Walking in a Winter Wonderland {of Lookbooks and Black Friday Sales}

Ruche

Anthropologie

Black Friday, aka the busiest shopping day of the year (although Christmas Eve may be a competitor). People have been killed trying to push their way into stores to try to get the best deals of the year. I do enjoy waking up early and going shopping with my friends and family because it's become a tradition. However, the madness, chaos, and utter disorder of many stores isn't worth the deals many times. 

This year, things have changed...black friday deals have moved online and one of my favorite stores will be participating in the black friday sales for the first time! Anthropologie is now offering an extra 50% off their sale items, in the store AND ONLINE! It's select hours only, so check online to see what hours your store will offer this amazing deal. Oh, and when shopping online, they are offering free shipping on orders over $100! 

Before I go, I love to look at lookbooks to get an idea of what to shop for. This year, my favorite two are Ruche's "Cherished, a Romantic Winter," and Fossil's "Thirty by Thrity" lookbook. First, let's take a look at Ruche....

This store carries a wonderful collection of vintage inspired clothing, footwear, and accessories. They are  Anthropologie-esk without the high price tags. Their lookbook this year is just as it is described...oh so romantic. My favorite part is the video they put together of the photo-shoot. Get ready, get set, SWOON....

The next lookbook is Thirty by Thirty from Fossil. I never knew they had clothes until I started following Kendi's blog: Kendi Everyday. This unique lookbook combines the Thirty by Thirty challenge that Kendi is famous for. She takes 30 items of clothing, including shoes but excluding accessories, and mixes and matches for 30 days. This is all you are allowed to wear during that time period; no cheating and wearing other items from your closet. The goal is to realize just how much you have instead of going into your closet everyday and thinking, "I have NOTHING to wear!" 

She teamed up with Fossil this year and created 30 looks out of their winter collection. They are all lovely, a few of my favorites are below. 

Happy Thanksgiving and happy shopping!