It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I absolutely love this time of the year! Christmas songs, hot chocolate, holiday cheer. It all just overpowers you and you can't help but get into the holiday spirit.

I've recently become obsessed with a new youtube guru. I will admit I have been checking youtube wayyyy too often hoping she has a new video posted. But one of her outfit videos that I watched made me realize that you can get into the holiday spirit with your clothing, too. I don't know if I've ever thought about this before at all, but this has really gotten into my head lately and I can't stop thinking about it. And its not as if you have to wear Christmas sweaters to look festive. If you take advantage of the holiday colors, then you can look really festive. My friend had a really cute red sweater on over a dress the other day. It wasn't meant for the holidays because this was back on Veterans day when we were supposed to look patriotic. But I can't help but think of that as I write this post. On the outfits video the guru had a white cardigan on in one of her outfits. This wasn't a holiday video, but this outfit keeps popping into my mind for a holiday outfit. I think that you can get certain pieces in the holiday colors of white, red, and maybe some green, and match them up to create cute holiday outfits. But they can still be separated and these pieces can be used on a normal basis.

This past Sunday I was at the mall with my dad. But we only went there for a certain shoe store, so I didn't get to do any clothes shopping. I didn't get the boots that I went there for either because they didn't have it in my size, but that's beside the point. Walking through the mall, I was looking at all the stores' display cases (display windows? I don't know, neither one of them sound right. Haha, are neither of them right?) and I kept noticing all these mannequins in cardigans and scarves and all these pieces in red and white. And this past week with all these things combined I can't stop thinking about creating holiday looks. And I need some new winter clothing. So I'm hoping to go to the mall on Friday with my sister and my goal is to get some pieces that can be worn on any day, but could also be paired with some other pieces to create a festive look. Right now I can't get this image of a long sleeved white cardigan out of my head, but other than that I have no specific piece I am really looking for. I just want some colorful pieces that can be paired together for the perfect Christmas look. Actually, a red scarf would be really cute, too.

So, my question to you guys is: what is your essential piece for this time of the year? It can be for fall or winter, or both, but what one piece in your closet is your go-to for this time of the year? What do you think is necessary for every other girl to own around now? It could be a clothing item or a pair of shoes. Or it could be something that you're dying to get.

Thanks so much everyone and happy holidays!
~Elizabeth