The Holidays + The New Year

I hope everyone had a great holiday, especially with both Christmas and the New Year landing over the weekend, giving us all over here a much needed break on two consecutive Mondays. :)

Here's what I wore to my company's holiday party this year, which is the velvet Tobi dress as mentioned here over three (!) years ago that I never got a chance to wore. (Wow I look so much younger pre-mommy). As is with all things in fashion, velvet has become trendy again. It's a very pretty purple in person but looks super dark, almost black, in photos. As you can see, my hair is fading but I don't want to do any more damage to it and plan to let it grow out or if I hate how it's coming along, I may try balyage as commenter Annie suggested to blend it in more with my natural color by way of an ombre.

Dress: Tobi Soft Whispers Velour Dress. Tights: H&M Opaque tights. Booties: Christian Louboutin Bootylili Ankle Boot. Boots: Sam Edelman (old but similar here). Coat: Parajumpers Selma Fur Trim Parka in XXS (on sale now!). 
I opted to wear knee high boots to keep warm along with my new Parajumpers Selma Fur Trim Down Parka for the commute to work but I DO have to say that I have just realized now that it really isn't warm enough for the 30 degree weather here and I will unfortunately have to purchase some more Canada Goose ones to compare because I'm sick of feeling cold.

To celebrate Christmas, I went to my sister's for a family dinner and then a 1AM Christmas concert by Leo Ku at the Mohegan Sun!

Me and baby A! She is clearly more of a hat person than I am <3
It was super interesting to note that it has been many years since I've gone and this time, I actually felt less tired than I did over five years ago, which is probably thanks to having a baby who keeps me up every night now.

It's probably about 2:30AM in this pic. A and I went with another couple and it was fun but super tiring. 
I didn't go out to celebrate the new year and instead opted to stay at home with just A and baby A, which is probably what we will be doing for the foreseeable future. I did, however, have a good time at home spent playing video games, catching up on home organization, and snuggling with baby A.

Leaving you with the quote of the day, "The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his business better all the time." -Henry Ford

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