Happy Sunday, loves! How was everyone’s weekend? I had a few friends in town which meant a bunch of New York Christmas activities. We stopped by the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, lunched at the Boathouse in Central Park (must-do), went to Bryant Park, dined at Spasso, and stopped by Rockefeller Center to see the tree!  If you ever get the chance to visit New York during the holidays, I highly recommend! It’s my most favorite time of year. Here are a few links I loved this week.

11 Amazing Quotes from Cate Blanchett. On ageing: “Of course one worries about getting older – we’re all fearful of death, let’s not kid ourselves. I’m simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor?” LOVE Cate.

Beyonce releases a new film called “Yours and Mine.” A very cool documentary on her perspective and life. And hopefully you’ve seen this video, but if you haven’t, here is again just for fun.

Bloggers, have you thought about or worked on your SEO strategy? I highly recommend the lovely Julia Lovallo.

J.Crew is offering 40% off sweaters for women, men, and kids! Also, have you heard the news that the coolest 4 year old will be help designing a line for crew cuts?

Kate Spade and Anna Kendrick team up for the cutest holiday ad. #truelife

Love Julia’s holiday decor tips.

Have you picked up your blanket scarf yet this season?

Shop 20% off new markdowns at Serena and Lily! I NEED this alpaca fur cuff stocking. So cute.

Love this hair curling tip.

11 Ways to Turn Your Commute Into A Secret Getaway.

10 Things to do in Chicago this holiday season!

In case you missed it on lauren-nelson.com:

• This week I partnered with Anne Klein to share a little holiday inspiration.
• I created a holiday gift guide for the book worm!
• I also embraced my inner prep last week.
• And in case you missed it, my 2014 Gift Guide dedicated to beauty.

Hello, ladies and Happy Friday! We are officially 20 days away from Christmas. Isn’t that NUTS?! I have zero plans this weekend – winning! – but hoping to get some work done on the interwebs. I know I haven’t done this in a while but today I’ve rounded up some links I have been loving as of late. Enjoy!

• Myself, Hallie and Jess all shared three fun and completely different looks with the Everygirl this week! You can take a peek at the full feature here.

• Have you heard of the Golden Girl? I worked with Jess, who is the fashion editor for the Everygirl, on my feature this week and she is the cutest! Be sure to add her blog to your daily reads!!

• New York gals, please do yourself a favor and stop by #73 Spring Shop! Some of my favorite girls (Mackenzie, Roxy, Inslee, Loren and Alex) are hosting the cutest pop up shop you ever did see. I’d like to move in (like yesterday).

• Two brand new gift guides this week! One for the beauty guru on your list and the other includes my favorite stocking stuffers under $50 dollars!

• I’d like to make these. YUM.

• You’ll be less stressed if you check your email less frequently? True or false?

• I want this plaid cape!!

• Hey, gorgeous!

• How cute does Julia look in her winter white?

• From the archives: Coffee Talk with the College Prepster!

• Keep em’ coming. Shop 30% off J.Crew when you spend $150 dollars or more!

• Awwwwww yea, Taylor.

• How to decorate with candlesticks for the holidays via Martha Stewart!

• Taking notes from Valentino on how to set a table.

• A delicious egg nog recipe I’d like to try out.

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