Everyoneís morgen aids today we've got a message room behind me I just got back in town from New York from a fun little weekend
If you are not following my blog miss over on my vlog channel make sure that you check that out so today
I'm going to be taking you guys through OJ's December 4th and I'm throwing a little Christmas like girls night
party for a lack of a better word on the evening of December
6th so I just wanted to make this video take you guys like kind of start to finish through
preparations and just setting up and food recipes and drink recipes and what I'm wearing and
decorations it's gonna be spanning a couple days
I'm so excited at most the partner Nordstrom on this video which is really cool so first of all like
created a Google Doc broken down by dinner appetizers and
desserts I'm even giving out a little like mini gift to every one of a few drink recipes haven't fully figured out I know I
Want to do a drink that has like either cranberries or pomegranate seeds or something in like rosemary
garnish in there just because that's super pretty I want to do a drink with eggnog we're gonna have like a little hot chocolate
bar I'm going to be making a little turkey chili recipe for dinner for
appetizers slash hors d'oeuvres if you will I'm gonna make a really elaborate cheese board I'm also gonna have this like festive fruit tray gonna
Do this queso recipe and then I think I'm gonna do a bacon-wrapped dates
little thing they like my half goat cheese on the inside and then for dessert I'm gonna make a little ice cream sundae bar then
I'm gonna pick up some macaroons
it's also gonna be way too much food
I'm fully aware but I don't care whatever Corina is you a white elephant I bought
Gingerbread house little minis to do a gingerbread house competition and there is even a prize for that that I got so that's just
basic background thank you for sitting through that spiel and now we're gonna get into the really fun part which is
making it happen
I have crafted up a list on my phone
we got in the notes section
broken down by everything I need for like each category of food and drink and we're about to hit up the store and start
stocking up
I've got a lot of the stuff I need to get some ice cream first sundae bar but for the most part things are done
right back and unpacking everything so I was there I literally saw in the frozen section goat cheese stuffed dates that are bacon-wrapped
So I had this little debate about if I should make my own forget those I decided I was gonna speak my own I also
Just had a package at the door when I walked in I ordered these little glass serving bowls it'll be cute for like
cheese board set up to have like some nuts or honey I did I do a little grocery haul to show you guys what we
picked up got some dates and goat cheese and bacon for that recipe
lots of cheeses here I'm gonna make a little like baked brie recipe got two things of strawberries for chocolate covered strawberries got some rosemary
for just garnish and for cooking for me personally and got some cranberries and pomegranate seeds just as other little festive
decorations this is going on our queso recipe I got a couple candy bars because we're gonna do a little ice cream
sundae bar and I thought that these be cute to like crush up and put in those little jars is like a topping as
well as I got a
caramel sauce and a fudge sauce before that I'm doing on a little fruit tray I thought
I'd cut up some like orange and apple
I got some little cracker
assortments I just saw these and thought that this seemed like something we could have these are
so cool I'm gonna put like milks in these for
hot chocolate making and then stuff for the chili I'm doubling the recipe I normally make in here we up the rest and then on
top I got some green ions and lifehack if you're a sour cream person plain Greek yogurt
tastes exactly the same and I have like some Mexican blend cheese
And I also bought this little serving dish that was on sale for ten dollars instead of twenty so I thought that would be good
morning guys it is now the day before our little Christmas girls night
So today I'm gonna be doing some more preparations beginning with this morning
I'm actually heading over to North local located on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood
where I
Ordered a bunch of stuff and had it delivered over there so that I can try it on in store and just immediately return right
there whatever I don't want also they just offer a ton of services at the north's from local locations
So I will take you guys about those in a little bit but first up I'm actually just getting together
before I head over there I'm knocking out a lot of birds with this stone if you will I'm getting together a bunch of clothing
Donations I'm going to take over there to donate because you can actually drop off donations that you want to go to Goodwill and they
Will take care of those for you so I've been needing to do that you guys have seen my closets right now I'm just getting
Together some stuff for that so at Nordstrom local you can get gifts are up there so for our party we are having
a little gingerbread house competition
So I thought it'd be cute to vote on it and then give away a little prize
I'm gonna bring these over there so I got this bag together it was just some last-minute stuff
heading off and when I get back I'm going to show you guys the little gift bags
I'm putting together for people it's just like a little small like Happy Holidays
token of appreciation
For friendship I'm picking up part of that and my order is always some outfits for this and we're gonna go there now we're here
Here is the store look how cute this is they have a little coffee bar all this is free
no seselis posters
I've seen them on the websites you can get your nails done here which! I'm actually hoping to do so I just walk back here
And they have all of your stuff set out for you to try, on so excited so talk about like
five-star treatment right now guys I have all of this I have a room
Do you see this?
