OOTW: Holiday Edition

First off, I apologize for the lack of posts the last two weeks, my laptop broke and lost everything on my hard drive, which contained the contents of the scheduled posts! I am looking into trying to salvage what I can from the hard drive but in the mean time, the show must go on! This week I decided to do another Outfit of the Week(end) post detailing what I wore for the Christmas weekend, as well as what I will most likely be wearing for the upcoming New Year's Eve! 
Please read through to the end for an upcoming announcement!!

 Thursday: Friend's Proposal

 

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My longtime friend from high school was planning to propose to his girlfriend the day before Christmas Eve, so he wanted us all to be there. We made plans to go for drinks before and walk around the El Paso San Jacinto Plaza which was decorated with lights and Christmas decorations because that's where he wanted to do it. It was so cute and so sweet!

I'll admit, I didn't want to wear my glasses because I'm still adjusting to wearing them 24/7, but I wanted to be able to actually see the proposal, and I haven't gotten contacts yet, so I gave in. Because this night was going to be a good one, I decided to wear an outfit I had planned for another event but never got to wear after all. I had originally paired this outfit with black knit tights and a brown knot choker, but the knee-high socks look much better, and I still had a hold of my roommate's choker so I took advantage of it. It was slightly cold outside but my sweater was so thick it kept me warm, but once we got to the bar inside I was boiling! It was hard to find that balance with an outfit like this but I survived. (Lipstick: Marc Jacob's "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang")

Friday: Christmas Eve

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I'm Mexican, so we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. Normally we have a huge gathering with lots of family members, but this year we decided to keep it small with just my immediate family (which is still rather large in general) so I decided to keep my outfit casual. I think this is probably my favorite outfit of the entire weekend, not just because it was so comfy, but because it includes a lot of my personal favorites. I love doing my hair in a half-bun, I love love love those combat boots (stolen from my mom), and I love my roommate's choker. Fun fact about the flannel: I actually bought that shirt in the men's section, and I don't regret it! (Lipstick: Mac "Instigator.")

Saturday: Christmas Day

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Since the day before had been very casual at home, I decided Christmas day visiting other's homes would be a formal occasion. I love the color of this dress, it's so bright and I wanted something that stood out from the regular Christmas reds and greens.

This dress is actually my bridesmaid dress from my best friend's wedding earlier in September! She let all her bridesmaids choose their own dress as long as they were blue so her entire bridal party were various different hues of blue, it was so cool. She gave us the freedom to choose our own dresses because she wanted us to actually want to wear our bridesmaids dresses again, so that's exactly what I did! These nude wedges are probably some of my favorite shoes to wear ever; I've broken them in so well I can probably run a marathon in them. Also, fun fact, the necklace I had was a little too short for my liking, so I linked 3 large paper clips together and fastened the necklace to them to make it longer! Hey, whatever works to get the look! (Lipstick: City Color Cosmetics "Bare With Me").

**Upcoming Saturday** New Year's Eve

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When it comes to New Year's, I am all about my motto: go big or go home!! No point in showing out when you don't do it all the way through! There are two things I will never get tired of no matter how tacky they may seem: leopard print, and thigh-high boots. I'm obsessed!! Both immediately spice up any plain outfit - try it out and you'll see I'm right! Fun fact: I actually got inspired by this outfit from my Bitmoji character! I also decided to add cat ears because to me cat ears always seem like the perfect fun party piece. (Lipstick: Nars "Cruella").

My outfit for NYE might change based on plans; right now I'm anticipating simply going out bar hopping with friends but if I end up seeing Deadmau5 that night with my sister, my outfit will definitely change! I'm not sure yet if that will happen, so we'll see!

And while we're on the subject of New Year's, Red Raider Runway's upcoming Business Attire Series will feature various different posts on how to dress for business, throughout the entire month of January! There is no better time like the beginning of a new year to get pointers on how to make your work attire match your work ethic! Please stay tuned and look forward to that starting next week!

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