DONE!

So I'm done with 30 for 30. I didn't manage to take pictures of every day, but I promise I did all 30 days. I missed day 20 and day 29, but I'll just give you the description.

Day 20

White VNeck
Mint Polka Dot Tank

Jeans
Silver Flats

Various Silver Jewelry

Day 22

Sweater: Vanity
Jeans: Vanity
Flats: Kohls

Day 23
Cardigan: Maurices
Cami: Maurices
Jeans: Vanity
Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes
Necklace: Forever 21

Day 24
Sweater: Maurices
Necklace: Charming Charlie
Jeans: Vanity
Boots: Maurices
Earrings (they're coral and super pretty!): Charming Charlie

Day 25
Dress: Maurices
Belt: Target
Leggings: JCP
Flats: Famous Footwear

Day 26
Sweater: Vanity
Jeans: Kohls
Flats: Kohls

Day 27
Cardigan: Maurices
Tank: Target
Skirt: Loft
Belt: Target
Boots: Maurices
Watch: Charming Charlie (also coral - love!!!!)

Day 28:
Shirt: Alloy
Necklace: Forever 21
Jeans: Vanity
Shoes: Famous Footwear

Day 29
Blue Dress

Purple Tights

Grey Heels (the only time I wore them - I really am NOT a heel person, obviously)

Day 30 = DONE!

Shirt: Kohls
Tank: Target
Jean Trousers: Maurices
Flats: Famous Footwear

It's funny, because for as much as I was looking forward to getting my wardrobe back, I woke up Wednesday and was all, "WHAT DO I WEAR?! I don't have 30 for 30 telling me what to do anymore." haha I got over that pretty quickly, however. It's been nice to have all of my clothes back again, but the challenge was useful. I certainly don't feel like I have nothing to wear anymore. And it was a nice affirmation for me that I have a pretty remixable wardrobe. I really could have put together 3-4 more outfits from what I had picked for this. I might do it again this summer, because I think that would be kind of fun, and maybe a little more challenging when I can't layer as much.

So there you have it. Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging. (Hopefully I keep it up!) 

This Picture Taking Thing is Getting Really Old....

Day 16

Sweater: Maurices
Belt: Maurices
Leggings: JCP
Boots: Steve Madden
Bracelet: Maurices

Day 17
Cardigan: JCP
Shirt: Kohls
Jeans: Vanity

Boots: Maurices

At one point, this outfit had a lace cami under the vneck and jewelry. It looked much better at that point. I took this picture late at night, when I realized I had forgotten to take a picture. Blah.



Day 18
Shirt: Vanity
Necklace: Forever 21

Bracelet: Charming Charlie
Pants: Kohls

Flats: Off Broadway Shoes

Love this outfit. I actually did not wear this outfit at all, because Thursday was a snow day. I spent the entire day in sweatpants or crappy clothes shoveling my driveway and playing outside with Raegan. So I threw this together fast that night so I would have something to take a picture of. :) I like it, and once the snow all melts and 30 for 30 is over, it will end up back on me again.

Day 20

Chambray Shirt: Old Navy
Lace Cami: Maurices
Scarf: Target
Leggings: JCP

Boots: Steve Madden
Bracelet: Maurices

Forgot to take a picture of my outfit on Friday. I'll put it back on and catch that up at some point. Today Raegan and I got out of the house more, because the roads were pretty clear. We ran some errands, ate lunch at Taco Bell, and spent some time at the library. I'm thinking that my two pairs of boots will be making appearances for most of the 10 days left. I don't think this snow is going anywhere anytime soon.



Halfway there!

Day 13

Shirt: Kohls
Lace Cami: Target
Necklace: Forever 21

Earrings: Charming Charlie

Jeans: Vanity

Silver Flats: Off Broadway Shoes

This picture is about as good as it gets. I'm sure you can imagine jeans and silver flats at the bottom. :)



 Day 14

Cardigan: Maurices
Tank: Maurices
Mint Skinnies: Forever 21
Silver Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes
Necklace: Charming Charlies

I seriously love this outfit. Love, love, love. I think it will definitely be in my top 5. Also, I wasn't really sure when I bought the necklace, but I am so glad I did.

