Day 12- I dream of jeans

While I like to be warm, I look forward to cooler weather in the way of Fall.  For me Fall equals jeans and sweaters or sweatshirts....what I'm the most comfortable in.

Today's challenge was to dress up my jeans.

(YAY)

I'm not sure if skinny jeans are still in, but they are still in my closet and I plan on wearing them.



Jacket: CK; Top: JCP; Jeans: Levi's; Necklace: Maurices; Bracelet: local store;
Shoes: Ross; Belt: Ross



Skirting the issue- Day 11

The fact that we were asked to wear a skirt or a dress wasn't really an issue for me.  I really love dresses and skirts.  The problem for me was which one I was going to chose.  Should I wear some of my ol' reliables, wear another thing that doesn't get much wear time....what?

So I chose my remix skirt.

I paired it with a newer top and took some pictures.



Top: Rue 21; Necklace: Maurices; Skirt: CK; Shoes: Ross



But then I realized I wore a very similar outfit on day 1 of this challenge.

Something different had to be done.  After all, isn't that the point of this whole challenge?

So instead I chose to mix it up just a little bit.

This time I added one of my favorite tops to the mix.  I should add that I've never worn these two pieces together before because I've never gone out on the limb to mix patterns until this challenge.



Top: Anthropologie; Attitude: fake....all the rest is the same

I really like the second take.  The only thing that could and most likely will be different is I will wear a cardigan outside of the house.....I just couldn't because it is so warm today.

Mix dressy with casual- Day 8

Have I ever mentioned that I'm not a dressy kinda girl and that I usually wear very basic and simple clothes?

Right.  This challenge just goes to prove that fact.

This challenge also taught me that even when I should be dressy, I usually go casual and a that I really own nothing dressy.

Nothing.

So I did the best I could and put a nice skirt together with my chambray top.

Also it has been one of "those days" where everything and nothing goes right, not even my pictures.

So....I thought a headless picture was better than nothing.

After all, it's about the outfits and not my face, right?



Shirt:Target; Tank:Ross; Necklace:Maurices;Skirt:CK;
Shoes:Earth Origins



Again, I did the best I could.
P.S. Recognize my re-mix skirt?

21 day challenge- Day 1

As usual I've hmm'd and haaa'd and generally waited until the last minute to decide about doing the 21 day challenge from Freckles in April .  I had many reasons not to: I wear scrubs most days of the week so why should I dress up, I'm tired, I'm lazy.  But then I thought, why shouldn't I do it?  I actually found I have many reasons to accept the 21 day challenge:  I do wear scrubs most days of the week but I also have a closet jam packed with little worn clothes, I have the bad habit of going out to buy new clothes without surveying what I have and let's face it... I've been wanting to do some sort of clothing/remix challenge AND I want to be one of those people who puts together an amazing outfit made out of pieces from my closet. 

Here's my chance, so I'm doing it!

Here goes........

So the challenge from Day 1 is this:

Remix Something

Guidelines:

Pick an item of clothing from your closet (not jeans) that you're going to wear at least 3 times within the next 3 weeks without repeating outfits.

So I decided to go with this skirt:



Calvin Klein skirt, Liz Claiborne blouse and Rue 21 belt

 

The poor skirt only gets worn in Fall/Winter and is usually paired with a cardigan, so I'm excited to see what I can do to mix it up for the remainder of the summer.