Singing at the Copley Square Tree lighting!

Copley Square Trinity Church

Just a quick post! Every now and again, I'm grateful that I am able to do some pretty cool fun stuff and get paid to do it. Last night, I sang Christmas Carols at the Copley Square Tree Lighting in Back Bay with Copley Singers and it was pretty fun and festive. This was the main event that made it okay for it to officially be the holiday season. Being outside at night in December meant I had to dress pretty warm, so I broke out my wool under layers so I could sport my Karelia Coat on top! If you have this coat from Anthropologie, you know that it's awesome, but it's NOT warm at all. (Also, for the record, there have been TWO products called Karelia Coat).

Here's a lame mirror photo of me at Nordstrom Rack, LOL.

While I was there, I spotted a bunch of Nars Foreplay Blush Palettes! Thinking about picking one up!

Copley Square with the Library and Old South Church in the Background

I also picked up two of the new L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow Pencils at Walgreens on my way home! I will post a few review when I try them!

Can't wait to try these!

Merry Christmas

Good morning, readers. Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Holiday today! I'm home in Maryland with my family and quite pleased that it is snowing this morning! I hope all of you who celebrate today get lots of Anthro gift cards for Christmas!

Best wishes, everyone! I'll be back soon with some OOTDs!

Have a wonderful day! Here's my parents' amazing tree! :)

 

Can't wait for people to open my gifts!

OOTD: Heather and Whipped Cream

Today was totally wacky! Doing your Holiday shopping online is great! You can get some killer deals, especially on shipping fees and you don't have to wait in lines and deal with crowds. On the flip side...you have to wait for packages, and juggle the whole thing where you don't want people in your household to see their gifts arrive on your doorstep. I ordered three things this week....one arrived at the house next door which was INSANE. I looked all over the yard for it and then just figured I'd look on the porch of the next door houses and there it was. I was pretty upset with UPS.

The second incident was my error. Amazon.com saves your previous address in the system and I had neglected to change it to the new, new address. I got an email that my package had arrived...at my previous address...which is across the river about 7 miles away. If you know anything about Boston...you know that 7 miles will take you 30 minutes by car. I scurried over to my old apartment and was thrilled to discover it was still waiting outside on the porch. Crisis averted. I am waiting on more more gift to arrive and I'll pick up one more and then I'll be done! I am STILL in the process of making some homemade gifts which I'll share with you later.

For now, I have my outfit of the day. It was VERY, VERY cold today! I believe it only got up to 25ºF. It was the perfect day to wear my new Tria Sweater Skirt!

 

Sweater: Anthropologie (thrifted!)

Belt: AnthopologieKnotted and Fastened Belt ($9.95)

Skirt: Anthropologie Tria Sweater Skirt ($69.95)

Boots: Payless (worn over H&M legwarmers)

This skirt is so comfortable and cute! If anyone knows any details about the cardi, I would love to know. I think it's Sleeping On Snow, but I got it for a song at Second Time Around. I wore this outfit to rehearsal tonight and I'm glad I did! It was SOOOOOO cold in there! I don't know why they did not heat the room we were singing in. So cold!

So along with store bought gifts, I'm also making homemade body scrubs for the ladies in my life. I am filling up these little 7oz jars with Dead Sea Salt Scrub that I have made with Peppermint and Eucalyptus Essential oils. It is just as nice as the Salt Rub you can buy from Origins, but just not as expensive. Here is the prototype I made tonight...I can't wait to try it!

Anyone else making homemade gifts this year? Hope you ladies are having a good week!!!