What day is it? 8/30, Yeah, that Sounds Right.

Posting my outfit this often is starting to make my brain feel mushy. I like to post my outfit a couple of times a week and then that leaves me the rest of the week for other posts and for wearing the same thing twice and being lazy. I know, lame, right? I do like this challege because it is forcing me to really think about how I mix my pieces. I do get it ruts sometimes where I wear the same several items, the same way every time. So there's that positive.

8/30:


Today is the first time I've remixed a main item from my 30 items. I've remixed shoes and pants, but today I'm re-mixing the same dress from Day 2. I paired it with black leggings, purple cardi and tall black boots. I wanted to wear my diamond patterned tights, but I couldn't find them this morning. Looking at the outfit, I kind of wish I had gone with my grey leggings. Too much black, I think. I added my pebbles necklace for the finishing touch. I was going to add more jewelry, but I was running behind.

Busy day today. Sorry for the short post.

Double Duty, 6/30 and 7/30

I decided to skip Saturday because I didn't go anywhere all day. So here is Sunday and Monday.

6/30:

Football Sunday. My trusty Urlacher jersey, black skinny jeans and brown lace up boots. I accessorized with my Bears beanie (It was cold here!) and an orange AE boyfriend tank for under the jersey. I hope that's not cheating. I forgot to pick a layering tank for under my jersey and it would not be socially acceptable for me to go out with nothing under it!

7/30:

Today I spent the morning running errands, I even picked up a few holiday gifts! Bonus. I needed something warm, cozy and comfortable for a lot of walking.

I went with my taupe layering tank (the one with the pink stripes on the shoulders), my pink crocheted sweater, black skinnies (yesI wore them two days in a row, scandelous!) and my brown lace up boots. I accessorized with my brown pashmina scarf.

I got this sweater ages ago at Steinmart. It was a total steal. It's one of those items that can't be put in the drier though and my husband put it in there one day. I had to really work on it to get it stretched back out. Ever since it's been a little shorter than it was, but I think with a long tank, it still works. Thoughts?

I also noticed that I mixed black and brown two days in a row. My younger sister things this is a fashion no-no, but I disagree. I think black and brown mix just fine. How do you feel about that?

5/30

Have to do a polyvore today. Yesterday was crazy busy and there just wasn't time to take pictures.

I needed a super easy outfit to get me through day 5 of 30:

5/30 by Sara 2579

My striped long sweater, sparkle tank, grey leggings (not pictured) and studded boots. No accessories. I had an important doctor's appointment in the morning that required something ultra comfortable to get me through. The appointment went really well! Hopefully some day I'll be ready to share, but not yet. Then after my husband and I blew off the rest of the day and we had Terrific Lady Day*, we drove about an hour and a half from where we live and visited a micro brewery that we love, walked along the river, blew some cash at a casino and then visited friends that live about an hour away. It was a great Terrific Lady Day. Actually, I think I have a phone picture of us at the river. Can't see much of my outfit, but something is better than nothing.

What are you doing for the weekend days? I'm not sure I should count today. We don't have any plans right now, so I might not even leave my house. I'd hate to whip up an outfit just for a post.

*If you don't watch The League on FX, you really should. It's very funny.

3/30 and 4/30

So I got busy yesterday and a post just never happened. I took the pictures, though, thank goodness!

I present to you, day 3/30:

This is not an adventurous outfit for me. I wear this combo often. The only adjustments I really make with it is swapping out black leggings for brown and brown boots for black. That's about as crazy as I get with this piece. The tunic is from Mark. I really like it, the material is great, very light. The fit is a bit off though. It's a tad big in the bust and a tad small at the hips. Not

so much that I can't wear it, but enough that I notice. It has a zipper all the way down the front. I love the look of the zipper, but I wish it was double ended so that I could notch it up a bit at the bottom when I sit. As is, I get the zipper bubble, which is annoying.

I accessorized with my dark brown poncho, which doubled as my coat for the day and some dangly earrings. I was lazy and pulled up my hair and skipped my contact lenses. I love my poncho. It's great for a cold office and for wearing as a coat when it's not super cold. My husband makes fun of it and calls it my blanket. But believe me, there have been times when we have been out somewhere and it was chilly and he became jealous of my blanket.

