Wear It Wednesday: Long Skirt

Plans: Work
Ruffle Shirt: Loft $20

Skirt: Express circa 1993

Belt: Old Navy $1

Shoes: Payless

Just found another challenge blog and thought I would take part. At Distinct. Style.Innovation, they do a weekly "wear*it Wednesday" challenge where you can email them your pic to be featured. Click over to see me and other fellow long skirt wearers!


This is another circa 1993 skirt that I have and its been forever since I've worn it. It used to be one of my favorites back then because its so comfortable and I love the color.  I also loved this ruffle shirt and didn't want to miss out on it if I waited for it to go on sale even more. Sometimes you just have to splurge! 


Yay for my newbie belt! I've been wanting to wear it and I'm sure I'll get more use out of it this fall. Love finding cheap cute belts! 


I'm on the lookout for more fashion challenges..It's my 21 Day Challenge withdrawal in effect...

21 Day Challenge: Lessons Learned

Plans: Shopping on Labor Day

Tank: Gap

Shorts: New York & Co via Ross $5 (with tags)

Belt: Gottchalks

Bracelet: JCPenney

Earrings: Charlotte Russe (free with coupon)

 After starting this style blog and trying out the 21 day challenge, I've learned:


* I wear my hair down a lot!
* Buying dresses all the time limits the remixing possibilities
* I'm way more creative with my outfits when there is a challenge to complete
* I save my new clothes too long..I need to wear them!
* Love comments on my blog! I'll miss being linked up to Kayla's blog..
* I'm going to be more selective with my clothing buys now
* I should pay more attention to fit
* All outfits from now on should be blog worthy!

I completed 18 of the 21 challenges! The three days I missed, I was camping and missed the link up deadline. Then, because I was posting a couple days later, I wasn't getting any comments so I skipped a couple of challenges to catch up and post on the same day.

I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed the challenge. Lots of lessons learned!

21 Day Challenge: Woo hoo!

I got my first mention ever! Kayla did a "favorites" post of her top 3 outfits for each challenge and I made the cut! She liked my head scarf look for her "Adorn your hair" challenge.  It brightened my day when I went to check out her post this morning! And you know, it's all about the little things in life that make you happy! Thanks Kayla!

21 Day Challenge: Work It

Plans: Visited family at college

Dress: Ross?

Necklace: Old Navy

Bracelet: JCPenney $3

Earrings: Charlotte Russe

Awww, the last day! I think we were supposed to put together our ultimate outfit, but I just wanted to be comfortable when we went to visit our nephew at his university. I was planning on taking the picture while we were out and about, but didn't really find a good location, and he'd probably think I was weird to be taking solos around campus. 

I fully enjoyed the 21 day challenge and it really pushed me to get creative with my closet. I have some other outfits I'll be posting the next few days and we'll see how much longer I'll keep this going. Thanks to everyone who has left me comments!

 It made the challenge even more fun!

21 Day Challenge: Fancy Shoes

Plans: brunch and errands
Dress: Marshalls $5 

Belt: Marshalls $5

Shoes: Payless $8 

So I'm pretty impressed with myself that this outfit costs $18 total! 
But, really, everything had tags on it? 


We had to wear "sunday shoes" for this challenge, so I picked these cute red polka dot ones. I've been looking for red shoes forever and these are fairly comfy.  

Now I just need to find a cute red purse....

21 Day Challenge: Adorn your hair

Plans: school pick-up/ nursing a sick child
Scarf: Gift from BFF :)

Tank: Wet Seal

Skirt: Target

Earrings: Charlotte Russe

I wore this outfit awhile ago and started buying similar scarves to wear like this. I do this a lot, I go through phases where I'm slightly obsessed with my "thing" of the moment. 

This year, my obsessions have been: 

*chevron

 *making chevron style friendship bracelets

*full skirts

*kate spade

*couponing

*pinterest

*exercising

*bike-riding

*stripes

*ikat

*style-blogging

some things come and go, some stand the test of time: 

*deal-seeking

*dresses

*reality shows

*going out to eat

*pink

*shopping :)

21 Day Challenge: Statement Necklace & Remix #3

Plans: Work

Necklace: Simply Vera Wang, Kohls

Dress worn as a shirt: Old Navy

Skirt: New York & Company

Shoes: BCBGirls from Ross $20

I love statement necklaces so I had a couple to choose from today but this one looked best with my final remix outfit. I wore my grey dress again, this time as a shirt.  I also folded in my sleeves a little so it looked more like a tank top. This was my first time trying out the whole remix thing and I liked it for these 3 outfits. I don't know if I could do a full 30 day/ 30 item remix though. 

