My parents-in-law are flying out to our house for Thanksgiving this year! I can’t wait. I love not only the meal, but the build-up–cooking in the kitchen for the day or two prior, setting a festive fall table, watching Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and even the cheesy Macy’s parade, which Mr. Magpie and I tend to watch while eating Pillsbury cinnamon rolls (so bad/good) and drinking our morning coffee. Coziest feeling ever. A couple of things I’m eyeing in preparation for the holiday:
+Tgiving crackers for the tabletop ($24).
+I like to keep my buffet stocked with season-appropriate cocktail napkins, and Caspari makes the greatest prints and has the highest quality napkin–like these ($8.66) or these ($8).
+I really want this turkey tureen ($49).
+My favorite fall candle ($62).
+While on my Target run from hell this past weekend, I spotted these faux mohair throws — they are super soft and cozy (on sale for $27).
For my table, I have a few mercury glass candle holders ($13+) that I like to pair with gold or white candlesticks ($16 for 6). And some good linens ($130).
And now for my favorite part — what to wear?! I personally like to wear a dress (any excuse to get dolled up, hehe). These are the picks I’m trying to decide between:
+I am really into forest green this season, and Zara has two excellently priced contenders: this $70 lace find and this $129 Self-Portrait lookalike.
+This more expensive Parker style ($398), also deep green (“juniper,” to be exact), is very much in my wheelhouse. Love a nipped waist and that leather-trimmed, tiered situation at the bottom.
+Finally, this green-and-gold burnout dress from Cynthia Rowley ($398) is speaking to me.
+Burgundy lace is perfection ($145). Or burgundy silk ($218).
+The bell sleeves make this ($448) feel very au courant, and the embroidered/textured pattern is so festive. Anything BUT basic black.
+This satin dress from Alexander McQueen, on sale for $358, is a great pumpkin color and could look very put-together for in-laws.
+This RedValentino (on sale for $397) strikes a ladylike-and-season-appropriate chord (love the collar!)
+This N Nicholas dress is the PERFECT fall color ($395), and those bell sleeves!!!
