The Holiday Dress Hunt 2K15

November is a bit too early to deck the halls and for the Christmas tunes to populate my playlist, but if there's anything you can do to get ready for the upcoming holiday season it's to — of course, my favorite activity — shop.

I realized the countdown to holiday office party season is closing in (the mental calendar is just flipping by) and had a mini crisis last week... What am I going to wear?! I'm tired of toting around the same LBD to every semi-formal event that crosses my calendar, and it's my first office holiday party ever (...and I've heard it's a pretty major deal — yay big girl job perks) so naturally I hit the web in search of some buyable inspiration.

After hours of poring over hundreds (probably thousands) of dresses online I decided my pick of the season would be the ASOS Gold and Navy Sparkle Mesh Dress (it seems to be popular so may be out of stock for a while, but in true ASOS fashion they randomly restock select sizes so keep checking back - that's how I scored mine!). It's perfect. But in my search I came across a lot of other beautiful options so I thought I would round up some of my favorite runner-up contenders for The Holiday Dress Hunt 2K15 (and click through to shop). Enjoy!