VV Boutique Style: Festive Casual Dressember

If I hadn't already roped my friends into as many clubs as they are willing to entertain, I would start a Christmas party club so that I would have a good excuse to thrift a fancy dress! As it is, I am fortunate to have several festive events but all are more casual than formal. Still, I want a little something festive in my ensembles to hint of holidays!

This weekend, I had two holiday casual parties. Here is what I wore to my work party...

Red wool skirt $4.90 VV Boutique

Blue sweatshirt $2 Hope Missions Bargain Shoppe

Scarf of every-colour-I-adore is from Anthropologie.

It jumped right in with my bedding. Don't know how that happened.

I could have alternately titled this post: "I couldn't bend at my party" or "The skirt that fit for a day that I wore anyway" because that beautiful red wool pencil skirt is a mighty tight fit! I bought it a while ago, got it cleaned then wondered if I bought a skirt I couldn't do up or if the dry cleaners shrunk it. Pretty sure it was them. Anyhoo, after Whole 30, it fit! Ten days later, it was a Christmas miracle I got it done up!

You may think I'm just rocking the pretty festive red skirt and sweatshirt combo to be trendy, but in reality, I needed something loose on top in case I had to undo my skirt!

The theme for our party was "Favourite Things" which I've done a few times and love it every time! We each chose one of our favourite things, then brought two of them, then drew two names to give our favourites to! I love to see what everyone considers a favourite! It is as good as Splurge Sorority reveals in my opinion! This time, I landed a Bath and Body Works candle and soap that smells like baking. Maybe that plus the skirt will deter me from the holiday 5 10 7. Naw, who am I kidding. My second favourite take-home was a beautiful pottery ~~candy~~ ~~salad~~ cereal bowl (her hubby is a pottery artist, so lucky) and the perfect little Tupperware container for ~~cereal~~ ~~salad~~ candy.

Tank and tights from my closet, though I have no clue where those tights came from.

Anyone missing blue printed tights?

I wore my elephant pendant from She Does Create because my selection for my favourite thing was an elephant pendant in MUSTARD with red accent beads! I would have taken a photo but I didn't think my work colleagues would like their busts posted on the World Wide Web. It was a little hard to share because I don't have a mustard elephant myself!! However, my work peeps are so awesome that I really was happy to send the elephants off to good homes!

For my second Dressember festive casual party, I chose lace and gold and texture as the festive elements of my ensemble...

Lace top $6, polka dot skirt $4.90 VV Boutique

The party was hosted by my friend, fellow thrifting enthusiast and hands-down most amazing day home ever (she has even won awards so it's not just me that recognizes her extraordinary skills) and I knew she would appreciate my pattern mixing!