{whatever wednesday}

{All of Them:  20 Struggles Only Skinny Girls Understand}

{Beyond Best Dressed:  The Kelly Wearstler Guide To Styling Your Accessories}

{Get In My Closet Item:  Organza Bustier, H&M}

{Style Inspiration:  Winter Fashion}

{Bathroom Envy:  White and Gold}

Donuts and Whiskey

Happy Friday!  Finally another weekend is upon us and I still have the mini-bash I hosted last weekend on my mind.  Ever since one of my favorite bloggers, Cupcakes and Cashmere, threw a Donut and Whiskey Girls Night event, I have been obsessed with the idea.  Entertaining can get stressful with cleaning, food prep, and so on.  So, the stress-free way to go about it?  Buy donuts and whiskey.

Last weekend, I was finally able to get all the girls together.  I headed to a little independent Donut Shop called Donut Drive-In and picked out a dozen drool-worthy sugar bagels.  After slicing each in to 4 bite-size pieces each and displaying them on a tiered cake tray, I mixed up a batch of my whiskey kick punch {recipe below}.  The girls arrived, we talked, ate, drank, and played Cards Against Humanity.  Which, if you're a CAH virgin, I highly recommend playing, but I will warn you that it's not very "family friendly."

Allison's Whiskey Kick Punch

2 cups whiskey
1 bottle of Riesling
1 liter of ginger soda
Juice of 1 lemon
Sliced oranges

Mix it all together in a punch bowl.  Add the oranges.  Pour over ice.

Now on to the outfit:
Being at home, I wanted to be comfortable.  But who am I kidding, I always like to be comfortable.  I took the barefoot approach and went with a cropped 'LOVE' sweatshirt paired with a cream sequin skirt that I paid a whopping $3 at the Forever 21 discount store in Chicago.

Top:  Forever 21

Skirt:  Forever 21

Bracelet:  Stella & Dot

Happy Weekend!

peace, love, sparkles and flamingos,

Allison

{whatever wednesday}

{Hairspiration:  Half Top Knot Bun}

{Men of Style:  Jared Leto}

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that embellished loafer and tye-dye sock combination?

{Clutch Call:  Dimepiece 'Hustle and Dream'}

{Color of The Year: Marsala}

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Wild Side Walk

Punk and prep collide with an outfit inspired from a Pinterest pin that a dear friend sent me by blogger Cara Loren.  I love combining prints in unexpected ways and my mind immediately started racing of what items I had at home to re-create a similar look.  The sweater, being one that I haven't worn in a few years but can't bear to part with, I pulled from the back of my closet.  The scarf I was given as a Christmas gift (also a few years ago) and paired the items with my coated black skinny jeans to give it an even edgier feel.

Sweater: Parfait

Scarf:  Gifted

Coated Skinny Jeans:  Jolt

Tassel Cross-Body Bag:  Thrifted

Booties:  Target

Ring:  Charles Albert

{whatever wednesday}

{Travel Necessity: Important Sh*t Duffel Bag}

{Home Sweet: First-Time Renovators Create a Dream Brooklyn Townhome}

{oh.em.gee.  Serious Cuteness:  Ducklings.  Just Ducklings}

{What if Cartoons Came to Life?}

Ed Sheeran's Drunk (Speaker of the House Remix)

2015 Golden Globes: Best Dressed List

Kicking off the awards show season and setting the fashion tone for the rest of the year, the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards red carpet was filled with glitz, metallics, and bold shades of color.  The star-studded event is often deemed as the glamorous start to the awards season and this year's Golden Globes did not disappoint.

Take a look at my picks for best dressed at the 2015 Golden Globes.  Who made your best dressed list?

Dakota Johnson in Chanel Haute Couture

Sienna Miller in Miu Miu

 Katie Holmes in Marchesa

Lorde in Narciso Rodriguez

Julianne Moore in Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci

Heidi Klum in Versace

Photo Credits:  Getty Images, People.com

{whatever wednesday}

{New Year:  What will you do with 2015?}

{Fitspiration:  13 Times Lea Michele Inspired Us to Work Out}

{The Good, The Bad, and The Please Go Away:  The 14 Words of 2014}

{Reason to Smile:  Baby Elephant Sees Beach for the First Time Ever}

{Final Review of 2014:  A lot can happen in a year}

New Years and New Goals

Never have I been a fan of resolutions.  In my mind: resolutions are made only to fail.  If you're one of those people who make them and are able to stick to them for an entire year, hats off to you.  You're definitely one in a million.  Every year, I like to set goals.  Last year, my main goal was to do something at least once a week that I've never done before. Cook or bake something new, visit a museum or park, eat at a new restaurant, drink a beer I've never had, go to a new fitness class, and so on.  I jotted down everything I did and found new things I enjoyed and things I didn't enjoy.  For example, I absolutely hated cardio kickboxing (so much that my friend and I actually walked out 20 minutes in to the class).  I absolutely fell in love with yoga.  I went to a Monster Truck Rally and I never care to do that again.  I traveled and experienced more this year than I probably ever have before.  If you don't try or go, then you'll never know.

Honestly, I don't need a Facebook "Year in Review" to remind me that I had a pretty fucking awesome year.  There were moments I amazed myself and wondered how some of the things I was actually capable enough to pull off.  Of course, it was filled with some low lows, meltdowns, hard lessons learned, and stress but the high highs, laughs, self-discovery and good madness made it worth it.

Along with continuing my goal of last year to do at least one thing new weekly, I've added a few new goals to the list:

• Get a tattoo that I've wanted for years

• Give more compliments

• Read more (my goal every year)

• Be more organized (another goal every year)

• Take better care of myself (i.e. wash my face every night.  A third every year goal)

• Learn to shrug off things that ultimately don't matter better

• Travel

• Start saving for Coachella (one of my bucket list experiences)

If you need some inspiration for goals to set for yourself:

49 New Year's Resolutions Every Twentysomething Should Consider
100 New Year's Resolutions

What are your personal goals you hope to achieve in 2015?