Outfit Details:
Gray Cardigan (similar here and here), Striped Tee, Black Jeans, Glitter Platform Sneakers
For the last few years, we’ve stayed in for New Year’s Eve. I love dressing up, but I also love cozying up at home and developing some fun family traditions. Two of my favorites revolve around food!
First, fondue. We make a cheese fondue for dinner and put together a big spread of dippings — bread, apples, pretzels, raw veggies, meat, etc. Then for dessert, we make a chocolate fondue and dip fruit, marshmallows, pretzels, and anything else we can find. It’s a fun tradition that’s pretty easy to pull together (even at the last minute), and everyone always has fun. And don’t forget — if you drop your food into the fondue pot, you have to kiss the person next to you! 😉
My next favorite food tradition is French sodas. It’s an easy recipe — ice, soda water, flavored syrup, and a splash half and half.
Since it’s usually just our family, I like to stick with a casual outfit, but something a little festive. The second I saw these glitter sneakers, I knew I had to have them. They’re perfect for NYE and would be so fun with a little black dress, but are also super comfy with an oversized chunky sweater, black jeans, and a cute striped tee. And I love that they’re not blatantly holiday style so you can wear them all year long.
Nordstrom has a few other fun glittery pieces that would be perfect for New Year’s Eve. I’ve linked all my favorites in the widget below!
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Love these shades of colors..and love this warm cardi!!!
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Love this post! Two questions if you ever have a chance to respond…
1) Will you be sharing your favorite cheese fondue recipe? I love reading people’s fave recipes!
2) Do you ever have trouble staying up late (even for New Year’s Eve!) with a baby? I’m always so very tired that it has become hard to even be super festive like I used to be.
I’m trying to remember which one we used last year, because it was incredible! I’ll keep hunting…but this one is similar: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/13714/cheese-fondue/
And I stay up late pretty much every night working, so staying up isn’t a problem. But we celebrate on New York time with our kids, watching the ball drop in Times Square, and then putting them to bed. I like to start the new year right, and being exhausted isn’t the best way, so celebrate at 9pm and then go to bed 😉 xo
Do you have a favorite fondue pot?
We got this one for our wedding 10 years ago and it’s served us well all these years — definitely recommend it! http://bit.ly/2idI8iv
I would love a good broth fondue recipe!