Day 5 - Saturday
Cardigan (item #3): Target
Tank (item #10): New York & Company
Jeans (item #16): Gap
Shoes (item #29): Loft
Earrings: Embellish Chicago
Watch: Anne Klein, gifted
Day 6 - Sunday
Cardigan (item #4): Loft
Tee (item #13): Loft
Pants (item #15): Loft
Note: I totally didn't realize I was wearing an all-Loft outfit until I started writing this up!
Shoes (item #24): Puma
Earrings: The Limited
Watch: Kohl's (2004)
Day 7 - Monday
Sweater (item #7): Limited
Skirt (item #17): Target
Shoes (item #28): Naturalizer
Tights: Target
Earrings & headband: The Limited
Happy Monday, Stylenation! We're now a week into the 30 for 30 challenge. If you're participating along with me, how's it going? I think the longer that the challenge goes on, the crazier I'm starting to get about planning outfits for the entire week or perhaps even remainder of the month. I'm trying to take things such as days I'll be in the office, social commitments, errands that need to be run, etc. into account while not just repeating outfits, or repeating pieces too soon. So yeah, my previous musings about how much of a planner I can be are definitely coming true, and it's getting annoying. I like the challenge's idea of shopping my own closet, and certainly I know a shopping ban is a good thing for me, but at the same time, it's getting hard to look at all of the other cute clothes that I own but am not supposed to wear for another 23 days. What's the point of having all of this stuff but not being able to wear it? I think a better idea for me in the future would be to remix more items into unique outfits (creating unique outfits has pretty much been the outcome of me style-blogging anyway), while still banning myself from shopping. Or something like that.
But then on the other hand, if not for the challenge and the idea of remixing things, I might not have paired today's skirt and sweater together. A quick search of past posts would probably show that anytime I've ever worn this skirt in the past, it's been a skirt + tank + cardigan combo. But as you can see, I've worn nothing but cardigans since Friday, so I needed a break. It's supposed to be in the mid-50's today, so I didn't want to wear pants (I'm trying to enjoy above-freezing weather as much as I can since it'll be gone before we know it here in Chicago), but I wasn't in the mood for a dress. This is a great compromise.
What are your thoughts on challenges such as these? How is your pre-Thanksgiving week shaping up?
