It's that holiday season again and the season of eating your heart out as you gather around your family and friends in their homes and at restaurants, indulging in your heart's desire. But this blog is about style, and not about following the crowd. Develop your own traditions and think about what is important to you as we approach the end of another year. The main purpose of the holidays is to get you to spend, expand, and indulge and then regret it the following year. You honestly do not have to keep that corporation in the black every year, that is not your concern or responsibility. You have your own life to think about and how you want to spend it and it's not buying tons of junk you either give away or throw away each season.
Thanksgiving can be very simple by decorating with beautiful flowers. Use your imagination to create a welcoming atmosphere in your home.
Create a dessert table for guests with winter decorations as a diversion from the traditional and the hum-drum [ugly] red and green every year. I give you permission to create your own holiday style.
Tips? There is no need to buy that turkey in the grocery store that has been frozen since 2007 and then you have to slave in a kitchen for hours wasting your time trying to cook it and then you are stuck with tons of turkey leftovers that end up in the garbage. There are plenty of other options for a traditional dinner, however, why not just cook your favorite meal for friends or family? Playing hostess is fun and you don't have to follow national traditions, make your own that will create lasting memories for friends and family and, if you are stuck, I mean, privileged to have children in the home, it will create lasting fun memories for them that may not involve the slaughter of wildlife or having a tree in the middle of your living room [I mean come on, have we not gotten past that?] that gets dumped in the garbage. No I am not saying don't eat meat or don't have a small faux tree in a corner of the room or on a tabletop, but be conservative. Buy food from your local butcher or buy meatless options that are available anytime in the grocery that are not made up of products from animals that died years ago.
Shopping? Well, a girl has to think about those bargains and deals yet, are they really? If you only buy what will add to your wardrobe, not junk it up, and what will be timeless, you won't keep wondering what to wear or how to accessorize an outfit. Do you need to shop for other people in your life? Planning ahead of time will avoid those crowds in the stores or wasting too much time on the Internet. People don't want junk gifts every year that they have to find a place for in their house. Alternative gift giving is always something that would work better, expanding your thought process and developing your own style. Perhaps, a special dinner or making a special dessert is your gift to your family. How about a day at the beauty parlor or a retreat at a spa. You can screen classic films to expand the minds of your children or steal away with that special someone in your life for a fun road trip to explore places you have never seen before.
Have fun this season and think about sharing some quality time with the important people in your life.