I think I would get bored with the same colors and separates. 

This skirt is one of my favorites, but after seeing this pic, I think I might need to hem it.  Not sure I'm ready to get out my sewing machine again though. I just recently made some little tissue holders and I was just very impatient with the whole rethreading and re-bobbin-ing. If not for those two things, I would really enjoy sewing. Especially with all the blog inspiration of refashioning thrift store finds, but  that's another hurdle to get over in itself.

21 Day Challenge: Fix it & T-shirt Tutorial

T-shirt Necklace: Handmade by me!

Shirt: JCPenney

Skirt: Macy's

So my fix it project is the t-shirt necklace. It started off as one of my favorite t-shirts, but before I got to use it a lot, it got black stains on it. I held on to it, on the off chance I'd feel adventurous enough to explore the rit-dye world. Thank goodness I found t-shirt necklace tutorials on pinterest! I was inspired!

Here is my version:
1) First you need a cotton t-shirt, preferably not ribbed, but I haven't tried it out myself.
2) Cut off the bottom seam (you can save it for another project or even use it to tie your necklace together later).
3) Cut a one-inch strip first and then pull the strip until it curls up. Based on this strip, you can figure out whether or not you like the width of the strip. If it's too wide, cut the rest of your strips thinner.
4) Cut the rest of the strips. Be a  perfectionist and measure or just eyeball it (like I do) and cut the rest of the strips all the way up to the sleeves.
5) Pull & Curl
5) Make the necklace: Cut one strip to tie all the rings together. Variation: I picked out some of the stained strips, cut it and braided it together so I could hide the black stains.

And you're done! New cute accessory!


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(This post was pinned!)

21 Day Challenge: Menswear

Vest: XOXO

Skirt: Old Navy

Earrings: 5-year gift from work

Necklace: Simply Vera Wang, Kohls $2

Shoes: BCBG $20

I never would have thought that I would be wearing this vest this summer, but it worked for this menswear challenge. I finally got to wear my pink pearl necklace, but it got lost under my vest for most the day. This is the last week of the challenge and I'm going to have to find more challenges because I want to continue. I'm hoping Kayla will do another challenge again soon.  Not sure my little photographers will like that, though!

21 Day Challenge: New Hair

Dress: Victoria's Secret ($10 with reward card)

Belt: Old Navy

Earrings: Handmade by Me

Necklace: Silpada

Shoes: Payless

Here's my new hairstyle for the day..another boho braid that then dictated my outfit. I even wore some turquoise Revlon eye shadow that was bright and stayed on all day, probably because of the  e.l.f. eye shadow primer. 

21 Day Challenge: Jazz up your jeans

Halter: JCPenney

Skirt: Kohls

Earrings: Handmade by me

Shoes: Gift from In-laws

So I've really tried to change up my hairstyles for these blog posts, but I haven't had too much variety yet. I like my hair down the best so I usually rock that look. Here's my semi-boho braid to go with my shirt for this challenge. Love these espadrilles..there's also some hot pink along the black detailing.  I wish they were more comfortable, but I could probably wear them more on work days when I'm just at my desk. 

21 Day Challenge: Blog Inspiration

Dress: Target ($6.48)

Necklace: Handmade by me :)

Belt: Kenneth Cole

Shoes: Mervyns

Our challenge today was to re-create a look from an ad or a blog. My inspiration comes from my favorite fashion blogger, Kendi. I love her blog for her unusual outfits, pretty pictures and all-around style. I loved this olive dress on her, but when I found it at Target, it really didn't look like much.  I took it home to try the dress out and I loved the way she styled it with the turquoise necklace so here's my take on her look.  I'm still not sure about the dress..

21 Day Challenge: Neutral with a Pop

Dress: Gift from In-laws

Necklace: "borrowed" from Mom

Purse: Loft

Shoes: DSW

Earrings & Ring: Charlotte Russe

Bracelet: JCPenney

This is such a summer picture & outfit with my hair blowing in the wind...

Summer is my favorite season and it shows in my smile. 

This challenge is neutral with a pop of color. I've been wanting to wear my mom's coral necklace for a while. It's one of those things that I "borrowed" during high school and have  incorporated into my wardrobe. I've never seen her wear it, so I'm sure she doesn't miss it. I've passed along a lot of my clothing to my daughters too. They love getting new stuff and I love the extra space in my closet. I have a hard time letting go of my stuff because of it's monetary value so when they can use it, I'm happy! Win, win!

