Day 3 & 4... When work gets in the way

The last couple of days have been nuts! Super busy and super crazy! What work really got in the way of was any attempt at good outfit pics and of timely updating.  Well, that's what the all star game is for.  Might as well keep myself occupied. :)

-Outfit Details- 

Dress: Target Belt: NY&Co Tank: Old Navy Cardigan & Necklace: Francesca's Collection Shoes: BCBG

-Outfit Details- 

Skirt: Target  Necklace: Francesca's Collection Shoes, Tank & Belt:NY & Co

If I was shopping...

If I was shopping this week these would be the items on my to do list:

Brietta Dress - $49
b&lu  

Beaded Medallion Necklace Dress - $64.95
eshakti.com

Butterflies Halter Dress - $67.95
eshakti.com

Chelsea Crew Juliette Black  Tear Drop Peep Toe - $62
Lulu's









 

Day Two... Sunny Sunday Off

What a beautiful day! Full of errands & world cup watching but, I still managed to carve out a little bit of outside fun time.  We hit one of our local parks for a quick walk and some photo madness.  

-Outfit Details- 

Dress: Target Shoes & Bracelets: Francesca's Collection  Necklace: NY & Co

Lazy favorites today! My favorite gold flip-flops and one of my favorite day off dresses.  Not super flattering but comfortable and cool (temp control has been a must this summer). 

Day One... a day late

Yesterday before work I finally got up the nerve to ask my bf to take some pics of my outfit for the day.  A couple of short observations:

1.  Modeling is hard.  Yeah, it's hard and, I am not good at it. :) 
2.  Modeling is harder when you have a less than enthusiastic photographer. 

It was pouring rain so the porch was as far as I would go for outside pics.  I ended up putting my hair up as soon as we went inside.  Raining weather = crappy looking hair.  Alright, enough of my whining here are some shots of my outfit.  

-Outfit Details- 

Dress & Cardigan: Target Shoes: NY & Co Belt: Fashion Bug? Necklace: Francesca's Collection

Geez, my legs look white!  I bought these shoes last spring on clearance at NY&Co and I really like them.  I didn't wear them much last summer and I am not really sure why, I certainly have been wearing them into the ground this year.  The dress has a cute ruffle across the bust that is not really visible with the cardigan on but, work almost always includes a cardigan. 

Beginings...

Alright. So… I, like quite a few others, have been super inspired by the Kendi Everyday 30 for 30 Challenge. The basics of the Challenge are:

* Choose 30 items (including shoes, not including accessories) from your wardrobe

* For 30 days wear only the 30 selected items, remixing them in an attempt to use all 30.

And the big one…

* No shopping for 30 days!

This is the part of the challenge that has really peaked my interest. I have done self set shopping challenges in the past but, they were never much fun! I am sure you can imagine why. The thought of sharing my experience with others has such appeal. I cannot wait to see everyone’s creativity at work!

30 for 30 Items

After thinking about it for a couple of days I finally chose my 30 pieces. I am a big dress wearer and I was trying to avoid on the one hand having 15 dresses and 5 cardigans and just cycling through them for most of my work days and, on the other hand choosing a bunch of items that were so completely out of my usual comfort zone that I would be miserable for a month. I settled on doing quite a few dresses but mixing it up with some skirts, tops and a couple pairs of pants.

-Dresses-

1 - Francesca's Collection - floral
2 & 3 - Walmart (shortened) - blue & white cotton
4 & 5 - Target - striped
6 - Torrid - patterned

-Cardigans-

7 - Walmart - yellow & white long sleeve
8 - Target - white short sleeve
9 - Francesca's Collection - lt pink 3/4 sleeve
10 - NY&Co - black short sleeve extra long
11 - Gap - blue short sleeve cropped

-Tops-

12 - Old Navy - striped tie neck
13 - Walmart - patterned
14, 15 & 16 - Francesca's Collection - green ruffle tank, basic black tee, white tank
17 - Old Navy - black ribbed tank
18 - Target - black tank

-Skirts, Pants & Top-

19 - Target - blue skirt
20 - NY & Co - black pencil skirt
21 - Francesca's Collections - floral skirt
22 - Walmart - black skinny pants
23 - Lands End - dark rinse skinny jeans
24 - NY & Co - gray ruffle tank

-Shoes-

25 - NY & Co - yellow wedges
26 & 30- Francesca's Collection - brown sandals & gold flip-flops
27 - Dots - black zipper flats
28 - Naturalzier - black peep toes
29 - BCBG - yellow cut out flats