if you guys think either one is better, but I've used both and they both are great. It's the only thing I've pushed for because mine sucks.

12. What are your plans for the holidays this year?

Well today, is my first Christmas of the season. We always go to my dad's mom's, and eat and eat and eat and then play cards and Christmas Bingo. People I never get to see are there so it's a fun time, all around. Christmas Eve we always exchange presents with my mom's mom and my uncle and his family but this year they can't make it so it's just me, my brother, my mom, my grandma and Henry. And that's perfectly fine! Then Christmas morning, Max and I will be waking everyone else up in the house to open presents under the tree (Mom still waits til we're asleep and writes "From Santa on them") and Grandma will come over for breakfast. Later that day, we'll see my dad and that grandma (his mom) again! Whew!

I hope you all do this tag! Let me know if you do.
All pictures are linked to their original source.

Red Top: Two Ways

If you follow me on Twitter, you should know that I'm ridiculously sick and have been for two days now. That's why this post is so late! But better late than never, right? Yesterday's post was about all the Christmas decorations we put up and my mom's tree we helped with. Today, is the outfit post of that day.

Part one is what I wore while decorating. Boyfriend style jeans (my favorites), my favorite boots, my new necklace (that you saw in my vlog), and this gorgeous red top. Casual and comfy, so that I could move all around the giant tree my mom has. Decorating is hard in anything but loose fitting clothes.

Todd cuteness.

top: gift from a friend

necklace: Target

jeans: gift from a friend

Qupid boots: pinkbasis.com

Part two is from our impromptu dinner date. After all that decorating, we treated ourselves to our favorite restaurant, Bar Louie. It's down on the levee and since we were there, we decided to take some pictures near the river. We're obviously on the Kentucky side and all the buildings are the Cincinnati skyline. Trust me, it's not nearly as pretty during the day.

CC Collection jacket: second-hand (similar -ebay)(similar)

Blue Asphalt jeans: Wet Seal

envelope clutch: "stolen" from mama

Rock & Republic heels: Kohl's

I decided to put on skinny jeans for our night out, even though the others would've worked fine, cuffed. Then I opted for my favorite heels because I think the studs in the shoe compliment the tiny studs on the jacket. And of course my envelope clutch for some shine.

Do you guys love this jacket? I'm obsessed. We stopped by my grandma's Saturday also, because of a dress fiasco (more on that another time), and she had this bag of jackets and whatnot from a lady that she knows. I think it was 4 jackets, a lace shell, and a faux fur vest. You know I've been dying for faux fur! Best part is, they all fit me perfectly! Needless to say, everything came home with me. I can't wait for you guys to see all of it!

It's time for you to know that I have a jacket collection. And obsession. I cannot resist a gorgeous coat or a fun jacket, for the life of me. In fact, when I go shopping, Henry and my mom both tell me "no, more jackets". So I definitely lucked out big time at my grandma's, haha!