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Third Times the Charm

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…

Naaahhhhh…

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’…

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: One For the Money

When: Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Where: Linner at Burger Joint

What: Coat (Miss Sixty via Burlington Coat Factory), scarf ($15 H&M), military beret (vintage via Cockpit USA), dress (H&M), socks (H&M), boots (thrifted via Beacon’s Closet), handbag ($99 Cole Haan via RueLaLa)

No, that’s not a typo…

My husband and I did in fact go out for linner yesterday.

What? You’ve never heard of linner? Well, let me school you.

Linner is what happens when you stay up way too late the night before and sleep in so late the next day that you miss brunch. By the time you do roll out of bed (usually around 2pm), you’re starving and can’t wait until dinnertime. That’s linner, the meal you eat around 4 or 5pm.

In other news, this is my first official outfit of the 30 for 30 challenge!

You would think having such a limited selection of clothing to choose from would make getting dressed a lot easier.

Oh, how I wish that were the case!

Now, I just find myself fixating on accessories. And holy mackerel do I have a bunch!

To make matters worse, the weather keeps getting colder and colder, which means hats, gloves and scarves now enter into the equation. It’s enough to make a girl dizzy.

As you can see, I decided to try over-the-knee socks for the first time. I’ve never tried them before because I have thick thighs, but I’d seen some people wear them over dark tights and thought I’d give it go.

I liked the look, but I had a hard time keeping from rolling down my leg. Rather than walk around looking like Thelma Harper, I had to stop and readjust them every two seconds.

I finally figured out that for my body type, I need to stick to socks that are just at or below the knee. Otherwise, I’m just asking for trouble.

What do you guys think about the OTK socks trend? Have you tried it yet, and if not, do you plan to?

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