RED AND BLACK A CLASSIC COMBINATION
My youngest son asked me if I could babysit Emersyn for him and Kayla for a couple of hours this afternoon. Kayla had an appointment to get her hair fixed and Joseph couldn’t take off work. After he twisted my arm for a long, long time, I finally agreed. Lol!
You all know that I love watching Emersyn, she is a ball of energy. Normally when Emersyn sees me she comes running and yelling, “can we go to your house NeeNee?” She loves to come to my house, although I can’t figure out exactly why. I am sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that we play with play-doh, eat ice cream, and dance around the house. Haha! However, today she was not having any of it. She took one look at me and started screaming, “NOOOOO! I want to stay with my mommy!” Kayla confirmed my suspicion that she hadn’t had a nap. Kayla eventually left and I had a crying toddler on my hands. So I did what all NeeNee’s would do. I loaded her in my vehicle, turned on the DVD player, and drove around town acting like I was looking for her mommy. It took all of about 5 minutes for her to fall asleep, but I ended up driving around town for an hour and a half till she woke up. I was not about to wake that child up before she got her nap out. All at once she woke up and started chattering away and all was good with the world. A quick trip to McDonald’s and back to my house. Lol! 
I know you have heard me say before that I love Christmas. This year I am struggling to get in the spirit because I am busy, the kids are all grown, and Ashleigh will not be able to come for Christmas this year. I haven’t put up on single decoration yet and I am threatening not to even put up a tree. This is the same person who used to put up a tree in EVERY room of the house. So, I bought this Santa scarf to try to lift my Christmas spirit out of the doldrums. I don’t do the ugly Christmas sweaters anymore, I like this more subtle way of saying it is the Christmas season.
My scarf is my necklace, so I only added a couple of bracelets to finish the look. You might have noticed that I have worn these same bracelets a lot here lately. Yes, I do like these bracelets, but that is not the reason. I took all my jewelry to the craft fair I helped with a couple weekends ago because I set up to sell Plunder and I still haven’t unpacked all my stuff. With all the Thanksgiving festivities going on I just haven’t even gotten it out of the car. I promise I will unpack soon. Haha 
I absolutely love this purse but you would never know that. I have had this purse for 3 or 4 years, maybe even more, but I have never carried it at all. In fact, I had to cut the tags off of it before I could put my stuff in it. At least I know where it came from since it still had the tags attached, Cracker Barrel. I paid a whole 29.99, can you believe that?
You might have noticed this was the same top and bottom that I wore with my Metrostyle coat yesterday. I wasn’t planning on wearing that coat to work at the lumber company, so I decided to restyle the outfit for you. I added this little red jacket from Cato’s that I bought last year. This is a shorter jacket than I usually wear and it is a one button closure. This one from Cato’s is similar, but not exact.
I have on a short sleeve black knit top which is also from Cato’s, but here is a long sleeve version that looks very similar.
And now for my black Palazzo pants. I bought them at a little boutique up the road from me, and she had then in several solid colors. I never knew they were hard to find. I like the Palazzo pants, they are so comfortable to wear and they look really elegant.
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I too hate the mess & getting in my attic & trying to get those huge tubs down by myself! Actually pulled a muscle this time! ALOT of work but if ever someone comes to my house during this time, it’s worth it! LOVE the purse!
You look absolutely lovely. Red does look amazing on you and yes, it is a classic.
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A gorgeous outfit and I love wearing a scarf in lieu of a necklace, especially a holiday one. Know what you mean about decorating…I usually dedicate the weekend after Thanksgiving to do it but it seems like its taking me longer to do what I used to knock out in one day. It’s worth it though even if I am an empty nester, because I get joy from the decorations once they’re up.
I love the decorations, but I hate the mess of getting them out and putting the up. Not to mention the pain of taking them back down. Haha
Especially if no one appreciates the effort. My guys are 16 and 20. As long as they get their advent calendar they’re happy. My parents usually come over Christmas Eve so I do the tree etc. But my dad had a mini stroke and may not even be home for Christmas. If he is then we are going to their place. Christmas Day is at the inlaws (yeah) so I would be the only person that cares about decorating. So I have given myself the year off!
Looking gorgeous! The black palazzo pants make such a dramatic statement.
As I said yesterday, I’m in love with those palazzo pants. I just love black, white and gray with a pop of red or hot pink. This outfit looks so classy!! I bought a big red bag at Cracker Barrel too. I’ve had it about 6 or 7 years and only carry it around Christmas and one year I used it on Valentine’s Day. I love this scarf and am gonna look for one for myself as I am also having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. Anyway, thanks for sharing!! And let’s get these trees out!! We gotta celebrate Jesus’ birthday!!
I thought about you, Lissa when I was making this post. I bet you thought I just ignored your comment yesterday. Lol!
Tania, you look fabulous in this outfit. Do consider putting up one tree. Like others, I think it will lift your holiday spirits. And just think how much little Emersyn will love to see it all lit up at your house. I spend a lot of time with Play-Doh when my grandkids visits too- hey, it is kind of fun and they love it when we build animals together. Thanks for your blog, it is always a delight.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this purse! How precious is this!! I’m like you. I don’t put up a tree. We “do” Christmas at other family member’s houses, so why go through all of that trouble to put up a tree. I do put up wreaths, and use my Christmas china and decorate my mantel. That’s good for me.
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Another STUNNING outfit! ?
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I love how that bag is such a stand out!! And it’ll fit everything in it!! Amazing that you’ve had it for so long and haven’t carried it before!!
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