I’m a little over a month and a half into my winter capsule wardrobe and I’ve definitely noticed that I have a few wardrobe staples that I have been gravitating towards. Perhaps the funniest part is that some of these wardrobe staples are ones that I also wear in warmer weather! Talk about seasonless! Just for reference, I live in a place that has pretty cold winters. We’ve been hovering around freezing a lot…
It's hard to believe that the first month of 2020 is over! It's also hard to believe that I successfully completed the first month of my low buy year exactly as I had planned it. When I decided to set out to do a low buy year, I was tired of buying clothing! I'm not much of a consumer in other areas such as makeup and hair products, but I love clothes. Always have,…
Well friends, it's about time that I properly show you my winter capsule wardrobe. Even though I've been dressing from this capsule since January 1st, I am only now getting the time to document it for you properly so that I can show you all of the items that I have selected to be a part of this season's capsule. I am big fan of capsules for a number of reasons. Having a limited…
There’s not much better, in my opinion, than a piece of clothing that you can have for a long time and still be excited to wear it. That’s how I feel about a chambray shirt that I bought a year ago. At the time of purchase, a chambray top felt like a classic investment and even though a button up shirt didn’t really feel like “me”, I had been obsessing over this particular style…
Let me set a scene here, if you will. You have been feeling increasingly overwhelmed by your clothes, specifically, the vast amount of it, and the fact that you can never find anything to wear. Each morning, you go through your closet and finally you settle on something. But you spend the day being annoyed by what you selected. I mean, it’s fine, but you don’t feel great about the complete look. I totally…
We just returned from a week-long trip to see my sister-in-law get married. We were in Winnipeg, MB, Canada for the event, somewhere that I've never been. Despite having grown up in Canada, I had never been east of Ontario. So I was definitely excited to see what Winnipeg had to offer, although we didn't get to explore the city as much as we would have liked due to wedding commitments. My plan for…
Well friends, it's that time of year again...finally!! The snow has melted, the temps are above freezing and the birds are chirping! But don't worry, it's not all sunshine and roses here in the Midwest...literally. The grass is still brown and there are no signs of leaves on trees or flowers on the ground. And this week's forecast has 3 days of rain. But soon. I decided that I would try a capsule wardrobe…
So, it's been one week since the last day of my participation in the spring 10x10 capsule wardrobe challenge. I had entirely meant to publish this last week but travel, and an honest lack of motivation, prevented me from doing so. This round was a little different than previous rounds as the original host, Lee of Style Bee, was unable to host due to other commitments. As a result, and with Lee's go-ahead, 2…
In honor of Slow Fashion October, which I only recently became aware of, I thought it would be fun to take an item from my closet and style it for 3 different occasions. The item I chose was a skirt, mainly because I need inspiration to actually wear a skirt. In the past, I have been a dress wearing girl, but very rarely would you find me in a skirt. In fact, I only…
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Henry Ford I failed my 3 month shopping ban. There, I said it. Finally. I've been trying to avoid writing this post. And it's taken me 21 days to actually work up the courage. But I knew that it had to be done. If your remember from this post, I set out to complete a 3 month shopping ban, as well as…
This is my second time doing a 10x10 challenge. I have chosen the 10 pieces that I will style into 10 outfits over the next 10 day. Read on to find out what I’ve chosen and why I’ve decided to do the challenge.
I was motivated to start the Project 333 challenge because of my recent over spending on clothing. It was making me feel like I was slipping back into my old ways. The ways where I spent far too much money on clothing and stuff. And because I had recently completed a 10 day clothing challenge, I was interested in doing a longer challenge. Both of these things led me to Project 333. I'm currently…
