17/30

I can't remember if I've worn these shoes in the 30-for-30 challenge yet. So this might be a not-yet-seen item again. I've been doing very well working new items into the challenge.


Pardon the less-than-great hair and lack of make-up. It was raining and I wasn't interested in redoing it all day.


I'm using my brown blazer again. The blazer was last seen all the way back on day 4! I think I need to work my blazers into my wardrobe more often. I'm not sure why I don't. I think it's because I'm not in a formal office anymore so I just don't think about wearing them. It's really too bad, because it looks great with this totally casual look. I look structured and nipped in at the waste. Note to self, wear your blazers more!


This time much more casual with a studded tank and skinny jeans. I went with the gold flats because I had a lot of walking ahead of me today. I was going to do the ruffled booties, but I knew--although they are very comfy--the all-day walking would do me in.


Do you have items in your closet that you know always look great, but for some reason they get ignored?

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Cheater

I must confess, I totally cheated on the 30-for-30 challenge. No, I didn't wear something outside of my 30 items, I shopped! Yes, I did it. I totally bought two pair of shoes today. But I couldn't help it, 6pm.com has Tsubo Shoes for up to 70% off. What's a girl to do? I mean, really, could I sound like more of an addict?

I got the green booties and the nude pumps. I'm most excited for the booties and I really did need a pair of nude pumps (again, total addict rationale). The boots that are in this set are an item I'm still lusting after. I want them SO bad, but they are not as deeply discounted as the two I already purchased. The booties and the pumps were both the full 70% off, but the boots are only 40% off and still slightly over the $100 mark. Oh, what's a girl to do?

Tsubo by Sara 2579

*Note, when you mouse over these items they are not all giving the 6pm.com prices so Polyvore is showing them as much more expensive that what I paid today.

16/30

I incorporated another not-yet-seen 30-for-30 item. The lace, ruffled tank. I thought I had worn this already in the challenge, but I think I must have worn it before the challenge started.

I added my purple cascading cardi, studded skinny jeans and brown boots. I was going to go with black boots, but I decided that was too predictable. Plus my hubs commented the other day that I wear my black boots too often--whoops! I know it's bad when he notices something about my wardrobe.

The only accessory that I had time to add was this cute little bobby pin for my hair. It's a fabric covered button glued to a silver bobby pin. The fabric is pink and white and kind of flowery.

15/30--A Re-Mix Fail, Saved

I'm trying to have a bit more fun with my pictures. I hope it reads well today and not lame:)


Day 15: Half Way!

While getting dressed this morning, I knew it was supposed to be warm-ish and windy, so the hair went back and I wanted to be comfortable. I nearly committed a re-mixing fail by wearing an outfit that consisted of challenge items, but not re-mixed at all. At the last second, I decided to swap my leggings for skinny jeans and my boots for pumps. I left on my black socks. I think it worked just fine. I added my hot pink scarf and bundled it up tight around my neck to cover that bit of exposed chest. Right before I was about to leave I noticed how sunny it was outside so I grabbed my shades to complete the outfit.


These jeans have little silver studs that go all the way down each leg. I thought they might be a bit too much with this sweater, but I think I was wrong. I'm surrounded by people that are not very creative with their clothes and they don't take chances or mix patterns/colors/embellishments, so sometimes I worry that I'm a little over-the-top. I need to get over that and not worry about what other people might think of my outfit. I think I succeeded with that when I wore my green tights the other day.


Do you ever do that? Worry about other peoples style modifiers defining you and what you wear? How do you get over it?

Day 14 Going Green Again

I went for it again with my new green tights. Last seen here. I think I like the outcome. Again, it is unseasonably warm here in Michigan, 65 degrees the day I wore this. I took my coat with me, but didn't really need it.


Day 14: Almost halfway.


Blue empire waist dress, last seen here. I think I did a better job with it today. Still very simple, but the pop of the green tights adds so much and I think the dress works better with the brown boots over the black boots.


For a final touch I added my brown scarf and I pinned it all in place with a little hat pin that I have that belonged to my grandma. It's a little star with a tiny blue stone in the center.

Day 12 on the weekend

Ooops! Day 13 got published before Day 12. Sorry about that. Sometimes I schedule my posts to show up the next day and I accidently published day 13, instead of scheduling it.

I'm showing a weekend outfit for the first time! Oh, that's not true because I showed an outfit that featured my Bears gear. Okay, well my second weekend outfit, then. We had a little event to go to for my husband's work, so I got to dress up a tad. A lot of not-yet-seen items in today's post! Woo hoo!

Day 12:




This is my long black maxi dress. It's a fabulous tank dress that I got at Faith 21. I love how it can be dressed up or down. It's great with tall boots or pumps. I went with my burgundy pumps here.

For accessories, I added a crystal bauble necklace and my lightly woven shawl/scarf that I got in Egypt. It has tons of colors woven through it.

Because of all of the colors in the shawl, I decided to really go for it here and I wore my green target tights. I love how they worked out and how I could give a little peek-a-boo through the slit if I felt like it.

I'm not sure that everyone at the party felt the same way about my pop of green tights--I received some "Oh, interesting idea."--comments, but I loved how they looked, so that's all that really matters.

13/30 My New Wardrobe Workhorse

I think it's clear that I have discovered my newest wardrobe workhorse through this challenge.

Day 13:


I am yet again sporting my basic black tank dress. This is the fourth time I've worn it already! It's so basic that it is just the perfect template for creating just about any type of outfit. It's also so basic, that people don't seem to realize that it's the same dress.

Today I paired it with my grey leggings, purple point cardi and my berry slouch boots.

For accessories, I went with my pink-ish ribbon scarf that I have had for ages. It always garners compliments. After looking in the mirror, I felt it needed one final touch, so I grabbed my purple geode necklace.

Do you ever do that with an outfit, where you look at it and you just feel like it needs one more touch?