17:30 thrifty!

ann taylor thrifted blazer
j. crew gingham shirt
thrifted belt
canvas orange cords
target black brogues

as excited as i was to get them, i feel like it’s taken me a couple of tries to figure out what to do with these orange skinnies.

now, i promised you thrifty finds, did i not?!

y’all remember that stack o’ sweaters that i found for $1.50 each, right? well, left to right, top then bottom. 1) the stack, obvo. 2) l.l. bean 3) loft (it has buttons on the sleeves!) 4) gant (??? but it’s 100% shetland) 5) gap 6) forever21 (i always feel a little sheepish when i end up thrifting forever21… it’s so cheap to begin with… but what can you do!)

a couple o’ belts. i’m actually wearing the gunmetal one in my outfit!

and! my favorite, found at a different thrift store on a different day:

these absolutely fabulous creamy boots that have just the right amount of amazing.

and now i need to stop thrifting for a little while. at least until the 30 for 30 is over, and i can have access to my full wardrobe again.

16:30 peaks and valleys

some days you get outfits that took time and effort and pictures taken by a photographic eye and a good camera… and other days you get easy outfits and grainy pictures taken by me at night!

borrowed big scarf
crewcuts striped shirt
target skinny jeans
j. crew brown boots

i know these are kind of terrible quality, but… i like it.

(this is a weird face that i’m making. i don’t know what this face is.)

and for all that this outfit is simple, i really like it. this is the reason i started doing the 30 for 30, and documenting my outfits. so that i could feel like i was making decisions about what i wear instead of just throwing clothes on. and for whatever reason, i feel like this outfit exemplifies that.

halfway home

halfway done! 15 more outfits until i have access to my whole closet again! looking back, i actually like most of these outfits quite a bit. i thought i had more duds than i actually have. while there’s quite a few simpler outfits, there’s only three that i feel are blah non-repeaters (3, 9, and 11).

repeat offenders
8 times-black brogue
5 times-brown boots
4 times-target skinny jeans
3 times-grey sweater, orange skinnies
2 times-green chinos, red cardi, cowichan cardi, saddle shoes
1 time-maxi, white skirt, lace blouse
0 times-heels, green striped shirt, purple v-neck, blue striped tee

any favorites so far? any combos you see that i should give a shot?

15:30 reveal of the white skirt

unknown gifted scarf
gap thrifted sweater
ann taylor thrifted blazer
canvas bag
lands end white skirt
j. crew belt and boots
starbucks grande wet cappuccino with two sugars in the raw

i tried and tried and tried to make an outfit with this white skirt based off of my inspiration. i finally succeeded in making an outfit once i realized… i can’t tuck shirts into this skirt, and i can’t belt this skirt. it’s comfortable, and it fits well, but it just hits the wrong area on me. once i started wearing things over it, things went much smoother and i found this outfit.

true story. i also found the awesomest rockingest pair of boots yesterday… and now i want to swap out for a new sweater and a new pair of boots. le sigh. i shall be strong.

(thanks to jillie for taking pics!)

14:30 thrifted sweaters galore!

old navy thrifted cardigan
target white tee shirt & black brogues
canvas dark autumn orange skinnies
thrifted belt

one of the things that ate up my weekend was thrifting! hooray! jill and i went to try a thrift store we’d never been to before. can i just say, i’m quite pleased to be getting back into thrifting? i’m not sure why i haven’t been as much the last couple of years, but i like it. i like buying things cheaper, i like that it has way less impact, environmentally and economically. i like all of these things.

jill and i have had good luck about stumbling onto sales every time we go thrifting together. this time, we stumbled into ‘all winter sweaters $1.50 sale’. holy cannoli, dudes. i rifled through EVERY SINGLE sweater, tried not to go too crazy, but didn’t completely succeed.

these are for me. the only questionable one in the bunch is mr. pink up there. but the cardigan fits me well, so i’ll wear it a few times before i decide how to feel about its pinkness. and if i don’t end up liking it the way it is? i have a feeling a bath in some grey dye might fix it up. i’m tempted to swap out one of the items i haven’t worn for the 30 for 30 yet with one of these, but i’m almost half way through, and there’s nothing wrong with any of my 30 for 30 picks, so… i guess i’ll try to tough it out.

