A Very Merry Christmas

Hope everyone has had (or still is having!) a lovely holiday. I've had a quiet Christmas so far, had breakfast and lingered over my coffee in good company, listening to Christmas music. Eventually I'll have to get up and start fixing dinner, but for now we can still relax and enjoy.

ME:
Skin: .::WoW Skins::. KimY Bronze (with Christmas Group Gift's Red eyebrows)
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 1 
Hair: Mina "Selenia" Dark Reds\(The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Eyes: !Chop Shop! Silent Night
Other: [AL] Promo Bare Tip Toe Feet
PJs: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies - Hers" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)

HIM:
Skin: Heaven's Gate Neo: Akira Light 03 (shape & skin)
Hair: Alli&Ali Andrew Hair Dark Brown
Eyes: NoirOptix: Midnight Blue Eyes
PJs: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies - His" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)
Accessories: primOptic Mavrik glasses

THE PLACE:
A:S:S Prague Skybox (MP Freebie)
..::IDC::.. Holiday Fireplace - Modern (POE7)
[Park Place] Holiday Accent Bench (POE7)
Finishing Touches - Angels of Peace Quilted Wall Hanging & Hickory-Top Farmhouse Table (POE7)
All Things Snuggles: Red Mesh Christmas Tree (part of this set)

Holiday Elegance

Stores all over the grid are having holiday specials, and PurpleMoon Creations is in on the action with a "12 Days of Christmas" Sale with one item deeply discounted each day. When I saw this Amelia gown at 75% off yesterday, I had to have it.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Cherry Milk 03

Makeup: .:Glamorize:. True Cherry, TULI Parted Lips 1
Hair: Exile "Dancing On My Own" Dark Reds
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: PurpleMoon Creations "Amelia" Emerald
Jewelry: Chop Zuey "Gloriana" Diamond Set
Taken at: Midalon Love Garden (Kyeryong)

The location itself deserved a picture without me in the way. :)

The Frozzen Fair Faves

On top of the several excellent SL hunts going on right now, it's also time for "The Frozzen Fair 2014" at which you can find booths with a sampling of wares from 100+ vendors. Many of them have dollarbie or freebie gifts at their booths, too!

The first is another sweaterdress, a lovely little freebie from Sassy! paired with the Tartan sunglasses from Legal Insantiy.

Skin: ~Belleza~ Ellie Gacha 11
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .MINA "Noor" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:Sassy! "Newport Sweater Dress in Ivory" (The Frozzen Fair 2014)
Sunglasses: Legal Insanity "Tartan Sunglasses"  (The Frozzen Fair 2014)

Next up, the dollarbie coat and scarf set by ArisAris (who also have dollarbie white mesh short boots at their booth).

Skin: .::WoW Skins::.  Paola Tan (Peace on Earth 7 Hunt)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .[LaNoir Soliel] "Ally" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:ArisAris "Houndstooth and Mink" Coat & Scarf (The Frozzen Fair 2014, dollarbie)

Fun and Frosty

Another goody from the December round of The Arcade that seemed in keeping with my recent theme here: the "Woodland Wonderland" set, in blue. Maybe I should have waited for a photo until I got my hands on the matching shawlette and earmuffs, but I do like the look of it without them, too.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner, Body Bazaar "Pink" lipstick
Hair: .:.:EMO-tions:,. "PRIA" Reds
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Birdy.Foxes "Woodland Wonderland Dress and Boots" Blue (The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Stockings: Kastle Rock Couture "Angel" stockings
Taken at: Winter Things (Between Rages)

Sweaterdress Season

When the snow falls, it's time to break out the sweaterdresses! There are two fun ones out right now in the WomenStuff track of the MEGAhunt 2 (running through January 2, so there's still plenty of time to get them!). It's a great way to spruce up your SL wardrobe for $1L per new outfit (or jewelry set, or maybe even a new skin); a few of the stores even put their items out for free.

This black and white cowl neck version is from Dressed by Lexi.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Paola Tan 1 (Peace On Earth Hunt 7)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner, Body Bazaar "Medium Red" lipstick
Hair: TRUTH Hair Sakura [Reds/Orange Bears]  (TheArcadeGacha June 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Dressed by Lexi "Wintertime Sweater Dress" (WomenStuff / MEGAstuff 2 Hunt)
Accessories: Chop Zuey "Gloriana Diamond Earrings" (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Christmas and Winter Holiday Village (StarRider II)

And a soft green scoop-neck from DEKA Fashsions! (I'll need to do a little more shape tweaking before wearing this one out & about in public - my default shape is a little too much "all about that bass" for the back hem area. ;D)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::.Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: ChiChickie! "Sherrie" (Hair Fair 2014 gift)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: DEKA Fashions "Bridget Light Green" (WomenStuff / MEGAstuff 2 Hunt)
Accessories: Chop Zuey "Gloriana Set" (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Winter Moon

Winter Wonderland

Spent a little time out and about this morning - including some time on the Gacha Galley (Arrrh, mateys!).

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5, Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: Analog Dog "Pop Scotch" Dark Reds (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: *COCO* Duffle Coat - Grey (TheArcadeGacha, Dec. 2014, 100L/pull)
Accessories: Dressed by Lexi "Snow Leopard Winter Gear in Blue" scarf & mittens (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Let It Snow!, Isles of Lyonesse

The "Let It Snow!" sim is absolutely gorgeous - if you haven't been to see it yet, please do! The scenery deserves plenty of pictures without my mug in them. ;)

Moar Coffee

Actually today was one of those headache-y, "not enough coffee in the world" kind of days.

At least now I have an appropriate bed-head hairstyle for such days. (no, I haven't made it into the December Arcade yet - but somebody did and had 'my' color so woo  \o/)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5 
Hair: Mina "Selenia" Dark Reds\(The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)

My Typical November...

...involves very little actual SL time. Like millions of other writers around the world, I spend November doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), trying to write 50,000 words of original fiction over the course of 30 days.

So no shopping, really, and very little of anything else - but I did get 50,209 words written! (Now on to the harder part - trying to edit what I've written so it's actually decent.)

I'll probably start trying to get into the December round of The Arcade, but there's not as much I'm interested in getting this time around. :(

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5 
Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Writer Hair - Reds\Moning  hematite (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: Kastle Rock Couture "His Shirt October" (Oct. 2013 group gift)
Glasses: ***VIPs Creations*** Mesh Blue Glasses
Desk Set: *-*C-Outlet*-* Orient Desk set w/ laptop
Taken at: Home