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Third Times the Charm

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When: Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Where: Work + Dinner @ Bouchon Bakery

What: Tunic (H&M), sleeveless trench (H&M), belt (Oscar de la Renta via Century 21), tights (Hue), boots (thrifted via Beacon’s Closet)

Day 3 of the 30 for 30 challenge, and still going strong!

I’m finding that I have so much extra time on my hands in the morning now that I’m not worried about what I’m going to wear. Maybe I should actually start using the gym in my building…

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Naaahhhhh…

I think I’ll just sleep in a little longer instead.

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Or perhaps I could go back to my former daily practice of brewing a mug of herbal tea and meditating on how I’d like my day to unfold. I used to do that when I first went into sales and it really helped calm my nerves and made me more productive. Yeah, I’m deep and philosophical like that. Don’t let the preppy stripes and khaki fool you!

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And what about you other remixers out there? Are you finding that you spend more or less time thinking about what to wear now that your choices are limited?

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Closet Confection: It Takes Two To Make It Outta Sight

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When: Monday, November 8th, 2010

Where: Work

What: Coat (Miss Sixty via Burlington Coat Factory), hat (Forever 21), shirt ($10 vintage and thrifted), dress ($20 Ben Sherman via Daffy’s), belt (???), tights ($6 Emilio Cavalli via Daffy’s), shoes ($50 Vince Camuto via Loehmann’s)

I’m only two days in and this 30 for 30 remix is already starting to have its perks.

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As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve become way more obsessive over accessories… to the point where I’ve laid out my entire work wardrobe for the rest of the week all the way down to the earrings.

And because I love making lists, I of course have this all typed out in a tidy little excel spreadsheet.

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It’s a sickness, don’t even try and help me.

In any case, my propensity toward excel spreadsheets helped me out immensely this morning as I was getting ready for work.  The daylight savings time switcheroo completely screwed with the alarm clock setting on my iPhone, leaving me with, horror of horrors, only 15 minutes to get ready for work this morning. Eek!

Luckily, I was able to pull together a well thought-out ensemble in no time at all by consulting my handy little list.

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In other fashion news, I’ll let you guys in on a little secret…

I purchased this shirt in the little boys’ section of one of my favorite vintage thrift stores.  Since I consider myself to be a curvy gal, shopping in the kids’ section never really occured to me until I stumbled upon this shirt. I didn’t even realize it was a boy’s shirt until I went to try it on and noticed the buttons were on the wrong side and there were collar stays still left in.

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My husband had to explain to me what collar stays were.  And after he did, I was all kinds of jealous.  Why don’t women’s shirts come with collar stays?  Why do we have to be the ones stuck with floppy, droppy collars?

I’m just sayin’…

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And lest I forget, I couldn’t possibly give this post the above title without dropping a funky track.  With that being said…

One, Two, Three… Hit It!

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Closet Confection: Berry Nice To Meet You

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When: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Where: The usual

What: Dress ($23 Heritage 1981), tights (DKNY), ankle boots (Enigma), necklace (H&M)

I only got about 3 hours of sleep the night before, so getting dressed the next morning left me a wee bit harried to say the least.

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On mornings like these, I find it way too time-consuming to try and get all matchy-matchy.  So I went with my gut and just grabbed a pair of semi-obnoxious tights, keeping my fingers crossed that they would work.

I have my commute timed down to the millisecond, so I knew there would be no time for a do-over if my first choice didn’t work out.

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Luckily, it all came together nicely, and I was able to catch my bus on time.

In other news, this is day 3 of me taking my own outfit photos.  I’ve noticed that I’m getting more and more comfortable doing photo shoots by myself in public places.  I’ve even started doing kooky stuff now like blowing kisses at my camera.

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I also did a cartwheel, but I’ll spare you from those photos.

Ironically, I find the more weird stuff I do, the less people seem to linger as they pass by.

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Which is totally fine with me. I’m going to try applying this principle on mass transit and see if it helps me get a seat all to myself on the subway.  I’ll let you all know how it goes.

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