September 6

As has happened for several years, my 9 year old son picked my first day of school outfit. He nailed it.

Back to School!

I haven't been posting in forever! My summer attire is so unremarkable.

But here's what I've worn so far this year (forgot to take a few photos, but...)

6/15

 More from the thrift store. I really like this tank.

6/14

Everything is secondhand today. I bought the earrings, necklace, and pants through a secondhand type 3 group on facebook, and my top was a recent thrift store purchase.

6/13

Horrible photo, but I love this top!

6/11

Relay for Life weekend, need comfort and cool. I bought these shorts at the outlets last year, and could not believe how amazing they look with this thrift store tank.

6/10

6/9

6/7

 

I feel really great today. As I was taking these photos, I was thinking about how stressed out this afternoon is going to be, basically because I have a ton to do and traffic is going to be crazy because this is New Jersey. Hopefully it will work out, but that stress seems to have made my morning photo come out especially good.

6/6

 Nothing special today. But I did toss on my teal Chucks.

6/3

I started in one outfit then changed into this when I saw it was raining. Oh hallelujah it's Friday.

6/2

It's chilly this morning, so I tossed on my newly rust colored blazer, and it looks AMAZING.

6/1

YAY JUNE!

 These capris used to be my uniform. Now, I absolutely hate this light stone color. I don't love them for fit or anything, but rather, as much of my wardrobe previously went, fit well enough and seemed professional enough.

So since I don't really care about them and have had them forever (I haven't checked the tag, but I definitely bought them when I worked at Old Navy, more than 10 years ago), I will try to tea dye them to darken them up.

I've also gotten a LOT of compliments on my hair today. Yay for air dry!

Transformation Tuesday

When I began this process, I didn't know which "Type" I belonged to. So I tried out Type 1 and then Type 4. The photo on the left is part of that journey, from January 13.

Over the weekend, I bleached my skirt and my jacket, so this is a fitting transformation Tuesday, since not only have *I* changed, but so have these items of clothing.

No makeup or jewelry in today's photo, but you can see the finished result here!

5/31

May's Greatest Hits!

Memorial Day

Without kids, my husband and I went out to dinner. I got a bug in my Bonnet that I wanted a romper, despite earlier fears that shorts girls would look frumpy, and snagged this at Marshalls.

I wasn't happy about strapless, but I think it looks great.

Special appearance by my formerly black Lauren Conrad blazer.

Bleach!

So if something has natural fiber and is black, you can bleach it to a sometimes surprising color. Mine turned similar colors, but I hear it can go different ways!

I wet everything in the tub. Used the shower head to both warm the water and then wet everything well. Fill tub to cover clothing with hot water then estimated a cup of bleach. I added some water I boiled on the stove and swirled the clothes a few times. I let it sit maybe 20 minutes? Washed as regular with some white towels and pillowcases (pink eye, so figured bleach a good idea!)

I'm so thrilled with how the blazer turned out. I didn't think it would go at all!

5/27

Here's where you'll see me get frustrated. I'm off today, so why am I so dressed up? I just a tee or tank and shorts. On what's forecast to be a hot day, these ruffles are surely going to drive me crazy in my un-airconditioned house.

5/26