Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 23. Writer’s block.

Mums the word

This is day twenty-three of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, and Day 22.

So as I was looking at the pictures today I realized that I had very little of value to say about them. Yes the dress is turned around the “correct” way, and yes I did a little another little double necklace play, but other than that, its Day 23 and we’ve seen and discussed it all before.

I ran into a friend of mine at Target the other day and as a busy working mom, she told me she really only has time to look at the pictures (BTW, thanks for looking!). But really, for a fashion blog post, what more do you need!

So after that wordy intro, I’ve decided to give you the rest of the post sans my usual dialogue.

Feel free to comment if you have something to say, I’ll just be here sipping on my coffee. ;D

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 22. Rained-out!

Domestic goddess?

This is day twenty-two of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, and Day 21.

Good Day Everybody!

I was hoping I could avoid this, but after several days of rain, I ran out of time and was forced to take a few indoor photos. Goodbye natural light! But I dunno, maybe its a nice change?

Either way, welcome to my kitchen! At least the teal is cheery, and I keep the wine flowing for my guests. So take a chair and take a gander at Day 22′s OOTD:

Details: Dress- XXI. Shoes- Vince Camuto. Belt and Scarf- Vintage.

Gotta give the Greek genes their due.

The tea cup is just one of a string of silly props that I took pics with in attempt to go with the kitchen theme.

My best Claire Danes impression

Lucky’s Day 22 involved wearing a jacket (of course it did!), but by now I’m getting pretty good at ignoring their wardrobe items that are insane for a Florida summer. As another attempt to add blue, I decided against my other scarves for this vintage silk polka.

scarftastic

I’m really digging the pattern play going on between the tribal and the polka dots.I also think the peep-toe oxfords play up the retro factor of the scarf, which I’m also liking. This dress is great because it is comfortable, has pockets, and was cheap. Even though it is trendy I already feel like I’ve gotten my moneys worth just by wearing it in this challenge. Today I should have been a little more inventive with my hair, but since it was rainy I felt like it would just be a waste.

Calliope is getting to the age where she wants to be outside 24/7 but I tried to keep her occupied:

Our first of what will probably be many coloring mishaps. At least it is crayon!

Busted!

Apparently Calliope got a FB notification

Her Car Seat doubles as a play gym! On Opie: Top- "Vintage Target" bought at Once upon a Child. Baby Legs: Me made.

Look who has learned how to turn on the TV even though she is not allowed to watch it! (Diaper: Bumgenius)

 As you can see we had a busy day indoors! Who needs actual toys? Not us! (Though seriously, she has plenty) ;D

Day 22 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 8 Personal excitement factor- 8.5. Calliope shenanigans: 10.

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 21. Behind on Laundry

Keeping my composure, ha

This is day twenty-one of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, and Day 20.

Hey all! Don’t worry I’m still here!

I’ve been battling some sort of cold-type sickness, which you Mommy types know is a particular kind of challenge when the au pair is on vay-cay ;D …Andrew, who is a semi-recovering hypochondriac, and who is about ready to start work again teaching at the college, has been making a concerted effort not to look grossed out, and has been real sweet to me even though I know he is mildly terrified that he is going to catch it. Good times!

But the beat and the days of fashion roll on! Cue the OOTD:

The Deets: Jacket- Juicy Couture. Skirt- Thakoon for Target. Tank- Target. Shoes- Oh Deer! Necklaces??

I think 70s EJ and I could share sunglasses

We all know that in this heat, this is how I'm wearing today's outfit!

You might have noticed that my usual white tank is grey today. It hasn’t actually changed color, I just got behind on laundry (thus the reason behind my blog title today). One of the downsides of this challenge is that it requires frequent laundering, which around here doesn’t always happen- unless it is a cloth diaper (those get washed every 2ish days) ha ha ha…

My wonderful MIL keeps pointing out that my 30 Day wardrobe sorely lacks in the blue/green department, and she is totally right. If I had really thought about it ahead of time I would have subbed out some things to balance out the colors more. Especially since Navy is one of my favorite colors to wear outside of the Challenge. Not to be deterred, I decided to do some creative accessorizing in her honor:

Only photo of necklace hack that wasn't a gratuitious boob shot

About a year or so ago Anthropologie had a necklace that looked essentially identical to what I made above but for anthro $$$ and I made a mental note to replicate the idea in the future, and the future just happens to be now. I just clasped the necklaces together and Voila! Easy, free, AND blue and green!

