monotone?

Am I the only one who is super glad that today is Friday?? Last night I drove to Saratoga to pick up my cousin Danielle from a friend's house so she could come home for the long weekend.

Before I get into this week's Friday Fancies, I want to share a super sweet video that my cousin made in honor of Derek coming home from the hospital last night. Click through and share in the love and celebration for a moment!

Onto the fancies! I didn't really do a great monotone outfit, but I'm pretty darn happy with this one. The navy and the grey are so warm and cozy!

monotone? by rundreamcook featuring boot cut jeans

crushing hard

Oh, the beauty of double entendre. Even though I am madly in love with my spectacular boyfriend, I find myself crushing on a very handsome guy. It is nothing serious, he's just easy on the eyes. Crushes are fun! It's just a bit of silly oogling, I can't seem to help myself!

Onto this week's Friday Fancies. It too is all about crushes! I spent hours scouring Pinterest looking for an outfit crush and when I saw this one, I knew it was the one. I am completely in love with this look and I had so much fun making my own version of it!

Source: hojevouassimoff.com.br via 24x7 on Pinterest

Gorgeous, right? I love the sparkle with the blazer. It's sort of sophisticated yet totally girly at the same time. And, onto my version:

crushing hard by rundreamcook featuring phase eight

I love the shoes. The bag. The nails. I'm in love with it.

What is your take on crushes? Are they bad or just innocent fun?

black friday

Hip-hip-hooray for black Friday! As you're reading this, I'm probably sleeping because I've been out shopping since 9pm last night. I love black Friday. I'm the person in line wearing a Santa hat, with personal speakers, hot cocoa, Christmas cookies and glittery hair. I am definitely that girl.
Growing up my parents used to sneak out of the house on black Friday to do some early Christmas shopping, just the two of them. They enjoyed the "alone time" (with all the other crazy shoppers) without us kids. We have a really big family so the crowds don't phase us, and really after I get my shopping done I could sit around and people watch all day long. I love the feeling in the air of anticipation. It is a happy time of year and nothing beats it.
I won't be wearing these brands, but this is the exact outfit I'll be wearing. I'll have jeans, red flats, my I believe in Santa shirt (yes I own this), a Santa hat, silver dangling earrings and a small wristlet purse. Here is my polyvore version of my outfit:

black friday by rundreamcook featuring a zip top bag

Plus! Black Friday definitely would not be complete without the 2011 sweatshirt! Making it's blog debut today - I'm sure you'll see me donning this sweatshirt a million times between now and Christmas. Anytime there is anything festive going on with our family all 30 of us show up matching. This year we ordered 32 of these beauties. So if you're in the NY area keep an eye out for the mass of bright red ladies this holiday season!!

My beautiful mom being my model. Try to ignore the shopping mess in the
background, we got home from mega Thanksgiving grocery shopping to find
that the hoodies had been delivered!

I'll be wearing this red hoodie on top of my I believe shirt all day long, no matter how sweaty hot I get! It's just a rule. Although I may trade out my Santa hat out for my Santa Mickey ears, just because those are simply a headband.