Weekly fashion post!

Hey everyone - its going to be Christmas soon - and that means CHRISTMAS PARTIES!!  Who's going to one and what will YOU be wearing?

I don't have any myself, but my boyfriend has 3 we will be going to.  He tells me "they're all casual", then tells me JEANS.  HUH?  Even the women wear jeans to these - for some reason I don't think so and told him if I show up in jeans and am the ONLY woman in jeans there, he's in big trouble... 

Friday night is his company party at his boss' house.. jeans he says.  I just don't know.  It seems to be a pretty conservative group, so I don't want to go "over the top".  Maybe a casual dressy?  I thought of leggings/long sweater/knee high boots but have axed that.  Too trendy for this group.  But - I've got the impression they're a good 10 years younger than us too...

So help me here - what do I wear?  I wore blue jeans, a form fitting dark brown sweater (lightweight) and ankle boots to work yesterday and he told me that would be perfect for the party - really?  I want to dress up in a little black dress but know I'll definitely be way out of place in that.  My daughter suggested a skirt - and I have a black pencil skirt I can dress down with a sweater and boots - but he axed that saying I'd be the ONLY one in a dress.. so I'm not doing that.  I've never met these people before...

Saturday his daughter is graduating from college and after that is 2 more parties.  Those parties are more casual, and I think jeans are in order - but I think you should dress up just a little bit more for a graduation.  We probably won't have time to change between. So - I'm pretty sure what I'll be wearing for this is:  Black skinny jeans/red sweater with large belt/black scrunchy calf boots. 

I was going to take pictures and post - but they don't turn out very well... pictures are too small and dark - and of course its in the darn mirror! 

Oh - and my Thrift store finds this week - 2 awesome heavier cableknit sweaters for $4 each - in excellent condition!  Just stopped in for a quick look-around and they jumped into my arms! 

I have been working the Salvation Army--lemme tell ya!  I find the best stuff there!  In Sept. I had no winter clothing at all--now I have no room for anything else in my closet and dressers!  I love that all the small sized stuff is usually designer!  Yay!  Such fun!!

I was just emailing my mom about trying to decide what to wear to DH's company party Saturday. I think I am going with a big cowl neck sweater dress with a big belt, leggings, and boots. I used to "have nothing to wear" because I never bought cute clothes, and now I almost have too much to choose from! I'm already thinking about what to wear to all of our Christmas gatherings.

I think you should wear what you want to these parties. You can definitely dress up jeans and be super cute, or do leggings. I wish I had a super fancy event to go to also. I have looked online at all of these party dresses and want one, but I never go anywhere!

No new clothes lately, I have been very good. I did get clothes for my birthday, and I have lots of stuff I have never worn, so I am working on that. I'm already looking ahead to Spring and Summer, because I literally have nothing that will fit. My smallest shorts from last year are a 6 (which was tight at the very end of shorts season).

Ya know - the outfit you described sounds like the one I decided NOT to wear.  The sweater was a cowl neck sweater dress too... My BF absolutely LOVES that sweater on me...  we'll see - I'll try it on tonight and take another look at it....

But - I was thinking - what do you do if you go into the house and you have to take your shoes off if the boots are part of the outfit?

I just wear black socks with the black leggings. It doesn't look as bad. I have also taken little slippers in my purse.

This sounds exactly like how we dress around here.  No one ever gets dressed up and I would definitely be overdressed in anything but jeans at most events.  I would love to be able to wear a sexy little black dress but I have nowhere to wear it to. lol  I think you should wear the jeans or leggings-sweater-boots and just go all out on your jewelry.  Go somewhere really trendy and buy several pieces to layer....lots of bling.  You will look awesome and the jewelry will dress things up.  I wouldn't worry about being too trendy either as long as you don't overdress.

Bosco, come to california to visit.  You can wear anything you want in San Francisco, from dressy to pajama bottoms at the farmer's market.  There is definitely NOT a dress code out here where I live.  :)

I would LOVE to visit there!!  It is on my bucket list for sure.  I also have never been to Vegas so I want to go there sometime in the next few years...I'm sure that would be fun to dress for!

Girl, definitely go to Vegas!!  I went with two girlfriends that I hadn't seen in 15 yrs---we had a blast!  We wore everything from super casual to super dressy--anything *really* goes out there --plus they have the best shopping!!  I loved it!