First of all I guess I'll just show everything but I thought these heels would be super cute for like a holiday event and I'm
wanting to glam up this has nothing to do with holidays
I've just been really wanting these adidas track pants everything will be linked below
I also
wanted to get the Steve Madden pair of these heels because I have a similar style that they actually broke a long time ago because
they were from a cheap brand and then as you guys can tell I'm a big fan of
these little
Slides so these are the Steve Madden ones and this is the exact same pair just like a grey
somewhat suede material it's like a little bit soft sneak preview of a little something going in the gift bags the biggest fan of all
Of these little sugarfina candies but especially the champagne bears so I'm gonna put one of these and everyone's little
Present so random but I just got some little
no
show nike socks these are my favorite ones goes on the back they have like a little grip thing inside so that it
isn't like riding up and down on your heel so got that to go with that
Next up I'm obsessed with this sequin dress like just a long-sleeve little black dress I think it's a MIDI link so we're gonna see
how that looks on fingers big chunk curls and then lastly I just got this little short, sleeve
like velvety top and
It's remained well they have this in a ton of colors and hour so this would be really cute to wear tomorrow there are three
Nordstrom local locations there's this one on Miller's West Hollywood there's one in Brentwood and then there's one in downtown LA and
you can have your things delivered here and get this special treatment and free drinks and coffee and I mean they have champagne but
Have a lot to do today you know also a really cool thing about
Norma local is that hey you can Richard like if this doesn't work for example I can return this right here right now
but another really cool thing is that you can bring in returns that you may have two
completely other brands that are not Nordstrom and like just bring the packing slip that came with it and they will do your return for
You so you like don't have to go to UPS it's just kind of like a one-stop shop for a lot of different
services basically you can also get alterations done here have
Everything you need down here and they're so nice okay hey the jeans I'm wearing currently are actually from Topshop I got at Nordstrom they
were on sale I'm obsessed with these shoes
I'm a big Sam Edelman fan and I already have a black pair like this and a new pair that I wear often especially the
black pair these are super cute they're like a good comfortable heel height and the little ankle strap I love
they're exactly what I expected super cute
Here is the top I think this is definitely what I'm gonna wear tomorrow it's like a grayish summer but like a hint of like
On purpley tone to it the sleeves are really loose which I think super flattering so earning this with the velvet top but I love
these track pants yeah just generally what I expect it just look at this
sparkle basically my family were doing a little glam Christmas card where I'm gonna be wearing like sequined dresses and taking pictures in this like
bougie house set up I don't know I'm just picturing this with like a super cute like black clutch okay and then lastly these are
the other Steve Madden slides they fit perfectly
And they're super cute so this is nice to have a pair that's not white so that they won't get messed up as easily
So yeah thanks Nora for having me next thing I'm gonna donate my stuff though is just right outside
The store does where you can drop this stuff off
Oh cool it's like my help, okay
Let's do this one for the wineglasses and then the little reindeer one for the wine stopper
And now it is mani time there's getting a little gel mani
the perfect party prep but I can do it here because my nails are growing out so badly this is what we used to do
mom okay picking a color see how's our complete such a good job I got a little gel manicure black as always
And we are at Christmas party ready it looks so good
Wow oh my gosh did they give you a pro list I didn't get wrapping they did yeah
Everything is all bagged up in the festive bags
