“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.

I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and

don’t forget to make some art— write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.

And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

–Neil Gaiman

Happy New Year lovelies!!! I am excited to start a new year with new beginnings and experiences! I have a feeling 2016 is going to be a good year, one for the books!

The past two weeks has been filled with a lot of great friends/family, good wine, yummy food,  and lots of love and laughter! (I also saw Star Wars and LOVED IT!!! So good! ) I love the holidays for how much excitement and happiness it brings. Last night I rang in the new year with my cousin and a few friends. We had a blast, as you probably could tell from my snapchats (insert monkey covering eyes emoji). I wore this top and loved it—can’t wait to wear it again!

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2016…. my goodness, how did we get here! Seems like we should be riding around the planet like The Jetsons… someone at NASA or Apple needs to get on this.

Normally I do not make a new years resolution—become more financially responsible, stop biting my nails, stop picking on my sister, these things are impossible to do and always end in failure. Instead of making a resolution each year, I write down goals and things I would like to experience and accomplish. I have talked about my bucket list in this past post here, which is a small, small, portion of my real bucket list. There are somethings that I have crossed off and things I have added. While going through 2015 I thought it was pretty mundane as there were certain things I wanted to have happen and they did not– I have been wanting to move back to New York since last December. So I felt like 2015 was about me waiting for something to happen, but as I end the year I know I was wrong. 2015 was the year of learning…. and boy did I learn a lot! My year was not mundane, a lot of exciting things happen to me! Here is a list of some of the goals and accomplishments I crossed off in 2015.

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top // skirt // scarf // earrings // dress // clutch // heels

When I think of New Year’s Eve, I think of fancy dresses, lots of glitter, sequins and feathers, and gold and black attire. To me, black and gold is the chicest color combination. Not only is it gorgeous and stylish, it looks good on everyone! It is a minimalist look that is effortless, yet looks put together.

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Many of us have special traditions that we look forward to doing each holiday season. Whether it is playing board games with your family or a midnight car ride to see the lights, these traditions is what makes the season so special and full of joy. I can’t tell you how excited I am that it is almost Christmas! I love everything about this season and as a family we have many traditions.

On Christmas Eve my entire family gathers at my grandmothers house and we have our traditional chicken and rice with a side salad dinner every year. After dinner we all get in our cars and head over to evening service at our church. My favorite part about the service is when they turn off all of the lights and with a candle in our hands, we sing Silent Night. After church, my parents, sister, brother-in-law, and I will go to my neighbor’s house for their annual Christmas Eve party. This is always so much fun! At night my dad will read us The Polar Express. Now that my sister is married, I am the only one who gets to hear it! Well besides my mom of course. Christmas Eve always seemed so magical to me. So much joy, love and excitement! It is truly my favorite day of the year.

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