Today’s outfit is ok, I’m mostly neutral about it. I don’t love it and I don’t hate it. It is fine, but doesn’t blow me away. I think I’m starting to get tired of all the pieces, which I think is to be expected with a Challenge like this.

Anyway, in other “meh” news, somehow I didn’t get a photo of Calliope in her outfit today! Fail!

As a sort of Hail Mary, I give you a brief video of Opie fingerpainting for the first time. For those of you that are interested, the diaper she is wearing is a Flip.  Also, please forgive the double greeting, I never know when my iPhone actually starts recording, and I forgot to edit <blush>

Day 21 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 9 Personal excitement factor- 5. Necklace ‘Hack’- 10.

Compliments, criticisms, suggestions? I want to hear them!

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 20. Back in O-town

3 Cheers for Orlando!

This is day twenty of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, and Day 19.

Howdy fellow fashionistas! How’s it going?

We are officially back in Orlando. It was nice to visit family, no matter how grave the circumstances, but it was also really nice to have Andrew back home and be in our element and routine. I’m not normally a raving Orlando fan, but I guess I must love something about this town because I was happy to be back home. But we have lots of posts to catch up on so less gab is more.

Ahem, the OOTD:

Happy Andrew is home! Details: Dress-Anthro. Sweater- Guess. Belt- Vintage. Bag- Lucky. Shoes and Necklace- Target

Never noticed the fabric variations before this. Thanks Camera ;D

Lucky’s Day 20 involved using the black sweater that I think I last wore way back in Day 8 and today I made a substitution that I’m kicking myself in the hiney for not thinking of sooner: Instead of the black sweater I had been suffering through wearing, I put on a short sleeved cardigan that I own. What a difference a sleeve length makes in my enjoyment of the outfit- I love it! Short little cardi, where have you been all my life?! I will definitely be repeating this outfit post challenge.

This cardi gets one DD Coffee holding thumb up!

As for the dress, when I bought it I really didn’t see it as something that would be versatile because of its deep fallish-brown color but it has really been holding its own in this challenge (at least I think so!). I’ve also found the rainbow skinny belt to be also surprisingly complementary to each outfit that Lucky has thrown its way.

Double like!

Rainy picnic time? On Opie: Dress- BabyGap. Necklace-Tweet Baby Designs

As for Opes: Her outfit isn’t the most inventive or layered look of the challenge, but there is one aspect that she was quite thrilled about and that is her new (actually functioning) shoes! She spent a good portion of today asking me to put her various pairs of shoes on and off.

So. stinkin. adorable.

Gotta get a better look at those feet! Shoes: Target

I am trying not to raise her to put too much value in silly things like clothes and looks and instead emphasize the value of her mind, but that little move melted the dress-up loving, girly-girl part of my heart. Call me a lipstick feminist, I can’t help myself, it was cute.

She has definitely been enjoying the greater freedom that wearing shoes provides and has been making exploration of our backyard a frequent occurrence.

Somebody is becoming independent- sniff!

Discovering the flora ....

...and fauna of the backyard

Day 20 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear: 9. Personal Excitement Factor: 9. Last minute short sleeved substitution: 10.

And what do you all think? Was the cardigan a good move? Do you agree that the dress and the belt have been surprising challenge stars or is it just me? What are your thoughts on feminism/gender identity and fashion? (why not, we can talk about more important issues if we want!)

For the future of women everywhere tell me your thoughts! ;D

Back and white for good measure

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 19. Revisionist History

Hmm...How can I be two places at once?

This is day nineteen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, and Day 18.

Bon Soir my friends and welcome to Day 19!

Please do not adjust your monitor, the picture above is of me on my deck but on Day 19 I was in fact still in Melbourne at my parents house!

Day 19 happened to be the day of my grandmother’s funeral and so although I wore the correct clothes (though not at the funeral. I wore a black dress to that, this one in fact), both my sister and I spent the whole day helping with various preparations and so I didn’t manage to take any photos of myself.

Oh noes!

Luckily, through the magic of blogging, I was able to snap these today so you would know about what I looked like. So without further adieu here is the OOTD:

I did not look this relaxed on the actual day 19. Details: Shirt- XXI, Skirt- URBN, Shoes- AE. Necklace- Vintage inherited from my Granny Bamy

Sugar and spice and everything nice?

