Happy Day-After-Christmas, friends! We're still in Virginia until Saturday, but after that Rob and I have plans for a quiet and romantic New Year's Eve dinner at

Fogo de Chao

 in Minneapolis. I'm really looking forward to getting dressed up and spending our last unmarried NYE together. In 2014, we'll be Mr. and Mrs. Peterson! I'm planning to put on a fancy dress, some heels, and do something really fun with my hair.

I'm not too much of an up-do lady, although I love an elegant up-do for really special events, I usually show up to a holiday party with my normal hair--curled, but maybe with a bit more volume than usual. I'm a fan of vintage styles, and really love the whole victory roll look (as you can see

here

). For our New Year's Eve dinner, I want to try something similar to that, but maybe a bit less costume-y. Lucky for me, Pantene sent a huge box of awesome products to help make my holiday hair styling a breeze.

Read further to check out the style I'm using for inspiration, the Pantene products, and to win a set of your own!

I came across 

this tutorial

 in Cosmopolitan the other day and just really loved it. I'm not sure how it's going to work with my bangs but I'm excited to give it a try!

This is what Pantene sent me:

Pantene Heat Shield Shampoo + Conditioner

Pantene

Advanced + Keratin Repair KeraGloss Oil Mist

Pantene

Smooth with Argan Oil Shine Serum

Pantene

Daily Moisture Renewal Silky Moisture Whip

Pantene

Stylers Extra Strong Shaping Hairspray

Pantene

Root Lifter Spray Gel

Pantene

Volume Triple Action Volume Mousse

Pantene

Stylers Heat Protection Spray

Want to win a Pantene package for yourself? 

Simply comment on this post and tell me your New Year's Eve plans! 

Don't forget to enter in Rafflecopter below! I'll pick a winner tomorrow.

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I was selected for this opportunity as a member of

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and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

 

Wishing you all the happiest of holidays.

Hello and happy Friday from my parents' house in Virginia! I haven't posted Friday Favorites in a while, but I've been saving plenty of links since the last one. Hope you enjoy!

I meant to share this with you quite a while ago, but WholeMe sent me some snacks and I absolutely loved them. They sell grain-free, Paleo-friendly bars and cereal and it is all just so good. My favorite was definitely this cereal, which I shared a link to in Cave Girl's December newsletter. It's especially good with a couple spoon-fulls of almond butter, a sliced banana, and a splash of almond milk.

To Read
Before the Web, Hearts Grew Silent. What a beautiful piece.
A little late, but here's a fall reading list from Verily Magazine. Have you read any of these?
Make a new blog friend this weekend with Helene in Between.
I loved this piece about learning to be sad. I loved the author's use of the words "to sit with sadness."
Such an interesting essay: A Textual Analysis of The Hunger Games

Inspiring
How I Faced My Fears and Learned to Be Good at Math. As someone who is really bad at math, this spoke to me.
Such a gorgeous video: "Disabled" Mannequins Remind Us That Beautiful Doesn't Mean "Perfect"
Google Zeitgeist 2013. Google's videos always make me feel so glad to be a human in this world today.

Cute Stuff
Loving this sweet dress. I'm not sure if I like it more in orange or blue.
These little earrings remind me of Christmas cookies.

Funny and/or Interesting
30 Amazing Things That Get Mind-Boggling If You Really Think About Them
Jon Stewart's reaction to Megyn Kelly's racism was just too good.
For Everyone Who Would Have Chosen Aidan over Mr. Big. Please tell me some of you are with me.
In honor of the holidays, a very helpful chart on how not to be an asshole.

To Watch
Did you see my video for Bayer CropScience's Thankful4Ag campaign? It was such a pleasure working on this.
Pentatonix's Little Drummer Boy gives me chills.
Some of my friends and I have news! Keep an eye out--it's going to be good.

Sponsored
The Bouqs is giving away twelve months of bouquets! Enter to win at the end of this post.

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It's really nice being home. Tomorrow I have my wedding day hair trial and a photo shoot with Ashley of VA Photography and then on Sunday, Rob is getting in. What do you have planned this weekend?