I mean, seriously. This necklace is so awesome.

Day 15

Chambray Shirt: Old Navy
Tank: Target

Purple Skinnies: Kohls
Black Flats: Kohls
Bracelets: Forever 21

This outfit was okay. Kinda bland. I needed a good black necklace to punch it up a little, but I just don't have one. Must remedy that soon. :)



The Week of the Red Shoes

That's what I've decided to name this week, at least as far as my outfits go. I have other names for this week, thanks to work, but those names aren't really appropriate for a family website, now are they? :)

Day 10

Shirt: Kohls
Tank: Target
Jeans: Vanity
Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes
Bracelet: Charming Charlie

Day 11 - Valentines Day :- had to wear some red!

Shirt: Alloy

Tank: Target

Leggings: JCP

Flats: Rocket Dog

Jacket: Maurcies

Necklace: Forever 21
Bracelet: Charming Charlie

I love this shirt! It's actually an off the shoulder shirt, hence the jacket for work. I need to order a few more in different colors.

 Day 12

Chambray Shirt: Old Navy

Scarf: Maurices

Leggings: JCP

Flats: Rocket Dog

Bracelet: Charming Charlie

Earrings: Maurices

After this, I'm taking a couple days off from leggings and the red flats. :) It was a pretty comfy week for me as far as clothing went.



Days Five through Eight

Day Five

Sweater: Vanity

Leggings: JCP

Flats: Famous Footwear

I seriously love this shirt. It's off the shoulder - there is nothing more comfy than an off the shoulder sweatshirt. Love, love, love. I had mentioned that I was having a hard time finding something to wear Saturday, because I had spent most of the day in sweats cleaning. This was a nice transition from sweat pants. Mmmmm, comfy. :) 

Day Six

Cardigan: JCP

Lace Cami: Maurices

Denim Trousers: Maurices

Flats: Target

I never would have thought of combining mustard yellow and cheetah print together before reading Putting Me Together. I really love this outfit though. Raegan decided she wanted to get in on the picture taking, so she's making a cameo in the second picture, showing off her fashion too! :)



Day Seven

Sweater: Maurices

Belt: Target

Leggings: JCP

Flats: Famous Footwear

Another outfit I wouldn't have come up with if not for this challenge. I probably would have only paired this sweater with skinny jeans and my brown boots. I really liked this one too, and it will defnitely show up in the rotation after I'm done with my 30 days.

Day Eight

Jacket: Maurices
VNeck Shirt: Kohls
Mint Skinnies: Forever 21

Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes

Necklace: Charming Charlie

I'm calling a substitution, and putting in these mint skinnies instead of my khakis. Because seriously. Everyone should wear mint as much as possible. Also, I seriously adore this necklace. You'll be seeing more of it. Raegan wanted in on the action again, so you get to see her rocking her cool outfit too.



Days Three and Four

Day Three

Dress: Vanity
Tights: Target
Boots: Maurices
Jacket: Maurices
Bracelets: Forever 21
Earrings: Target

Half a face this time. :) Slowly getting more comfortable with having my picture taken every day. Wait, no. No, I'm really not. Ha.

I don't necessarily LOVE this outfit. The tights were $3 at Target, and I'm trying to branch out and try new things, so mustard yellow it was. I really do love this dress and my boots. I would wear those boots every day if I could wear jeans to work all the time. But then again, I would start missing my extensive collection of flats, so maybe not. :)

Day Four

Shirt: Vanity

Jeans: Vanity

Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes

Earrings: Maurices

Nothing too special about this outfit. I've worn it a million times before. Normally I go with a lot more jewelry (necklace or bracelet, sometimes both) but today I went shopping in KC with a good friend, and I didn't want all that extra stuff getting in the way. 

