Boughs of Holly

So the other day I posted what I wore last Christmas, and now here is what I wore this past Christmas. I am usually always in red on Christmas, so this year I definitely wanted to go with green. Unfortunately, green is a lot harder to find. You'd think it'd be easy and there would be tons of options, but no. I think the trouble with green is that there are so many different shades and only one or two of them work for Christmas. I was originally looking for a deep foresty green. I ended up ordering a velvet dress from Lulus that was a deep green. I sized up in it because the measurements looked like the dress ran small, but it was kind of baggy. Unfortunately, it sold out before I could exchange it, so I just ended up sending it back.







After many more hours of searching, I came across two dresses on Lindy Bop. I wasn't sure which I'd like more, so I ordered both and decided I'd send whichever one I liked less back. One was a deeper bottle green color and the other was this one that I ended up picking. The other one just didn't sit right with my bust. But I'm glad I ended up with this one even though it's a brighter green because I love it and it worked out great with my holly crown.









Speaking of this holly crown... it took me forever to decide on a crown. I searched and searched through Etsy and finally decided on this one. I swear I spend too much time trying to make decisions about the most trivial things. I am such an over-thinker, it's ridiculous. So anyway...I chose this one and I'm glad because it's a great fit and it went perfect with my dress.









I was hoping for a brighter silver for my shoes, but these were the closest I could find in the right heel and style I like. I got lucky because it was 50 degrees on Christmas, so I wasn't too cold in my short sleeves and thin pantyhose.









What's funny is that I ended up getting three dresses from three different people for Christmas, and they were all from Lindy Bop too just like my Christmas dress. I can't wait to style them! They have such great vintage-inspired stuff and it's reasonably priced too.

Dress: Lindy Bop//Holly Crown: Orange You Peachy//Shoes: Aerosole//Tights: Hanes

I recently got glitter eyeliner and I'm in love with it. I wear it every chance I get. Since I was going with green and silver, I used the silver liner with this outfit, though I'm partial to the gold. I don't know what about glitter makes me excited or why, but I'm not going to read into it. It's a simple pleasure. And you bet I wore some for New Year's Eve too. :)