December 31, 2012
I just had to add a bit more glitter and sparkle today because, well, who doesn’t like a touch of sparkle when ringing in the New Year?

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December 28, 2012
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December 27, 2012
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December 24, 2012
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December 22, 2012
Whether I’m adding a bit of sparkle or a touch of red and green here and there (or tartan…), I always try to be festive during the holidays.
Some may say it’s cheesy, but I say, why not?

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December 18, 2012

We may have upgraded to a slightly larger – although not nearly as perfect – tree than last year, but I owe the authentic Christmas tree scent that is currently permeating our apartment to the Thymes Frasier Fir candle that I purchased while vacationing in Florida.
This candle is seriously incredible and you’d never know that it wasn’t coming straight from your very own real-live frasier fir. My apartment feels 10x more Christmas-sy once this baby is lit and I am loving every minute of it.
With Christmas just one week away, I promise all of these products are worth the price tag.

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December 15, 2012

Attending Z100’s Jingle Ball in my mid-twenties gave me an entirely new outlook on life… OK, not exactly, but it did give me a whole new appreciation & respect for my Dad. Those tweens and their screams, I tell you. I don’t know how he did it. And to think I was one of them! Hyperventilating at the mere sight of Mark McGrath and Justin Timberlake – embarrassing for me, yes – but absolutely terrifying for a father.
The Jingle Ball lineup was tween heaven – One Direction, Taylor Swift, Fun., The Wanted, Jason Mraz, Ne-Yo, B.O.B., JUSTIN BIEBER & a few other acts I’d never heard of. A tween’s dream, really. The shrieking and squealing that took place before we even entered the doors of Madison Square Garden were deafening… one can only imagine what those escalated to once Justin Bieber took the stage and yes, took his jacket off.
We witnessed tweens making music videos – both of themselves and of the various acts – tears of joy that could fill the Hudson River, big smiles exposing braces and crooked teeth and lots & lots of camera flashes. We witnessed lots of parents, earplugs in, trying to enjoy themselves.
And then… there were the four of us…. The oldest people at the concert who didn’t have a pack of kids fainting behind them – who were over served (in forms of both beverages & cotton candy) and having the time of our lives. Mike and Andrew had their arms wrapped around each other, swaying to Jason Mraz’s “I Won’t Give Up“, and Alyssa and I were too busy dancing and singing to today’s top hits to even notice the people around us – let alone our boyfriends and their budding bromance.
Makes me wonder how my Dad did it… The long commute home from work only to then attend a concert with ear bleeding cries and boy band mania. All I can say is, I hope my kids don’t catch the Bieber Fever – or I suppose whatever the equivalent may be 15 years from now…
The crowd anxiously awaiting their entrance into MSG.
Mike: Who are these 1D kids, anyway? They’re like twelve.
Andrew: Yeah, but look at them. They’re so awesome.
Mike: God, you’re so right…
Red confetti everywhere following Taylor Swift’s performance.


Just having the time of his life.

Feeling the Fever during the finale.

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December 14, 2012
More adorable & affordable gift options from Ann Taylor here & here.

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