Which brings me to the fact that I did indeed go shopping during my 30 days. However, in my defense, the majority of what I bought was bath stuff from LUSH (aka, best store ever in the history of ever) and jewelry from Charming Charlie (aka, store that would drive Christina and I to bankruptcy if we were to live near one). I did buy a couple articles of clothing, but they were things that I was specifically on the hunt for to mix into my wardrobe with pieces I already have. Justify, justify, justify. :) I did finally snag a pair of mint skinny jeans that I've been wanting for months now (although they are actually mint and not nearly as blue as what the website shows).

No picture yet for today. Saturdays tend to be a lay around day at our house and today is no exception. I also have been hardcore cleaning for most of the morning, so I'm still in my sweatpants. I'll put on something just for the picture, I suppose.

Raegan is feeling much better now. She still has a bit of a cough, but the antibiotics seem to be really starting to work. She's begun to get her appetite back today, and she's a lot more active. She still is pretty crabby, and nothing can make her happy right now, but we're just going on as usual and she'll adjust back to herself soon enough. :)

Days Two and Three

Day Two

Shirt:Maurices

Pants:Kohls

Belt:Kohls (came with the pants actually)

Shoes:Target
Necklace and Bracelets: Forever 21

Earrings: Maurices (I don't really know why I'm listing earrings on here, it's not like I'm putting my face in the pictures.) 

So I adore this outfit. Again, not something I would have thought to put together on my own outside of this challenge. Purple and leopard print might just be my new favorite. Seriously. I'm sad though, because (as my friend Christina pointed out) now I can't wear this outfit again all month. And I love it.

Also, knotting a shirt is a new thing for me too. I have reading all the tips at Putting Me Together, and I keep seeing that tying shirts is one way to reimagine your clothing. So I figured, I might as well try it on a day when I'm only actually working for an hour and a half (I stayed home with Sickie Girl, and just went in at 3:30 for my after school conferences). I was really happy with the results. Totally trying to figure out what other shirts I can do it with now. :)



Day Three

Shirt: Maurices
Belt: Maurices
Lace Tank: Maurices (I did mention that I have a problem with that store, right?)

Skinny Jeans: Vanity

Boots: Steve Madden

Bracelets: Forever 21

This really isn't a new outfit for me at all. I've never worn it with boots before, usually with flats, but other than that it's something I've worn a bunch of times. I have 1-2 more ideas for how to remix this top, so I'm excited to try those out later in the month. :)



Day One

Today was a super weird day. Raegan was running a fever last night, so she stayed home from preschool and child care today (my MIL stayed with her this morning, and Luke and I split up the afternoon). I also had to work today, but didn't have any children due to plumbing problems at my school. So it just didn't really feel like a Monday at all. Plus, I oveslept this morning. Like, my alarm didn't go off at all and I woke up at 7:00. We leave the house at 7:20. Yeah..... It was kind of a blessing from God that I didn't have kids today, because it really wasn't a big deal that I was late. Whew.

Raegan in all of her sickness is just the sweetest little thing right now. Last night she woke up 3 or 4 times during the night, and once when I went in, I said a little prayer for her. Every night before bed we pray for my friend's mom who has cancer, and when I said the little prayer for Raegan in the middle of the night, she said (in her little raspy voice), "Say a prayer for Christina's mom." My heart. I told Luke and he said, "She's amazing. She's going to change the world someday." :)

So here's my Day One outfit. One thing that fashion blogs have taught me is that you can turn a skirt into a dress by tucking a shirt into it. Never, ever knew that before this fall. I've never tried it until today, but I think it turned out really well. Probably not something I would have tried without the 30 for 30 challenge, so I guess I'm learning things already. I got a lot of compliments on my "dress" today, at which point I oh so proudly told everyone that it was indeed a skirt turned into a dress. I'm a geek. I finally have some fashion sense, and I'm just a little too proud of it. :)