My Lucky Scarab of Egypt has a fun surprise....

Money for a phone call or bus fare for back in day when my Grandmother was young and money was actually worth something ;D

Lucky’s Day 19 involved wearing the shirt untucked so as to look casual and ‘whatev’ and I knew right away that it would not be an ideal look for me. But I did it anyway (at least in the photos) to demonstrate perhaps the most important key to dressing well:

Love thy body, but know thy body!

I have a long torso and short legs, and over the years I’ve learned how to dress so that my body looks proportionate (not that there is anything wrong with having short legs and a long torso, but that is another blog in itself and you know what I mean!)..Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve worn some crazy get-ups in my day (backless shirts, semi see-through pants, corsets..I could go on) but one thing you will never see me wear is a long shirt untucked with a full skirt and flats like the photos above.

Why? Because it just emphasizes my long torso, short legs, and bubble butt. Incidentally, I think this also makes me look even shorter than I really am (5’4″ ish). Now I am a fairly petite person, but it really doesn’t matter what my weight is, this would not be a truly flattering look even if I was unhealthily thin. It is about proportions not size.

Long torso? Tuck the shirt in!

An easy fix for me would be to tuck in the shirt and/or put on a shoe with a little height or a long line (the ankle strap cuts my leg line and makes it look shorter, but a pair of pointy toed flats would elongate). Now I haven’t seen Nico’s Day 19, but I have a feeling this outfit would look a lot more flattering on her because she and I have almost exactly opposite body types. Her short torso and long legs would do a lot more for this outfit.

Lucky has had some fabulous ideas that have really helped me see and stretch my wardrobe in fun and new directions but there are very few of us that have a body like their model where every outfit will look flattering, so sometimes we have to tell Lucky that we know best and tweak the look.

So that’s Angelyn’s Tip O’ the Day.

Ha, I think I’ve created a new feature. What do you think?

Anyway I didn’t take any photos of me on Day 19, but I did take a few of Opie! Shall we take a look-see?

At Breakfast. 'Hipstabib' made by me!

We painted her toenails for the first time

Playing in the nursery at the funeral

Gramgree would have loved this photo

Dress- Baby Gap. Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs

Not in the mood for Pop's games! Diaper- Bumgenius

Day 19 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 4 (with shirt untucked). Personal excitement factor- 4. Knowing how to dress for your body type- 10.

So there you have it!

What do you have for me?! Is there an outfit type you know looks awful on your body type that you refuse to wear? Do you have a favorite ‘go to’ silhouette to you know always looks awesome on your body? What are your thoughts on painting baby’s toenails?

Take care and see you later!

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 18. Staying with the ‘rents

Catching up on my reading instead of blogging?

This is day eighteen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, and Day 17

Good day you beautiful people you! How is every lil thing? I’ve been trying so hard to catch up but 2 posts behind became 4 posts behind and now I’m officially 6 posts behind. Ugh! How does this happen.?! Major kudos to all those full-time bloggers out there, I don’t know how you find the time to live your life and blog it. Especially you Mommy bloggers! As one of Calliope’s favorite books says, Ah Caramba!

But I’m gonna plod along. So what if in this marathon of blogging I am in the middle end of the pack?! What is important is that I ran the race, right.

Right. Good hustle Angelyn!

So a quick recap. This is Day 18. I’m at my parent’s house (at the time it was day 18, ha!). They have a beautiful library/Dining room= method to my picture madness.

Here’s the OOTD:

Details: Dress, Top, and Sunnies- XXI. Shoes- Target. Necklace- AE and gift from my Mother

The 'Index'

I was excited about Lucky’s 18 simply because I thought it would be an easy outfit that I would like and feel comfy in, and I was right. What is not to like about a t-shirt, dress, and wedges! Today I felt cute, comfy, and unchallenged.

Does that make day 18 boring?Perhaps, but since I was on the road and away from my deck and limitless accessories, I was grateful for easy. Luckily, my mother gave me a lil present to add interest.

Hello harmonica necklace:

Cute and functional harmonica necklace? Thanks Mom!

I'm A Regular Bob Dylan, trust me

The best part about the necklace is that both my Mom and my sister have a replica so they are almost like friendship necklaces. I like that! It appeals to the cornball in me. And having a functional musical instrument around my neck is so fun.