i have at least three previously thrifted sweaters hanging around the house waiting to be unraveled for yarn, so i tried to be very selective about those sweaters that i bought for that specific purpose, but…

i still found a few. plus:

approximately 620 yards of chunky camel colored yarn (90% lambswool, 10% angora) from an outdated and (seemingly) never worn gap sweater that was so enticing i started unraveling it as soon as i got home. i’m daydreaming about a state street cowl, and maybe another gaptastic, but this one would be for my aunt.

i did buy some non-sweater items… but i should save something for thrifty thursday, right?

more inspiration

i didn’t use a single one of last weeks inspirations, but that didn’t stop me from compiling some more!

Source: jigsaw-london.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

cute layered dress option. i’m wary of belting on the outside of layers… it never looks quite right when i do it… but maybe i should just give it a shot?

Source: calivintage.tumblr.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

i need to break out the white skirt. possibly especially paired with stripes.

Source: keikolynn.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

blazer, gingham shirt, jeans… maybe borrow jake’s skinny tie?

Source: thesartorialist.blogspot.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

i love love love the look of sweaters under blazers. maybe with the maxi skirt?

13:30 successful jumps

expedition everest disney scarf
j. crew striped baseball tee
target jeggings
willis saddle shoes

successful jumping pictures!

sorry about the radio silence yesterday, guys. i’ve been feeling a tad burnt out, and then it was the weekend… you know, these things sometimes happen.

fave friday

i’ve been seeing fave friday floating around recently, and i thought to myself ‘that looks fun!’ so i thought i’d give it a go!

favorite characters ‘calvin-&-hobbs’d’

Source: scifi.icanhascheezburger.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

Source: urbanfaerie.tumblr.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

downton abbey

guys, you’ve heard it and you’ve heard and you’ve heard it, i’m sure. i’m just sayin’ it because i LOVE it. and in case you just needed to hear it from one more person. or in case you were waiting to hear it from me. this is the good stuff.

awesome nails

Source: parcelsandcomfits.tumblr.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

pinterest is terrible wonderful inspiration. and i, as a life long nail biter, unable to maintain painted nails for more than 48 hours, love love love the crazy awesome nail inspiration wafting around. especially ones like this, which i think i could actually do.

these earrings

Source: lilarice.com via Eliza @ ifandany on Pinterest

i think they are totally rockin. yeah, i just said that. try and make me take it back!

what’s rockin your world this week?

12:30-sunshine on grey days

handmade cowl! choose your own adventure #1 (rav page, blog post)
gap thrifted basic grey sweater
anthropologie blue shirt dress
target black brogues
unknown pirate belt and tights

when caitlin and i went to the botanical gardens the other day, we did not linger much outside in the chilly winds, but i did grab a few quick shots of caitlin wearing her ‘i just want some of that sunshine’ hat which i made her midwinter a couple of years ago. it goes beautifully with her yellow coat.

11:30

i’m in the middle of the 30 for 30 and i’m feeling in a bit of a rut. boring basic outfits is what i want right now. it’s time to branch out into some of my more exciting pieces, and convince myself that wearing a skirt isn’t actually an annoying or difficult thing to do. i’m a third of the way in, and five pieces haven’t even been called into play! hup to, eliza! break out those two striped shirts, the purple v-neck, heels, and white skirt! don’t be a pansy!

in other news, here’s a different angle than you ever get to see of our place:

lands end cabled professorial cardigan
loft thrifted shell
canvas dark autumn orange cords
target black brogues

i tried jumping, because robbie has been making it look so fun and easy recently, but it isn’t easy. of course, if i was doing this in better lighting, the shutter speed would be higher, and that would help! after several tries, i took pity on the downstairs neighbors and stopped.

a more up to date picture of sweater progress:

i’m really really really excited about this sweater, you guys. i like the way it fits, my v-neck decreases look like they worked out really well. and i’m in the home stretch, now. i think i’m going to sew in all of the ends and sew up the underarms before i pick up stitches for the ribbed edging around the neck, so that i can have some of the annoying finishing behind me when it’s done.

any words of encouragement for my 30 for 30 slump? any great outfit ideas?