What to wear: New Years Eve

Now that Christmas is over (sort of...), it's time to start thinking about New Years Eve (too early?). 

With a party to ring-in the new year, naturally I am asking myself "what the heck do I wear?"

As I see it, I've got two options: 

A Dress?

(1) // (2) // (3)

Pros: 

- I don't often wear dresses.

- Being fancy is easy.

- I don't get many opportunities to wear a fancy dress (pro 1 + pro 2..does it count?).

Cons: 

- Unlikely to wear again - I don't often wear dresses. 

- Could be cold. I am always really cold.

Top & shiny pants?

Tunic, Leggings, // Pants, Peplum top

Pros:

- More likely to wear again - can be remixed a little easier.

- I really want an excuse to get coated jeans or leggings...

Cons: 

- Maybe not as fancy as a dress.

- Again, don't get many opportunities to wear fancy dresses. I might feel like I'm wasting one!

Gosh, I have no idea what I'm going to wear. Against some peoples' recommendations, I'm heading into town for some boxing day shopping..Some of these sales are 1-day only and you know me and sales... :\
We shall see what I end up with!

Merry Christmas!

From the pup & I, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

After the storm.

So about that snow storm we had...
It was a fun drive into work on Friday morning. And then drive home Friday night.
The world might as well have ended because of the number of car/bus/cop accidents that I heard about and saw.

At least the pup seems to be enjoying the fresh foot of snow. As long as he's got his stick :)

Before the storm.

So this is the before photo.
Stick around and you might get to see how it looks now. 

Winter red.

Vest: The Bay (Material Girl)

Top: H&M

Pants: Winners

Boots: Le Chateau

"Be festive", they say.

So I wear red pants. 

Chocolate bark.

As Christmas creeps up, I figure I should do something nice for my bosses at work. I didn't really want to buy them anything (who knows what to get them?), so I decided to turn to junk food. Chocolate bark, to be more specific.

Chocolate bark is pretty. It's fun and fancy, and pretty hard to screw up. 

Sweet. Right up my ally.

First, I chopped up the chocolate. 

Second, I melted the chocolate. I boiled a pot of water on the stove and held the other pot with chocolate overtop of the boiling water. I don't have one of those fancy devices, so I improvised.

Third, I poured the melted chocolate into pans and added the toppings.

...Then I stuck them in the fridge to cool.

One finger blister and a sore arm later, I've got three different kinds of chocolate bark that I'll split between my two co-workers.

Semi-sweet chocolate + marshmallows + toffee bits drizzled in bittersweet chocolate

Semi-sweet chocolate + almond slivers + dried cranberries

White chocolate + crushed candy canes + bittersweet chocolate

Lessons learned? 

- Chopping chocolate sucks. 

- Bittersweet chocolate is really bitter, so maybe use less next time. It's a good thing they like a dark chocolate..
- Need to come up with a good way to get them OUT of the pans..

- Make twice as much so you can enjoy some too.

Happy Holidays :)

Quote of the day.

Source: en.wikipedia.org via Kelly on Pinterest

This is kind of how I feel right now.
Not sure about where I'm going, what I'm doing.
Anything is possible, but where to begin?

Time for some new adventures, I think. :)