Lets see what Opie was wearing today:

I'm kinda obsessed with the pigtails!

Looking very posed. Dress- Ralph Lauren. Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs

playing with Marmee's vintage nativity collection

Snuggling Marmee's pillow pet

Looking classic in plaid, and perfect for a day at her grandmothers. This dress is a bit big in the shoulder/chest region, and would have been impossible to wear as a crawler, but since Calliope is walking now, it was fine (although occasionally, it still slid down and made her look like a hula girl, which was quite funny, but no pics of that ;D).

Day 18 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 9. Personal excitement factor- 5. Harmonica necklace- 10.

Thoughts? Does this look border on boring? I loved this dress when worn with the vest on Day 7, but that was Andrew’s least favorite outfit to date, which incarnation do you like better?

Such an uncontroversial day! Someone please hate this look and say something interesting! ;D

Superstar!

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 17. Flying Solo.

I'll Fly Away

This is day seventeen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, and Day 16.

Hey everyone!

Today’s blog marks Day 17 of the challenge, Day 2 of being a single parent while Andrew is out of town, and Day 21 is when I am actually getting around to writing it. Ha, did that just make sense to anyone other than me?! It reminds me of the old curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’. These are interesting times that is for certain. All politics and economic blah blahs aside, today is also Day 1 of Calliope walking around in shoes (pink rain boots to be specific), and oh my is it interesting and adorable (at least to me!)! I think today we shall reveal her outfit first:

Apparently garbanzo beans are the next big toy

I'm walking and not getting stuff on my feet- magic!

Chasing puppies

On Opie: Dress- Vintage-ish. Boots- IPlay and gift from Marmee. Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs

Diaper shot and dirty feet! Diaper- Grovia.

Looking mighty fine, if I do say so! I love this little outfit of hers, and she was having the best time exploring our backyard for the first time. Her outfit is colorful and fun just like her!

I’m saddened to say that my OOTD is not nearly as interesting, but here we go:

Lucky wants me to wear a jacket AND a vest? No way!

Eshewed jacket in favor of vest.

The junk in the trunk view.

Deets: Top and Belt- XXI. Pants- Gap. Vest- Guess. Shoes- Vince Camuto. Necklace- 'Me' made.

So Day 17 didn’t exactly excite me, but it was perfect for what I needed today, which was something easy to clean and pack in. Before I could leave town I had to clean my new-to-me oven, strip and seal our bathroom floor (something that has been waiting a whole year to get done!), install FaceTime on my MacBook so we could talk to ‘Dada’ while he was gone, and of course wash diapers and pack! My dog Mahjong does not do well when Andrew is gone and could instantly tell something was up and preceded to whine at me the whole day (that first scream picture is my response to that) until we all got in to my trusty Ford Escape around 4:00. AHHHHHH! At one point I felt like all three of them were in cahoots to try to get me to loose my mind permanently. But I did not, and once we left town I let out a sigh of relief.

Anyway, this outfit (minus the shoes and with the cuffs rolled) was perfect sealing tile attire, but once we got into Melbourne and my parents offered to take Calliope and I out to dinner, I’ll admit that I swapped out the pants for the pencil skirt, and the shoes for the fringed sandals because I didn’t feel dinner worthy wearing the pants- sue me!

I think with different pants I might be more excited about the vest and bright top, but right now I feel like it skews too teenager. Maybe at one time in my life I would have adored this, but right now it’s just not making the cut. It really bothers me that the pants are too long! Usually I wear them with a certain pair of heels that make their length a non-issue, but the peep toe oxfords aren’t that pair, and it just looks sloppy to me. Since this is the second time that these pants have left me high and dry in an outfit during this challenge, I’m really starting to question their place in my wardrobe. Uh oh!

On the plus side, the ensemble doesn’t look exactly bad, and hey, that body had a baby in it a little over a year ago, so I’m giving myself points for that.

Day 17 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 6. Personal excitement factor- 2  Practicality for working in- 8.

How bout you birds: Should I send the jeans packing? What do you think would save this outfit?

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 16. Going Rogue!

Things are a lil crazy around here

This is day sixteen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

Whew! This has been quite a week.

