Christmas Party Outfit Inspiration + A Few New House Purchases + WIWT

Christmas Party 1, My Midlife Fashion, Shop My Style, whistles kick flare cropped trousers, mango velvet blouse, hush glitter clutch, bruce by bruce oldfield tuxedo jacket, john lewis carly bead clutch bag, l k bennett alessia court shoes, mango metallic top, hush glitter clutch, mint velvet nali pointed toe pumps

Velvet Top - Mango

Beaded Clutch - John Lewis

Kick Flare Cropped Trousers - Whistles

Metallic Camisole - Mango

Glitter Clutch - Hush

Glitter Pointed Top Pump - Mint Velvet

Morning ladies. Today marks the start of a few posts I've put together for outfit suggestions for the forthcoming Christmas festivities. As I don't know about you but this is probably the time of year where we've all got at least a couple of occasions for dressing up & it's always nice to have some ideas from which you can shop or draw inspiration.

So for my first post I thought we'd concentrate on Christmas parties - whether that be the office party, a night out with the girls or a meal with family/friends.

Christmas Party 2, My Midlife Fashion, Shop My Style, Christmas Party Outfit Inspiration, mint velvet ribbed tie front dress, marks and spencer stilletto v front court shoes, jaeger leopard print leather zip bag, coast rosabelle sequin lace dress, marks and spencer kitten heel court shoes, coast belle party glitter clutch, whistles marlene lace panel dress, marks and spencer suded stiletto peeptoe shoe boot, dune bastille clutch

Dress - Coast
Clutch - Coast
Shoes - Marks & Spencer

Dress - Mint Velvet
Clutch - Jaeger
Shoes - Marks & Spencer

Dress - Whistles
Clutch - Dune
Shoes - Marks & Spencer

Now when I started writing this post I didn't intend to pick mainly black clothing but as it happens these are the pieces I was most drawn to & if I'm honest probably what I'm most likely to wear for a dressier occasion. Plus it means you can have fun with your accessories such as the sparkly slogan clutch above, not to mention with a simple change of accessories you can create a whole new look.

Christmas Party 3, My Midlife Fashion, Shop My Style, mango leather biker jacket, carvela kiwi barely there sandals, mint velvet fluted sleeve top, true decadence jacquard skater skirt, marks and spencer suede stilletto deep v court shoes, modern rarity ribbed batwing cashmere jumper, marks and spencer suede stilleto caged peep toe shoe boot, mint velvet velvet lace pencil skirt, karen millen bex silk camisole

Leather Biker Jacket - Mango or The White Company

Top - Mint Velvet

Skirt - True Decadence

Shoes - Marks & Spencer

Jumper - Modern Rarity

Skirt - Finery

Shoe Boots - Marks & Spencer

Camisole - Karen Millen

Skirt - Mint Velvet

Sandals - Carvela

And of course they're also multi-functional as well & can so easily be dressed down to day wear to help justify that new purchase or two ;-)

Stepping away from party clothes & onto a few new house purchases that I made over the course of Cyber Weekend that are still on offer. Firstly this stunning Pineapple light that currently has 30% off till midnight on Sunday & secondly a new room diffuser.

My Midlife Fashion, Laura Ashley Large Pineapple Complete Lamp, The white company room diffuser lime and bay

Large Pineapple Complete Light - 30% off till midnight on Sunday

Lime & Bay Room Diffuser - 15% off with code AP238

And finally this gorgeous snow globe that I'm planning on keeping out all year long because who doesn't love watching the glitter fall all year round?! This is part of a 3 for 2 offer so if you've got a couple of Christmas presents to buy you can get it for free :-)