We thought about going out to celebrate New Years since it’s our last one without a baby, but we eventually decided to stay in. I still wanted to get dressed up… I had a few too many days of post-holiday laziness in lounge wear. So I put on this new dress (it’s a little short right now due to the growing bump) with tights and that was enough for me.

Ahhhh… the final countdown to Christmas is on! I made a huge rookie mistake and had a package delivered to my old house, so an unsuccessful trip to the post office later here I am trying to rush shipping so it gets here on time. Fingers crossed! Hopefully no one else is in the same boat. I’ll blame pregnancy brain for this one.

I feel like sequins are mandatory around the holidays – or at least more mainstream than the rest of the year. I’ve had a pair of sequin sweat pants for a few years now that I love to break out this time of year. There’s something so festive about them… even if I’m just wearing them on my couch with slippers.

In college and the years that followed my friends and I would go all out for New Years Eve. We’d dress up and usually spend the night celebrating with take out and plenty of champagne at someone’s house, it was much easier than dealing with crowded restaurants, clubs and cabs (the days before uber).