Tgivs.

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!!!