My New Obsession: Trophy Wife

My go-to nail style is a traditional pink and white on the nails and a deep red on my toenails. Last week, I decided to take my nails off for the holiday! I feel like Christmas + New Years deserve jewel tones-- like purple, emerald, pink. Anything glitzy! While I was finishing up my Christmas shopping at Target, I decided to get a "Christmas Color." Of course, I went straight for a bright red! Out of habit I suppose. Belle (my sister) encouraged that I get a turquoise. And it was eye catching. So being the indecisive person I am when it comes to health and beauty products- and accessories- I stared at the nail polish for 15 minutes. It would have been longer but I was forced to leave by my sister and mother. So I did it! I went for the color that was out of "my box." Yes, I bought the red but I also bought the turquoise. And it was a fabulous choice! I will be flaunting the color for Christmas Eve + Christmas Day!

Sally Hansen Ultimate Shield both Base + Top Coat

Essie Nail Polish in Trophy Wife

In Love with this Color!

Essie Fishnet Stocking

New Hair... New Me!

I get bored very easily with my style. I am constantly looking for ways to change things up. Spice up my life-- as the Spice Girls would say. And usually I go for the hair. I can easily change my makeup but that's from day to day. And I feel like my taste in clothes will never change. So I change my hair. Just a fact about me: Since I started dying my hair in the 8th grade, I've never kept a color or cut for more than 3 months at a time. You name it.... I've done it. Short, medium, long...blonde, red, brown, black. And, yes, even pink. But this time I went to a new stylist-- never met the guy-- and told him to chop off all of my hair. And last week, my hair was below my shoulders-- blonde, might I add. This week my hair is the shortest it has ever been and jet black with red accents. I don't understand those girls that cry over cutting off 1/2 an inch of hair or having a fit because the blonde they wanted didn't turn out as white as they wanted it. I recently read in a magazine that guys look for blondes to have fun... but when they want to settle down, they usually choose a brunette. So here are some pictures of the new me!

This was my inspiration

My Newest Obsession

So it's a Friday night in the Queen City and I'm doing some online shopping. I knocked out a lot of Christmas shopping today at Southpark. And that has me in the mood to shop. I am a very brand loyal customer. So you can find me searching "Shoshanna," "Nanette Lepore," "Velvet," "Kate Spade," and "Burberry" on any given night. But...

... My recent obsession is a Milly Coat which I found on Piperlime. (I love Piperlime-- the shoe assortment is amazing, the website always has sales on Splendid and Velvet, and some of the Kate Spade earrings are $10 less than what they would normally be on any other site). While I don't have a problem spending $300 on an overcoat from JCrew that I know I will wear numerous seasons, I am skeptical to spend more than that on a detailed coat that I may wear only a few times. The Milly coat I am drooling over is $750. Unless it's Burberry, I'm not going to pay that. I would even be more likely to pay for a Nanette Lepore Coat at almost the same price. And until I just have that kind of money laying around, I will just obsess over this Milly coat and how fabulous it would look with skinny jeans and gold flats!