Quest for a Cure

 My dress Saturday night attending a Gala to raise funds for ALS research in Beverly Hilton hotel!

Dress - Alice & Olivia

Sandals - Steve Madden

SATURDAY:
I know horrible lighting in Hotel rooms and corridors but the best I could do… The event was amazing and as suspected every emotional to see how this horrible disease (ALS) ruins people's lives.
Great venue and truly enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends…

To have and to hold

 What I wore Saturday night to my sister's best friend's wedding…

This was the dress I bought to wear at my cousin's wedding 6 years ago. 

It was an amazing find at a Thread Show. The super cool style and the bright jewel geometric pattern appealed to me… It has a lot going on though so I think I wore it once on this blog for an art opening with a black blazer on top but that is it… So it was nice to wear it again…

And these dainty sunglasses always look great with dressy wear at weddings. I wore them to a wedding in Turkey too...

Isn't this necklace just gorgeous? Such a minimalist look given how much the dress has going…

One of those great finds on Forever 21 online...

 So even though these shoes looked absolutely adorable with the dress and the style I couldn't stand in them without my calves and legs shaking so had to switch to the electric blue sandals with block heels instead...

Dress - Thread Show

Sandals - Shoe Dazzle

Purse - Maxx

Sunglasses - Vogue

Necklace, Earrings, bracelet - Forever 21

Photos from the Wedding where my lil sis was the Matron of Honor…

oh and due to limited space only my mom and I were invited not our hubbies which worked fine with us...

Star light star bright

 My outfit Christmas Eve. The inspiration for this outfit and Christmas Day outfit came from Anthropologie's holiday catalog. Loosely based as I altered the pieces a bit....

 I could have added a shrug and fur to this outfit but it was too warm as I was hosting and running around too much...

 Hi-Lo pleated skirt with the silver foil peplum top... Added a sequin collar and an embellished belt for more glam...

 Bought the headband in the photo from Anthropologie....

Headband - Anthropologie

Collar - Asos

Belt - Ann Taylor Loft

Heels - Shoedazzle

Everything else from Forever 21

CHRISTMAS EVE:
We had a great family gathering at our house Christmas Eve. Since my mom was hosting the big sit down dinner the next day we had an appetizer party where everyone brought an appetizer to share.
It was still very filling and yummy and we ate buffet style so it was simple.
The kids were the center of entertainment. After a few 'puppet' and 'magic' shows they performed upstairs, my daughter performed a very long one man show to everyone downstairs for us. I video taped the whole thing and it was hilarious. We were laughing till there were tears in our eyes.
She definitely loves the attention and stage presence for sure...
After the kids went to bed and cookies and food were left out for Santa and his reindeer, the adults had fun with games. Some of the guys played pool (finally our pool table being used more than a laundry folding table) and the rest of us played a long game of 'mexican train' (which is a form of dominos).
I then stayed up until very late to make sure everything was cleaned and put away before the gift frenzy that awaited us the next day....

Hope you all had a nice Christmas too (if you celebrate it)....

With My Dad....

The kids in their party attire... Put real pearls (necklace and earrings) on my daughter. She was showing them to everyone...

With my Hubby...

With Mom and lil Sis

The Buffet Table is ready....

Her 'One Man' show...

 Cookies and orange and 'rice milk' for Santa (kids wanted to give him Rice Milk)... And carrots and celery and 'reindeer food' for the reindeers...