mandie_rw | Merry Christmas-Holiday-Whatever!

I start my winter interim class this upcoming Monday - well, technically the site opened up the Friday before Christmas but let's be real, nothing's due til next week so nothing's getting done til after New Year's. I am taking my break, thank you! Yesterday I went to Longwood Gardens, today was the Nutcracker Ballet in Philly, Friday I have a lunch date, and Sunday I have a NYE party to go to. Friday night was supposed to be the Colonial Ball in Trenton, but the tickets actually sold out in advance this year, so nope. Not all that broken-hearted about it; Adrienne and I mainly were planning to go to see Tessa (certainly not to dance, since they fill up half the damn place with tables and chairs, which makes it vastly harder to dance without banging elbows and treading on toes).

I ordered a red velvet wiggle dress from Unique Vintage for the NYE party ...which I didn't remotely need, because it's not that fancy a party (but the hostess is a college friend who loves my vintage/overdressed style, so I can't disappoint her expectations, haha), but I bought it anyway, so there. Half of me is amused by the plethora of stretch velvet this season (because is it ACTUALLY 1993 again??), but the the other half legitimately loves velvet, and red velvet is even BETTER! As long as it's more 1950s than 1990s, which this one is, I think. So, awww yiss velvet dress, supposedly getting delivered tomorrow.

And, meet the Imaginary Boyfriend! Aka the Younger Man, aka Tom. (And Derpface Amanda, but we've already met, you don't need an introduction for her.) We are trying for World's Most Blindingly White Couple; do you think we have a chance at it?? xD
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(More importantly: yes, that's the new IDGAF plaid skirt and matching bolero; yes I will do a post on it once I wear it again on Friday with a cuter shoe-stocking combo than I was rocking yesterday! Because I do love my AD carriage boots and wool tights but they are just not as smart-looking as seamed stockings and heels! But they're a better choice for high-of-35F-and-spending-the-day-outdoors.)

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mala_14

Hm... I read that as high of -35F... Not quite the same. We've been having a very cold spell lately, so that's where my mind is.

Cute couple! He does exist! Oooor you paid some rando on the street to take a selfie with you. ;p

Velvet dress sounds awesome! More things should be velvet, especially if you don't have to sew them!

miss_philomena

(He's a Russian model that she found pictures of online and photoshopped in. He's still imaginary.)

mandie_rw

Shhh! Don't give away my secret!!

(Pssssh, I told you, he's *Scandinavian*, not Russian! Searching "sexy Russian" kept coming up with all these pictures of shirtless Putin...)

Hah! We're going down to the single digits (F) pretty often this week, but -35 would be quite unusual here! xD

The best type of velvet dress is definitely the velvet dress you don't have to sew. *nods*

lukitari

There's nothing wrong with 1990's. ;)
He looks like a catch!

Hah! That's true. And a really disconcerting amount of results for velvet cocktail dresses look like they're straight out of a Jennifer Love Hewitt wardrobe, lol!

He's rather cute...I'm a fan. :)