Andrew was out of town for the first time since Calliope was a month old, and I packed up Opie and the pups and went to Melbourne to stay with my parents/help out/go to my grandmother’s funeral. So yeah that all happened. I am truly sorry that I have not kept up on the blogging, but rest assured, I will eventually get around to documenting and blogging every day of this challenge. It goes without saying that I have been faithfully wearing the outfits…well I should say almost faithfully. Today I went rogue!

Lucky’s Day 16 utilized the trench, the patterned skirt, and the puff sleeved top. I tried it all on, and it looked great! But…

I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with Lucky’s unequal use of all the wardrobe items, at the same time, I have been wanting to wear the pencil skirt again since that first wearing all the way back in Day 2 , and so I decided to make a <tiny> substitution.

Behold, Day 16 OOTD:

Not sure about trenching it in 90+ degree weather

Outfit Details: Top, sunnies, and earrings- XXI. Skirt- Vintage. Trench- AE, Shoes- Target,

What's going on in the background?! ;D

A mommy and me photo is always nice

Ok so I made a few substitutions! The trench and scarf were not going to happen; I’m all for being true to the challenge, but I am not going to give myself heat stroke! The skirt I already fessed up to, and as for the shoes: The black booties looked great with the original Day 16 skirt, but with the leather pencil, not. so. much. Forgive me Lucky, I have sinned, but at least I look great!

What does a gal like me go out to do when I’m looking like this while my man is out of town?

Sophie la girafe

Why go to a Mommy play date of course! Just FYI, we don’t call it ‘playdate’, us cool kids call it “Sophie Club” in honor of the ubiquitous giraffe that all of our children have.

I thought it might be fun to document Calliope’s outfit by taking some photos of Sophie Club, so that’s what I did:

Playdate photos! On Calliope: Top- Threadless. Skirt- Gift from Aunt Kelley. Diaper- Flip. Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs

Did I mention we have a full time walker now? we do!

The trio! On Iris: Top- Cherokee,

Calliope trying to set up Bauer's and her friendship dynamic early

Subtle paci thief

Kissing Babies

Checking out the acessories

Great friends= great times!

Just in case the photos aren’t making it obvious, we had a wonderful time! It has been fun watching our babies grow up and develop together, and I hope we continue the tradition as they cease to be babies and become toddlers (sniff, mine first).

But this is a currently a fashion blog so back to the outfit commentary. I very much enjoyed wearing this outfit, but you already knew that since I put it together! In particular, I enjoyed the earrings:

Birdies, I'll wear your molted feathers as long as you promise to keep your meat!

I am in love with the feather trend, both in home decor and fashion, so these earrings are really doing it for me right about now. It also helps that they are light so not too bad when lil C decides to pull on them. Who knew that was going to become such a fashion consideration?!

Day 16 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of wear- 9. Personal excitement factor: 8  Satisfaction from a bit of cheating- 10.

And now its your turn to express yourself! Do you like my substitution or should I have left it well enough alone? Are you liking the feather trend? Today, Opie was wearing a very feminine skirt with a boyish top, did you like the pattern mix?

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge. Day 15. We’re halfway there!

Yay, made it half way!

This is day fifteen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, and Day 14.

Salutations dearest readers of blogs! How is every lil thing?!

Today is Day 15. Which by my calculation means we are halfway done, Woot! Time sure flies when you are having fun, and this challenge has been mostly fun! I’ve really enjoyed getting to play dress-up every day and have loved hearing everyone’s feedback. I know I’ve said it before, but thanks for reading!

Ok, enough mushy stuff on to today’s outfit:

The Deets: Shirt- Old Navy, Vest- Guess, Shorts- Mossimo and acquired at Nico's Swap, Shoes- Vince Camuto, Sunnies- XXI, Bangle- Target, Clutch- Hayden Harnett for Target

The best accessory is a smile ;D

Keeping it real?

This lil darling has become my Mommy wallet, has all my essentials, and goes from purse to diaper bag.

I feel like yesterday’s outfit and today’s are like night and day. Day 14 was covered up, feminine, and vintage. Today is showing more skin, a bit masculine, and trendy. I had plans to do some work around the house, so I appreciated the shorts. I think the oxfords were a nice touch too. Unfortunately, my button up shirt was a tad too short for my long torso so I spent a good amount of time pulling it down. Also, I am starting to get ‘vest fatigue’ and peeking ahead I see that I wear it yet again a mere 2 days from now.

