It's Getting Late

Dress: UO * Cardigan: Old Navy, remixed * Tights: Target, remixed * Loafers: Common Crow Vintage (15%-off Cyber Monday sale today!!) * Belt: thrifted, remixed

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? Joe and I drove up to spend the holiday with his family, which was wonderful. We got to his mom's house on Wednesday afternoon, and almost literally when we turned off the car it started to snow. The biggest, prettiest, most perfect snow. The kind of snow that just feels like the holidays. I spent a good chunk of Wednesday afternoon and evening gazing out the window at the snow, and the neighborhood, all bundled up inside for the holiday. It's cheesy and ridiculous, but it was kind of awesome. It was super cold, too, so everything stayed perfectly frosted for all of Thanksgiving day, and most of Friday too. We haven't gotten snow in Chicago yet this year, so it was a kind of ideal way to feel like we were truly on vacation, and that the holiday season had really arrived.

The rest of the weekend was wonderful, too. We ate a lot, I held my own in the turkey day card games, and I got to meet more members of Joe's family, which was awesome. We spent Friday and Saturday exploring the city, hanging out at coffeeshops, and catching up with old friends. It was hard to come home yesterday, since I really felt like I was away, but it had to happen. I also took a complete break from the internet while we were gone. No email, no blogging, no commenting or tweeting or picture-taking. Joe's mom's house has neither internet nor a shower, so I spent my time taking long hot baths and reading books (I'm still working my way through Ulysses, if anyone is keeping track, but I finally finished What is the What, which I've been diligently reading since sometime this summer). It was divine.

These pictures are actually from a few weekends ago when Joe and I spent a Saturday in the city for a date. We went to Second City, with a giftcard I had gotten last Christmas, and then to Revolution Brewery for dinner (probably my favorite place in Chicago). I had actually worn this outfit to work earlier that week, minus the red lips, but thought it would segue perfectly into a casual city date night outfit, and I was right. It was comfortable and sassy, and I loved the way the red lips totally punches everything up to the next level. Plus, I'm obsessed with these loafers, so any excuse to wear them is fine by me.

I'm hoping to be back in the game this week, with picture-taking and blogging. It's going to be a very busy few weeks, and then Christmas will be upon us, which I can hardly believe. How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Did you get snow? Are you ready for it to be Christmas season yet?

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Title song: Elton John, "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"