I'm just so happy I'm gonna go drink a coffee over there then I'm gonna head home
I've got my little vanilla latte I'm
crafting up a little schedule for today and tomorrow this is everything I need to do today
and then I made a little schedule for tomorrow
I'll show you tomorrow but definitely prep as much as you can in advance just like I set out when the time comes and then
everything that needs to be cooked I'm starting around
6:15 also I realized I haven't yet shown the invite but I did this cute little invitation on here it's time to mix and mingle
Your magic to a gingerbread house competition join us as we eat Jordan Gibby Mary bring a white elephant gift if you'd like to participate
Now we're gonna do a little rapping I'm popping these under the tree
Alright so this is a little
Christmas token for everyone putting just a couple cute little things in there first of all each one of these has just a little Christmas
candle it's in addition to that I'm putting a little
champagne gummy bear box I got at Nordstrom I sell online a ton of the different candies from sugarfina
Nordstrom's the best choice to get it because it ships free and then I'm gonna put an ornament or two in the little gift bags
as well and this is just like a bulk set I got for super cheap alright
So each of these now have a candle - champagne gummy bears and two ornaments
Each I'm gonna get some tissue paper so that that can go in all of these I also decided to put a little mini bow
On the front of each one to save a couple bucks I might just
staple the top shut cuz that looks fine false alarm I apparently don't want a stapler
Good morning guys it is our event day one thing I forgot to say about norm local yesterday is that what is arguably the coolest
thing that I didn't even say you can order something online and select like pick up today
I mean it doesn't work for everything but you can pick up a lot of stuff same day at a Nordstrom a local store
so I'm actually running over there to get um a
little gold serving tray and then these like
little gold like cheese spreader nice things and then I'm hanging up the grocery store again to grab some last-minute thing for do that I'm
gonna go test drinks downstairs
Because this is I'm hoping the only time I'm leaving the house today
I think these drink recipes are gonna flop
I'll show you guys
So in the off case they don't that's awesome but in case they do I need to while I'm out go ahead and get some?
different stuff for drinks all right so we're trying a couple things I don't even know if I like eggnog I saw this and I
thought it'll be gross but let's try to just throw a lot together next I want to try a cute little like
holiday spritzer I found one that was ginger ale and Moscato and that was the simplest one I'm gonna try it
again might be gross I
Mascota was pretty easily sweeter so actually and this could be promising it's made with
cream spiced rum and brandy give us a little mix also these were rough estimate
Mmm oh I get I already know
Whatever ratio I did of this was great actually
Okay about that good on still more money done all right little spritzer let's try er again I don't know about these ratios they're just
toss some of Oatman here
Well most comics just pros to start with it so what do I expect I mean it tastes go with less Moscato but then it's
like they're even alcohol in this you know what I mean do I go full cocktail
you know I really just wanted to make a drink for the purpose of putting
cranberries and rosemary on it to be cute so maybe we'll put that in white wine or champagne
I don't know what but basically anything else got my Nordstrom stuff it was here
I'm so excited they're all so nice they're like I just get really
excited and happy every time I leave I'm gonna start coming here every day
Hugs up with the water also a cool thing you can do here is you can do a curbside pickup grocery stop one complete
now prep it guys
I'm so excited I just picked up these little gold spreader knives as well as this large
Serving tray which this might be the little like cheeseboard tray I don't know so I'll have all this links below about the tissue paper
So we're gonna pop those in here they look great. I'm starting to get some stuff
Oh!
