I Heart the Holidays

Every year on Christmas, my sister and I wake up super early - I am talking 5 or 6am early - and wake up my parents so that we can open our presents. To most, this seems like a pretty outrageous tradition. And I will be honest, the older I am getting, the more I am treasuring my sleep - meaning that we may have to start revising this holiday tradition. But nonetheless, every year, we are allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve - which is usually pj’s - we wear those to bed that night so that we are up and ready come Christmas morning. Then we open presents, go back to sleep, then wake up and get ready for dinner - which is usually around 1 or 2pm (some “dinner”).

So this year, when I went home to change, I wanted to make sure I was wearing something a little bit nicer, rather than just a tee shirt and jeans. Insert: heart sweater, which seemed very apropos - seeing as how I really do “Heart the Holidays!” To which of course, my sister had some very nice feedback… “You look like a little girl…” Well, duh! Don’t we all want to dress ourselves as homage to our former, much younger, selves? I think most women deserve that at least once every now and then. ;)

And if you follow my instagram (@shaynawithlove), then you know how we go about grabbing our Christmas tree every year, too! After a couple hours of tree hunting in the freezing cold, we end up a little giggly and delirious. Do you blame us…?

What crazy traditions does your family have for the holidays? J

New Year's Resolution: Wear Fewer Scarfs

I can only imagine how my readers, and really society in general, feel about seeing me day after day in scarf after scarf. After looking through my last few posts, they are all completed with a scarf. Oy. Alright already, even I am sick of it. But I still think they finish off any and EVERY outfit… Don’t judge.

Too bad the trash can photo-bombed this one.

And one more for good measure...

Or not... ;)

Time to get fancy with the French chambray!

I have recently realized that I am obsessed with chambray shirts, i.e. mostly lightweight denim. (Who decided to call it chambray…?) It is the easiest to pair with anything - especially other denim, even though that is considered a fashion faux pas. But if you read my blog regularly, you know how I feel about fashion faux pas… 

Enter: out of state family gathering. So I have already come to terms with the fact that I put WAY too much thought into what I am wearing on a daily basis, but it works for me - so whatever. After driving all day to get to Long Beach, I figured an easy outfit that can be thrown together would work the best for a surprise graduation party (Congrats, cuz!!) And what have we learned completes any outfit, according to me? Well a scarf, of course!! :)

And we cannot forget the addition of my newest, most favorite boots! I really need to stop wearing them so much though, so that they do not get too worn out too quickly. Super sad story that I need to talk myself into NOT wearing something that I love so much. Womp womp.

"You don't wear it, you live it."

I am not one to go on rants about magazines or advertisements all too often. Usually, I try to take the “high road” from all the dramatic nuances. BUT, I was flipping through the pages of the December Allure and came across an advertisement for Philosophy perfume that was named, Grace. This ad was the deepest ad I have ever seen in my entire life. See for yourself below…

Not to mention the fact that this sounds like
something Audrey Hepburn would have said...

But it really got me to thinking and kind of stuck with me. Obviously, they are trying to create a persona that people can become by using this perfume. But it could go either way. That person could be thinking, “so what, am I less of a person if I do not wear this perfume…?” I am sure that is not what Philosophy was trying to do, but they definitely achieved their goal of making a statement.