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all i want for christmas is you...

 It's Friday pretties...and I have the next 10 days off and I couldn't be happier!  And even though it's been in the upper 70s the past few days...ugh I hate you texas...H and I are still pretending that it's a normal few days before xmas and we're rockin' our red plaid and cream cable knits!  Honestly I rarely ever wear true red because it doesn't really look that good on me, but this poncho is just so fun and perfect for xmas time that I had to give it it's moment!  Plus it looks so adorbs with the cream bow beanie that looks so adorbs with Henri's cream cable knit sweater!  Twinsies for the win!!  














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velvet dreams...

Oh Monday...back again so soon?  I swear the weekends get shorter and shorter every week, but I'm all smiles this Monday because I only have a 4 day work week and my family will be here by Friday, so all is good today!!  And because xmas is going to be here before you know it I'm trying to wear all my Christmasy things before next Monday, like this maroon velvet boyfriend tee.  

Can I just say that I'm so happy that velvet made an appearance this season?  It turns something like a simple oversized tee into something a little bit fancy and because I need a little more fancy in my life I paired it with a vintage black sequin beanie and a sparkly statement necklace because go big or go home right?  And if that wasn't enough I layered it with a polka dot ruffle slip and some flares because why not...it is the season for giving and this outfit is giving major fashionista vibes!  What are you wearing to sparkle this week???







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the best xmas ever...

Do you remember in 4th grade when you got to test out all the string instruments and then pick your fave and poof...you were in orchestra?  And on that magical picking day on my 2 block walk to school I though, I'm totally going to pick the violin.  It was small and cute and always got the good parts in songs...and then when I walked into the room and the music man said violin...i said...cello.  Where that came from I had no idea, but something in my gut told me to pick that huge awkward instrument and I'm so happy I did.

I played the cello for 9 years....all the way through senior year of high school...and I was pretty good. Not amazing, like I wanted to be, but that meant lots of extra scale practice...and who wants to do that.. and with everything else I was doing in high school I didn't have the patience or the drive to really give it 100%.  And since I was renting my cello, when I graduated high school, I stopped playing...and have missed it ever since.


Fast forward to real time where the cello is like the coolest instrument ever, which duh I knew when I was 8, and every time I see a cello or hear a cello I get a little weepy that I don't have one, and that I didn't keep playing.  And every year at bday/xmas time, I ask for a cello.  It's almost become a little joke because when you ask for something for 13 years and you never get it, you kind of just admit defeat and ask anyways like haha, I really want a cello but I know it's not going to happen, so just get me something from my amazon wishlist.

And then it was Xmas morning...and J told me that he was going to get my present and to stay in the bedroom...and in my head I'm thinking it's an iPad because that's what I was hoping for, but I was confused as to why I had to sit in the bedroom for him to surprise me with a little box from Apple.  And then I heard the tv turn on and I'm like um wtf did he forget and just decide to watch a little tv first?   And then I heard a baby elephant noise (because I joked that maybe I got a baby ellie for xmas), and then I was just totally confused, but thought maybe he's just playing around on my iPad that he's about to give me after he's done randomly watching tv while I sit in bed confused.

Then he opens the bedroom door and hands me a note and a hoodie.  He tells me to read the note and put the hoodie over my head...um yeah...I was like is he going to propose again, doesn't he realize we're already married...and then I was like am I being kidnapped, what is going on?  So I read the note which he's hand written the lyrics to John Legend's "All of Me"...and I'm like that's so sweet, but what does that have to do with an iPad, and I throw the hoodie over my head as he opens the bedroom door.  And then I hear a piano playing the opening notes to "All of Me", and then I hear a cello playing and I'm like that is definitely not an iPad, and he takes off the hoodie and there sitting in my living room is the most perfect cello ever and it's all mine!!!  It seriously was such a surprise and the most perfect gift I have ever received and it made me the happiest girl on xmas morning!!  And to see how excited J was to give it to me made me even happier.  The fact that he spent all night planning how he would give me my dream present filled me with such love and joy.  


So I spent all day just randomly dancing and shouting, I got a cello!!  And I can't thank J enough for being the most perfect husband and getting me the one thing I always wanted but never thought I would get.  Now I hope he doesn't regret his decision when he gets to listen to me practicing scales all day long.   

I hope you guys all had a very Merry Xmas and got everything you wanted!  Only a few more days to the new year...who's excited???
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christmas cards and outtakes...

Merry Christmas Eve friends!!  It's going to be a lovely 80 degrees here today and I'm hosting xmas eve dinner so it's going to be a day of cleaning and cooking and drinking to avoid actually cleaning and cooking!  Hooray for the holidays!!  I also wanted to share some fun pics from the day we took our xmas pictures.  J is making a rare appearance on the blog and as you can see we got a little goofy as we normally do when we are both in front of the camera.  Hope you enjoy the picture we used for our xmas card (the one below) and all the funny outtakes from the day!  









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project GFB...



Happy December pretties!!  It's the most wonderful month of the year!  Why you ask...well duh, it's my bday month!!  #TeamSagittarius 
But this month is also amazing for another reason!  I'm so excited to announce the I've been chosen to be one of the Guest Fashion Bloggers for StyleLushTV and my first guest post is up and ready to be loved HERE!!!  This is one of the outfits I featured in that post and I'm kinda obsessed with it.  Now if you know me in real life then you know I love a good "theme" outfit...and what better time of the year to be holiday-ish than December?  The best part about this look is that I'm legit wearing red and green, like find me rudolph and get me a sleigh because it's xmas colors, but by wearing olive and maroon it's more, that's kind of a cool color combo to rock, and I can totes get away with it without looking like one of Santa's elves.  Plus no one is really paying any attention to my outfit because this beanie is just the best thing ever...which you already know because I rocked it in my post last week, and you will most likely be seeing much more of it because like I said...best.thing.ever.




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xmas fun

hope everyone had an amazing xmas!  this was the first time that the whole family has been together in quite some time and i'm so happy that i got to spend time with them.  and now for fun xmas pics!

our "normal" pic...

and the real us...

there is a whole lotta love in this family...

our new signature family pic...the blue steel

 ian and his gf julia...

 laur and her bf keisan...


 and mine and johnny's first xmas as a married duo!

hope everyone has a fabulous new year!  can wait to bring the blog to a whole new level next year!!
be pretty~melis


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u-g-l-y you ain't got no alibi...


i hope you all had a very merry xmas!!  i had such a great time with the fam...it was soooooo nice to have everyone together again:)  
this year we had a little ugly xmas sweater contest!!
i only put one pic each so i don't get yelled at by everyone about how ridic they look and to take their pics off lol...we'll just keep it a secret...shhhhhhh

from youngest to oldest we modeled...


obviously the older we get, the more we don't mind looking absolutely crazy...love it!
and the winner was....AUSTIN (my youngest bro...who was also a little sickly that day...i think he got sympathy votes for sure lol)


and a few silly xmas headbands:)

hope you all have a happy new year's eve and i can't wait to see all the fabulous things that 2012 has in store:)
be pretty~melis

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