Oh noes!

Poor planning Lucky!

You know, some of us are actually trying to live out this plan instead of just looking at it on a few pages of paper. What’s a girl to do?! Suck it up and wear the vest again I guess! Of course, having a sidekick makes everything easier, what is she sporting today?

Looking awfully casual considering my timer is only 10 seconds!

On Calliope: Dress- Target, Necklace- Tweet Babt Designs, Diaper- Fuzzibunz

Opie is seizing the day!

Yawn!

Today I decided to play off of the yellow floral shirt and put Opie in a Hawaiian inspired dress that she got as a first birthday present from one of our favorite married couples. I love that it is super comfortable and the length is perfect for her rapidly developing walking skills. She has also started really getting into jewelry (mine) and had the best time playing with my bangle during her photo shoot. She even put it on all by herself, supe’ cute!

Day 15 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear-6 (because of shirt pulling) . Personal Excitement-5. Vest played out factor- 8.

What were you all thinking: Is the simplicity of this look working for you? Do you like the switch up from yesterday’s super feminine and prim outfit? Is the vest still looking fresh to you, or are you getting a little tired of it?

You’re only going to impress me, so don’t be shy!

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Lucky’s 30 Day Challenge: Day 14. Mad (wo)Men.

Don Draper, I've got your number.

This is day fourteen of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, and Day 13.

Good Evening Dahlings!

I’ve been trying desperately to catch up on my blogging to no avail. Nicole says that it builds anticipation to skip a day here and there. Under the circumstances, I hope so!  It has not been helping me one bit that my battery charger is on the fritz. Tonight I am determined though, and to keep my computer alive I have MacGyver-ed it with a rubberband and a prayer…and… so far so good! Calliope staying asleep however= epic fail.

Oh well, I guess you can’t win them all!

On with the OOTD:

Details: Dress- Anthropologie, Jacket- Gap, Shoes- Oh Deer!, Purse- Guess, Scarf- Vintage inherited from my Great-Grandmother, Flower Pin- Vintage bought in St Augustine.

Today struck me as super retro inspired..at least my Day 14 did. If you look at Lucky’s Day 14 it looks perfectly modern. I think this demonstrates what a huge difference that the actual wardrobe pieces make in determining the look. In fact, to further cement the point, go to Nico’s blog and check out her wrap up of week two and look at her day 14. I would never believe that these are all the same ‘outfit’. Anyway, back to my commentary:

Looking very respectable today

Every woman should have at least one hot pink accessory

And this is how I actually wore it since it is summer and hot hot hot

Yup, definitely retro.

I feel like I’ve stepped out of Madmen.

Luckily for me, I love Madmen and vintage looks, so it’s all good. This dress was bought from Anthropologie and really I’m not surprised it lends itself to looking from another era, plus, the scarf and pin actually are vintage, so at the end of the day it all makes sense. Since the dress seemed to ask for it, I just went with the old school vibe and tied the scarf in a ‘girl scout chic’ kind of way, put on the semi-mod flower pin, and added the pink purse for some color interest. One odd phenomenon: The orange shoes almost felt boring to me since they’ve been worn a lot the past couple of days. Do you agree? I still love them, I’m just calling them as I see them people!

I will say that although very different from the more modern looks of the last few days, I really enjoyed wearing this. It was comfortable, very easy to feed Opie in, and made me wish dresses like this were de rigueur (see that, you can speak french in this dress and not seem overly pretentious!) instead of jeans and a t-shirt.

Did I just say ‘Opie”? Why Hello Calliope!

And now for the best part of the blog!

On Opes: Dress- Baby Gap, Hat- 77Kids, Diaper- Grovia, Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs.

Cute fluff butt

Calliope, on the other hand, looks very modern in her Baby Gap dress and trendy straw hat. I would have taken full length photos together for a cute lil juxtaposition, but as fate would have it her nap time was my photo time, and after that it poured rain and that was that. Oh well, we don’t want to get into a picture rut now do we!?!

Day 14 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear-8. Personal Excitement- 7. Madmen Fabulousness: 8.5 The fact that my computer stayed powered while writing this blog- 10.

What do mes amis think about today? Too retro, or perfect amount of retro? Do you like the brown dress? Is the scarf too much for you? Should we just scrap my challenge and just post pics of Calliope in cute dresses?

Ha!

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