Shirt: Kohl's
Skirt: Loft
Jean Jacket: Maurices
Boot Socks: Target - from the little girl section. They were $3 on clearance. I'm short, so it works! :)
Boots: Maurices
Necklace: Vanity
Earrings (that you can't see because I felt weird about taking a picture with my face in it - they're silver swirls): Target

Today was the perfect day to wear this outfit. It's not really a "preschool teacher friendly" outfit. Too much white. I don't wear white. Ever. I teach 3-5 year olds with food and boogers and God knows what else on their hands. White just doesn't work. But for a bonus!day with no children, it's perfect. Plus, dressy enough for conferences. So far, this 30 for 30 thing is easy. :)

One more picture to share. I thought it was verrrrrrry interesting that this little jewel came in the mail today. On Day One of 30 for 30 which includes no shopping. Thanks Gap. You're awesome like that. It's doubly awful because Gap is overflowing with striped shirts that I waaaaaant. Seriously. I would not buy all of those at once. That would just be silly.....

My 30!

So after spending a million years (no, literally, a million years) on these collages, I can finally show off the 30 pieces that I picked for my 30 for 30 remix. I may never do this challenge again, just for the hassle of making collages. It's obviously been awhile since I've been on Picasa, because I could NOT get it figured out. And it's ridiculously simple to navigate, so that just irritates me. Bah.

***And upon further inspection, all of the lovely brand descriptors that I put in all of my collages are absent, except for in the shoe collage. It's almost 10:30 p.m., so I give up. You get what you get. :)


7 pairs of shoes. Seriously, I could have easily bumped this up to 8. When I started my list last week, the first thing I wrote at the top of my paper was "shoes". I have a shoe problem. To me, shoes are what makes an outfit, and I wanted to have a lot of variety. Obviously, I have two types of shoes that I wear: boots and flats. My whole shoe collection is basically these two types. These grey booties are the only true heels I own (although I do have a pair of black wedges and a brown wedge sandal). I have never really learned how to walk well in heels. Plus, I tend to go 90 to nothing when I'm running around the hallways at work, and you just can't do that in heels. :)

7 pairs of pants. The black pair all the way to the left are actually leggings, and the pair under that are denim trousers. The khakis may end up switched out for something else if I get far enough into the month and haven't worn them. I really like wearing them more in the spring with colored sandals. The purple skinnies are a new addition to my closet, and I am totally in love with them. Why have I not jumped on the colored jeans bandwagon sooner? When this challenge is over, I am on the hunt for a coral pair for spring.

2 sweaters, 2 cardigans, a cropped denim jacket and a chambray shirt. I have been pinning different ways to wear a chambray shirt like CRAZY over on Pinterest, trying to come up with some new ideas for this little guy. I wasn't sure about adding the polka dot sweater because I don't think it's very versatile, but it's also new, and by the time March rolls around, there may not be many sweater wearing days left. Same for the cheetah print sweatshirt. Not super work friendly. It will probably show up on the weekends. 





One skirt and two dresses. I haven't worn this skirt since August, so we'll see how it goes mixing it back in. I am in love with both of the dresses. The grey one has to go with leggings because it is waaaay to short for tights. At least for work. The blue one cuts it close on the too short for work standard, but I pass it off. I just don't wear it on days I have children.

7 shirts. My poor picture taking skills really show up in these pictures. I love how the flash leaves all these dirty looking spots on some of the darker clothes. :S The teal-ish colored sweater and the striped with the foil flower have been in my closet for some time, but I seriously love them both so much. The polka dot and the red and white striped are both pretty new. If I could have a closet full of polka dot or striped clothing, I would be so happy. So in love with both of those trends. 

If all of my cool captions would have saved like I thought they had, you would see that I have a serious obsession with Maurices. :) It's a problem.

Super excited to start tomorrow. We actually do not have children tomorrow because of massive plumbing issues in our building, so I can really play around with something I would normally be afraid to wear on a Monday (read: anything white!)