Hello and welcome to 2017. I hope you're not too groggy after a big night of celebrating, and if you are, may I suggest dark glasses, a mega dose of vitamin C, lots of fluids and a nap as soon as possible. A week away from the blog, and to a lesser degree from social media too, has done me the power of good. The pressures of delivering the perfect Christmas are challenging enough without dipping into the internet to see how amazingly well others are pulling it off. Much as I love the imagery of instagram, it's so easy to get dragged into the slipstream of others who are zipping along in a cloud of marvellousness. Our 2016 Christmas will be remembered for being the one where the oven element blew half-way through cooking our post Christmas gammon resulting in a comedic dash to my son's house, oven gloves clasping hot roasting tin in yards of foil along with steaming jacket spuds, all compounded by the cover of darkness while my husband masterminded proceedings wearing his brand new head torch. (No street lights here on this tiny island.) None of this was like the adverts featuring the perfect Christmas scenario from Iceland, M&S or Lidl!
And so on to the outfit of the day. Yes, it's totally rock chick with no apologies. Well I say no apologies, but I will admit to one final sneaking in of these glitter trainers which had a lot of you voicing your opinions in 2016 and not necessarily in their favour. See those previous posts here, here and here. However, I really, really think this may be their finest hour. Call me biased, but the liberal dose of leather, lurex and studding all seem to enhance these sweet little trainers in their best styling yet. I've ramped up the glitter factor with this fabulous lurex top which is by Versace, found in a charity shop for £4.99 no less! The studded Michael Kors jacket doesn't get out much and is the ideal finishing touch for this look today. So here's wishing you a very peaceful and happy New Year and do enjoy the last few days of the holiday!
Outfit details - trainers: B3D (TK Maxx), trousers: H&M, jacket: Michael Kors, top: Versace, sunglasses: Quay Australia, rings: charity shopped.
Linking with
Catherine of Not Dressed as Lamb
Patti of Not Dead Yet Style
Jess of Elegantly Dressed and Stylish
Anna x
Happy New Year Anna! You look so badass here!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't the element always break down at the most important time of the year?
bisous
Suzanne
Cheers Suzanne! I suppose there's never a good time for the oven to die, but somehow Christmas just seems like the worst.
DeleteWishing you a fab New Year x
Anna
Happy New Year, Anna!
ReplyDeleteI think the trainers have come into their own at last...
Sorry to hear about your oven - it's either my central heating or my oven that goes at Christmas - we were lucky this year!
xx
Wow, I'm delighted these have your vote of approval at last, thank you! The meal came together eventually and at least gave us a story to remember, hahaha.
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Anna
Anna, wszystkiego dobrego w Nowym Roku :)
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DeleteHappy New Year!
Anna
Happy New Year!
DeleteSounds like you had quite the Christmas adventure! And, yes, some time away from social media is always a good idea! I think it's so easy to forget that we are looking at everyone's best shots and assume others' lives are perfect...
ReplyDeleteYou truly rock that leather outfit, Anna! And, yes, I think the trainers look great with it!
Wishing you health & much happiness in 2017!
Andrea
Andrea’s Wellness Notes
Dear Andrea, thanks so much for your support and comments - you're always so kind and positive. You're right, we do all put our best selves forward, and I'm no different at doing that.
DeleteHappy New Year to you and wishing you all the very best x
Anna
HOT!!!! That's what you are in this outfit HOT! And I can just hear those great trainers screaming "YES!!"
ReplyDeleteI'm also thinking how great this jacket would look with the sparkly skirt (trainers too!). In fact I think this studded jacket can always be complimented by the trainers regardless of what you wear on your bottom half!!
Your story of the holiday dinner debacle is wonderful! I can just see you in your oven mitts and your husband in his new LED night vision headgear, scurrying through the streets to your son's home. An inconvenient, Christmas adventure!! These are the stories that MAKE the holidays!
This has been quite a quest hasn't it Judy? But at last, these dear little trainers are getting the accolade they deserve. Another blogger did suggest they would look good with a mini skirt so maybe I need to give it a go...
DeleteThe gammon was worth waiting for and yes, it did give us a memorable story for many years to come.
Best wishes for 2017 x
Anna
Happy new year Anna! I'm laughing about the oven (sorry) That's the sort of thing that happens to me! Oh and by the way I want that jacket! Love it!
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Laurie, don't be sorry - you're meant to laugh! I just want to dispel any myths about me and my life on this paradise island. My life, like everyone's, is punctuated with stuff like this.
DeleteAnd yes, the jacket. It's rather lovely isn't it?
Here's to a great year of blogging x
Anna
I call it "rocker chic"! You look amazing in these fab pants, Anna! I love the sneakers with this outfit. OMG, that sounds like a mad dash! Our Christmas highlight was my mom vomiting off her deck as we pulled out of the driveway (she'd eaten some off cranberries), lol.
ReplyDeleteI'll take rocker chic, thank you! And hurrah that the sneakers made the grade with you too.
DeleteIsn't it grand that we all have our own Christmas tales to chuckle at!
Have a good week x
Anna
You are rocking the Biker Chic look Anna (those trousers say biker to me and unlike Theresa May's I bet they weren't £975!) all that's missing is a pint of cider! I love that phrase of yours about other social media users 'zipping along on a cloud of marvellousness' Hilarious! I'd much rather hear about peoples 'real' lives where the oven packs up on xmas day!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
That's me Fiona - keeping it real!
DeleteThe trousers were in the H&M sale this time last year for only £9.99. Bargain of the year I'd say.
Happy New Year to you too and thanks for dropping by x
Anna
Love this rock chick look, you are owning it. Sorry about the oven thingy (I have never turned my oven on!) but you are resourceful! Happy new year to you, xox
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Thanks very much Patti. That's one way of avoiding oven disasters I suppose! Happy New Year and thanks for the linkup party x
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Happy New Year to you Anna. What is Christmas without a drama or two, the stuff family legends are made of.I love your biker chick outfit on you and yes I do believe those sparkly trainers have found there perfect match. All best wishes for a stylish 2017. jill. xx
ReplyDeleteYou're so right Jill, the best way to remember Christmas is with a tale like this. I'm delighted that the trainers are at last getting the plaudits they deserve!
DeleteWishing you all the very best for 2017 too x
Anna
Happy New Year! I still laugh as the Griswald Christmas.. I think that is what memories are made of! Now, you provided me with some very good imagery Anna, quite funny! Love the rocker outfit from head to toe! I like those sparkly shoes!
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jess xx
www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com
We all need a good Christmas drama to make it memorable don't we? Thanks for your lovely comments and best wishes for 2017!
DeleteAnna x
lovely rock chick outfit!, your studded jacket is a fabulous piece! and obviously, you rock!
ReplyDelete(sorry about the oven issue, but that's the kind of anecdote everybody remember through the years!)
besos