First post of 2016! First of all, I wish you had the best of times at New Year's Eve and 1st of January. This year I spent the evening on a little, little town at my friend's since we both didn't have much of a plan by our own. So, we decided to go for a girl's night out and pajama party which was really fun and different than the regular party hard around. I don't know about you, but I haven't got much out of home this holidays. Instead, I've spent lots of time with my family, far away from work and class issues, keeping up with some old friends, drawing and designing... It's been fun too, as I usually spend lots of time out of home during class periods (I'm grateful I'm attending College here in Valencia and not miles away).

As I started 2015 with no resolutions at all, I plan 2016 to be different. This year, I want to be the best Amanda I can. I want to start new projects, to enjoy 200% whatever I'm into, to love every piece of the things I do and try to do as many things as I can. I've already got involved on lots of stuff at College, as collaborating at the Architecture School magazine, organizing some cultural events and coordinate little workshops for freshmen which is exciting and super interesting. It's crazy to be involved on so many things, but it is also crazy how many new people someone is able to meet, how many amazing ideas are flowing around and the great atmosphere. You know: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

About the outfit, I just realized it's super similar to last year's first post! Same grey wrap coat, similar red dress! So anyway, here's a 2.0 version of a holiday/winter outfit for all of you to take some ideas, with some color-block trend touches. I find unbelievable I've had this coat for about a year and only worn it very few times, since it is the warmest and most comfortable ever. Maybe it's because its length. I don't feel it very handy for everyday, since I'm always carrying tons of things with me and there're no hangers in our classes (you have to leave everything on the surrounding available desks). So, my outfits for College are usually based on blazers and trousers or comfy, medium-length skirts.

Yesterday I didn't have any classes. Yesterday was October 9th, and that means in Valencia it's holiday. Every year we celebrate the entry by Jaime I to the city, who conquered the city about 800 years ago. Honestly, I don't really care about all the institutional acts done this day, but I love the thing that there're fireworks, we can eat ''marzipan fruits'' (bakery shops only start cooking them about a week before 9th October, and never bake them again until the next year. That's a pitty, because they're one of my favourite things on this world, and they're delicious) which are very, very cute, and which are supposed to be gifted from husbands to wifes with a scarf or handkerchief. The tradition is called ''Mocadorà'', and it's very curious...

I also got my Patricia Avendaño polka dot dress (I talked to you about it here) which straps and back has been fixed. I have also been gifted some cute hair accesories (such as rhinestone and pearl combs, hair clips...) which are usually used on wedding updo's and cocktail buns, and a grey fur coat. Anyway, some of them are really wearable and quite discreet for class.

Yesterday we also went out for dinner to ''Los 3 Mares'', which is a great restaurant with traditional dishes next to home. We had some ''bravas'' potatoes (which are fried potatoes with ketchup or spicy sauce, and garlic sauce. Delicious) and sepia sandwiches. I really like the ambient on that restaurant, because it really feels like you're inside an old cruise ship, with all its walls covered with wood and those huge bottles above the shelves. We had a really great time!

About the outfit... I'm not really into color block. I usually prefer monochrome or black/white + something colorful. But I gave it a try, and decided that the yellow top with the blue klein pants didn't look so striking as I thought. I finally decided to pair with them my clip earrings from H&M I got some weeks ago still on sales.