21 Day Challenge: Closet Orphan

Halter: Loft

Shorts: ?

Belt: Charlotte Russe $1

Bracelets: Party City ($0.50)

Sandals: Payless Shoes

This challenge is to give some love to a closet orphan that hasn't seen the light of day in a while. I could do a whole 21 day challenge on just closet orphans alone.  Maybe I will, because after this challenge is done, I'm not sure what I would post about.  


So my closet orphan is the halter top. I think its been maybe 5 years since I've worn it! Crazy!

21 Day Challenge: Monochromatic

Shirt: Loft

Skirt: New York & Company

Earrings: gift from work

Bracelet: Kohls 

Shoes: TJMaxx

Finally, some summery colors! I bought this outfit last time coral was the color of the moment, at least 5 years ago. Love how trends reappear every so often.  I also love how girly and floral this outfit is. This is more like my summer work uniform:  a skirt, tank or shirt and a bracelet that doesn't make noise or gets in the way of typing. I'm also a dress girl, but I've learned that it does limit the remixing possibilities, unlike separates. This is one of the many things I have learned from this challenge and style blogs. 

21 Day Challenge: Dressy/Casual

Shirt: H&M

Skirt: from Marshalls $3

Necklace: Kohls

Bracelet: Charlotte Russe

Earrings: Gift from work

Shoes: Target $10

Another newbie today with my damask skirt, plus some pattern mixing with my leopard shoes.  I never would have put this outfit together, but I like it. I think heather grey is the ultimate in casual and I've loved the color since high school.  

I really need to get some bright happy summer colors into these challenges though!

21 Day Challenge: Layer Accessories

Dress: Esprit

Scarf: Old Navy $1

Belt: freebie with a dress

For this challenge, I got to wear this scarf for the first time and I never would have thought to pair it with the belt if I hadn't seen Kayla's inspiration post about layering accessories. I love the look and even thought up another idea for re-using the scarf for a future look.  I'm wearing fall colors again, but still happy to be reviving old stuff from my closet. 

21 Day Challenge: Get Creative & Remix #2

Dress: Old Navy

T-shirt (<$5) & Necklace ($8): Simply Vera Wang from Kohl's

Belt: freebie with dress or skirt

Bracelet: Charlotte Russe?

Shoes: BCBGirls from Ross $20

Just got back yesterday from camping and had taken a pic of my attempt at colorblocking in camp attire, but I missed the deadline to link up. Probably better anyways because it wasn't too impressive. I'm bummed I wasn't able to complete all the challenges, but I'll try to do as many as I can from now on. 

Here is my unconventional outfit and remix #2. I used my remix dress as a skirt for the first time and I liked the look, but I wasn't happy with the comfort level over the course of the day. My shirt was tucked under my belt and it would not stay in place, probably because my dress is silky.  


This is my world premiere of the floral shirt. If I wasn't doing these challenges, I would have waited until the fall to wear it.  I tend to save my clothes for the perfect weather, the perfect outfit and/or the perfect occasion.  So I end up wearing the same things over and over again. Yay for wearing more items out of my closet! 

21 Day Challenge: Mix Patterns

Tank: Charlotte Russe ($2)

Skirt: Victoria's Secret (free with secret rewards card)

Earrings: Forever 21 ($1.50)

Bracelet: Anchor Blue ($4?)

Shoes: BCBGirls  from Ross ($20?)

Mixing patterns is another trend I've been wanting to try out and this outfit was exactly what I had in mind. I'm loving stripes and have gone a little crazy with it so I have a lot to choose from in my closet. It's perfect for mixing patterns, especially with florals.  I like how this tank is floral, but not too girly, even though it has ruffles along the top. I got it at Charlotte Russe when they used to be at my local mall. They always had the best clearance section, but they closed it earlier this year. I miss it :(
Thanks for checking in! I'm having too much fun with this blog!

21 Day Challenge: Tuck In

Scarf: Pier I (about $2 with coupon)
Belt: Wet Seal ($1)
Tank ($2 with coupon) & Skirt: Target

For this "Tuck In" challenge, I've been wanting to try out the scarf and belt combo so I'm really enjoying trying new things.  Since I started following style blogs and pinning on Pinterest, there's been a bunch of ideas I've been keeping in my mind. Maybe this challenge and blog (if I decide to keep it going), can help me shop my closet instead of in the stores. This time, I'm wearing the scarf and belt for the first time, yay!