Moving on to day 4/30:

I am beyond in love with my outfit today and I think it shows on my face in the pictures. I definitely rolled with the spirit of 30 for 30 mixing today, because I never would have mixed this outfit this way before. Ignore the hair and glasses, I employed the L-Factor again today. That's my hubby's term for laziness.

I wanted to be a bit dressed up, yet keep my edge (I'm so lame that I think leggings under my dress is edge). I love this printed dress with this brown jacket. I think it's very slimming for some reason. I added the black leggings because I didn't feel like doing tights and my ruffled brown booties. I love these shoes because they are somewhat chameleon-like in that depending on what you pair them with they can look grey or brown.

I accessorized with my Alex and Ani bangles and some fun earrings.

How do you accessorize with heavily patterned pieces?

I employed major pattern on my primary items both yesterday and today and I feel like I got a little timid with the accessories. I had a brown scarf with me today in case I got chilly, but I didn't need it.

Day 2 -- Monochromatic

Today, I was apparently in a monochromatic mood. I'm not really sure how it happened, it just did. I easily could have swapped my necklace for something else and same for the boots, but I really just kind of liked it the way it was. I hope you do too. I had a meeting today, so I needed to get a little more dressed up than usual.

The sweater is from Target. Boots from JC Penny. Necklace from NY&Co a long time ago. Hair clip is something I've had since I was about 10 years old.

The dress is the key mixing piece here, I think. It's from Fashion Bug. I got this dress for a whopping $4 about a month ago. I added it to the challenge because it's so very simple. I figured it would be a good piece for mixing in a multitude of ways. So far, so good. It's just an easy tank dress with a slightly sinched waist.






I also went on a quest to find a better photo location. My spare bedroom was always perfect, but lately the camera can't figure out if it needs the flash or not and it's driving me batty. I'm thinking maybe the lighting is being affected by the time change. I guess that's a possibility. So I tried my office. Pretty good. Lighting is better, but I think the color of the walls is a bit too much flair for a decent picture. It takes away from the clothes in my opinion.














I decided to try one more place before putting the camera way. I tried the upstairs hallway. I actually like this lighting the best here. The wall is a tad more neutral, so I think that helps a lot. But I can't seem to get a good angle to get my whole body. Grrr.

Maybe I should try out on my back deck for some out doors photos. Nice thought now that it's in the 50's here in Michigan, huh!









I also grabbed a tight shot of my necklace and my hair clip today. No particular reason. I just like them both. The necklace looks a bit more red in this picture than it does in person. It's much more of a wine color.

1 for 30

Okay, I'm ready. Got my camera working! So today I'll post my first 30 for 30 outfit and the pictures of my items. I'll apologize in advance that I'm still having a lighting issue with my camera. It seems that it doesn't know when it needs the flash. So some pics are super bright and then others are a little dark. Something is better than nothing though right? Uggg.

Day 1 for 30:
Purple cascading cardi, black leggings, black sparkle tank and tall black studded boots. I added the necklace for a pop. I need to get a tighter shot of this necklace because it's fabulous.

I hope I'm happy with my 30 items. And I hope that they mix well. I'm a little concerned that I selected too many shoes. I'm also concerned that I didn't choose enough casual items. We'll see how it goes!

30 for 30 Items:

Shoes/Boots: Six Pair. This was the hardest category for me. I have quite the shoe collection.

Three Cascading Cardis: Two long sleeve and one vest. I realized I made a mistake here. I need a long sleeved t-shirt for under the vest and I didn't select any. I think I'm going to swap this for a sweater dress. I hope that's not cheating.

Four More Cardis.

Four Layering Tanks.

Three Misc. One tunic, two blazers.

Two sports shirts. I nearly forgot to include my Bears and Red Wings garb! That would have been a problem.

Four bottoms. Two leggings and two jeans.

Below: Four Dresses.

Ugg, Camera!

I'm still having camera problems! I finally got it worked out this evening though. Unfortunately, I'm just too tired to take photos of my 30 for 30 outfits. I will post them first thing Monday, promise! Not a good start. Sorry.