10 days until Christmas…
Boots, Spring; leggings, Dynamite; tube-dress, Spoof; shirt, Old Navy; jacket, closed-down boutique in Toronto; scarf, gift; purse, thrifted; hat, Aldo.
Christmas is, indeed, 10 days away, but you wouldn’t know it by the weather today – it was 12 degrees in Burlington, and this is what I had on while running errands this afternoon. I made Irish soda bread this afternoon, and had to open the kitchen window because of the warmth of the oven. It was heat upon heat, this balmy afternoon of December 15. Unheard of, dear sir!
Over the past couple weeks, I have been counting down to Christmas by participating in all things festive. The month started out with the annual Santa Shuffle 5K:
Erin and I after this year’s Santa Shuffle. The random person we asked to take our picture told us were were “shiny” after she took the shot. Erin and I glanced at each other as if to say, “That’s rude!” but then we looked at the picture and realized she meant our reflective gear. OK, we forgive you.
Here I am at my staff party, which was was a couple weeks ago. We had a fantastic dinner at Red Canoe Bistro in downtown Burlington, and while this martini looks fabulous, it was not. Tequila and salt overload! I finished it, though, so I guess it wasn’t that bad… I am wearing a one-piece pantsuit from Anthropolgie, a fact that my co-workers thought was hilarious – a one-piece pantsuit!?!?
Last weekend, the girls and I got together at my place to celebrate our seventh annual Christmas gift exchange. We started out with actual presents and switched to cookies somewhere along the way, but we are now fully committed to ornaments. We are also fully committed to our annual Christmas exchange potluck. Oh, food. We crawled from the couches to this position, and then collapsed in unison after the picture was taken.
I also guest-blogged over at Dear Edna today, and if you want to look at some lovely pictures of holiday Pyrex, head over there, like OMG, now! And, finally, this Saturday is Bryony’s annual Christmas party, so I need to stop everything and focus on the big things in life, such as what to wear. Ha.
December 15th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
I <3 one-piece pantsuits!
December 15th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
OMG, is your hair knotted in that first picture? If so, never cut your hair – it looks amazing!
December 15th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Marina wanted me to tell you that she, too, is a big fan of the one-piece pantsuit! (Sometimes also referred to as onesies or sleepers, haha)
But seriously, you do look amazing in that photo!
December 16th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
It looks like my hair is in a knot, but it’s not (no pun intended). I didn’t pull the end all the way through on the last threading of my ponytail, and instead wrapped it around the elastic and tucked the ends in. I wondered today if I will miss being able to do things like this once I cut my hair!
January 9th, 2012 at 8:00 am
When ARE you cutting your hair?