I think I'm gonna assemble the cheese board now and then just like cover it and put it back in the fridge that way you
can just take that out later also I got some cute little label things so I can like label little stations for
hot chocolate and like drinks and blah blah blah and I also got these little toothpick flags which are cute to like stick on the
cheese board like in each cheese so that people know what it is I'm gonna prep these bacon-wrapped
dates that I'm making just so that those will be ready to go in the oven I'm gonna make some chocolate dipped
strawberries and I thought it could be a good idea to crush up some candy cane and then like put it in chocolate and like
dip a few of them in crushed candy cane I'm gonna prep this case our recipe nothing fancy about this whatsoever but it is the
best caso recipe everyone's always like what is this I'm literally Velveeta in hotels and
yeah terrible for you but it tastes really good I'm also going to prep this little baked brie recipe where I take this wedge and
just like cut it through the middle and then on one side you press these like
broken up walnuts onto it and the other side you put dried cranberries put it back together and then I'm gonna just wrap it put
In the fridge so again this is ready to go to just pop in the oven later I got all these written out on each
Side of the flag so that they will be ready because I decided I'm outgrowing this tray
And I'm not even done so I'm gonna grab another one all right
I've covered the bases with our
cheese's I kind of like placed bowls in here too like space things out I'm gonna have like rows for crackers now I'm gonna make
My chocolate covered strawberries I put a bag of dark chocolate chips in here and a little bit of coconut oil and we're gonna
melt that up brushed a few up best way to do that is put it in a plastic bag and then just hit it with
something or here this is still heating up nicely
alright those are done update the peppermint thing
didn't really work out they were feared to like fade it and stick to the chocolate we have a few peppermint a
novelty item a few people can have those I just cut up the Velveeta and put 1 can of Rotel I used half of the
Velveeta and then one Rotel that's kind of like how I cover that so it's ready to pop in the microwave later right now for
prepping the baked brie
also life I'm do your dishes this is what I meant by cut the brie long ways and half like that alright this is what
That looks like make sure they're like pressed in pretty well so that they're not gonna fall out when you flip one of the sides
Now we got a little sandwich we're gonna wrap it up in the fridge. She goes right
So this recipe seems easy enough
apparently just pit the date put a little goat cheese in it and then wrap it with half slice of bacon stick a toothpick in
It I don't eat and you bake it later so we're gonna for the best
They look amazing so now I'm putting those in the fridge you guys get the picture I prepped a few sundae toppings I crush up
some Oreos I have chocolate chips Kit Kat and Risa
I started riding on the little labels we have eggnog everyone back there that says chili we have this one I pre-made one that says
sundaes for when I set out the stuff later and I made our little hot chocolate
station these are gonna be filled with coconut milk and almond milk is getting ready to be game
Time so I'm started putting stuff in the oven this is the top I got at Nordstrom and I'm just like I like you because
it's really festive item but I'm dressed really
Casually because I'm at my own home and I'm wearing those Steve Madden slides starting the Chili's looks so good
Put the turkey in cooking it Ivan just preheated I'm gonna put in these
bacon-wrapped it dates all right these are getting crazy right now a case is going in that's going dates are in the oven when I
finished setting up the cheese board with the non cold ingredients got a lot to do Janine is helping me back with the chili
almost time we're getting close folks all right
We've got our first guest Shelby was like should
I come over I was like wait I am not done stay we have a little eggnog
station lots of stuff for eggnog
chips and queso cheese board one cheese war two macaroons chocolate some strawberries candy canes there's the don't you grow up bacon-wrapped dates
We've bought it?
Karaoke actually cheese green onions
If you want your drinks to look festive hot the eggnog going some nutmeg and cinnamon sticks
Chili with my girlies and the I haven't seen you in eight years alligators how long has actually been like legitimately weeks
We've been hanging now we've broke out the ice cream sundae stuff, so many flavors
When you're a failure of a party host and got everyone a little party favor and forgot they have it out until only maybe more
or less
Oh champagne well everyone will get it later and they'll be happy late okay my cute little
Family my camera has icing on it to attend the sign to sign off this vlog so thank you guys
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