Style Me Pretty: 30 for 30

A Touch of Red: 3 of 30

Where it came from:

Skirt - Express

Belt - Ross

Tights - Target

Shirt - Forever 21

Shoes - Ross

Cardigan - Banana Republic

It's still cold, and tomorrow is only supposed to be colder. However, tomorrow is Friday and I am going to celebrate with my best friend! I can not wait! We are going to be celebrating her 23rd birthday along with her dogs 1st. Yeah, we're those people. It will be fun though!

Tonight is wings and wine, and a hot bath that will maybe thaw out my frozen bones. This is outfit 3 of 30 and I'm sick of work wear. I want to play with my weekend outfits. All in good time though.

Well I have to go take care of some wings and wine. Have a great night folks.

Style Me Pretty: 30 for 30

Day 2 of 30

Like my Blue Steel look?

Where it Came From:

Top: Gap
Cardigan: Gap
Jeans: Gap (noticing a trend?)
Boots: Corral Vintage, Cavender's (every Texas girl must own at least one pair of cowgirl boots...that's my rule anyways)
Pashmina: Some place in Dubai

I had a doctor's appointment today.  The verdict: I have an upper respiratory infection.  How joyful.  Good news is that I actually felt better this morning and felt like getting dressed.  Bad news, is that after I took my medicine, I started feeling ill again.  Weird?  However, I was complemented on my fur coat by the doctor and my boots by her nurse.

Moving on...I really like this outfit.  I have never worn this cardigan with this top.  I don't know why.  They looks fabulous with each other!  I am also wearing my VSA necklace today.  :o)  There is something you should know about me...I love pashminas.  They can go with just about any attire.  I felt like the bright pink added some zest to the outfit today.

I got to wear my fur coat out today!!  It ended up being colder then yesterday.  I was super excited because it never really gets colds enough to wear fur here in South Texas.  The fur coat was once my grandmothers.  I got it for Christmas this past year with my name sewn on the inside.  Of course, my grandmothers name is still on the inside of the coat too.  I like it that way.  I think of her every time I wear it.  I guess I should post a picture of the coat since I am talking about it.  But I have already changed into my comfy clothes for today.  :o/  I will try and take a picture with it on tomorrow.

On a completely different note...has anyone heard of the Dougie Dance?  I have heard the song before, but I didn't actually know there was a dance.  I was watching Regis and Kelly this morning and Justin Bieber taught them how to "Dougie."  Watch this clip: Dougie Dance

I found it pretty entertaining.  I think Kelly Ripa has some moves on me.  I tried (secretly of course) to do this dance.  I'll save my Dougie Dancing moves for home entertainment instead of Internet entertainment.  Apparently, there are all kinds of different ways to do this dance.  I will just stick with Justin Bieber's wheelchair move though.  ;o)

Style Me Pretty: 30 for 30

1st of 30

Where is came from:

Shirt: Target

Sweater: Gap

Jeans: Gap

Boots: Nordstroms (do not know the brand)

Jacket: The Pink Hanger

It was SO cold today!  Well, cold for South Texas.  I think it was about 30 degrees outside when Elizabeth and I went to take our pictures.  I had like 5 other layers on underneath my picks today.  Needless to say, I chose the 4 warmest picks out of my 30.  I ran errands and cleaned house in this get up today.  On a normal (non 30 for 30) day, I would not have cleaned house in this outfit.

Style Me Pretty: 30 for 30

A Silver Lining In Every Cloud:2 of 30

Where it came from:

Dress - Ross

Shoes - DSW, Jessica Simpson

Tights - Target

Blazer - The Limited

I just want everyone to know that I am eating a victory cookie. Yes a victory cookie. Because for at least right now I've got this blog situation figured out. How long will it stay figured out? I don't know, but for now I'm enjoying my victory cookie.

Along with my victory cookies (yeah, I'm onto my 2nd one now) I'm watching Bram Stoker's Dracula. Which is my favorite of all the Dracula movies out there. Back before Winona was a thief, and Keanu was young(er?).  Also Gary Oldman is looking pretty good in this movie.

Any who, this out fit is number 2 in the 30. I think this challenge is going to get hard at the end but for now I'm really enjoying it and excited to see what I can come up with.

How are you coming along with the challenge?

-Elizabeth

p.s.

Did you know Westley from the Princess Bride is in Dracula? I totally forgot. 

Oh. So. Impressive.

I know you are all amazed with my blog/internet prowess.

Did you buy that? No? Well good for you. I have some how managed to disable the site feed updater by looping it back to the old blog address.

What? I know. I told you. I'm impressive. So I'm trying to figure this out and if anyone has any idea how to fix this PLEASE let me know.

Here is the technical run down:
I changed the Post Feed Redirect URL to the old blog. So, now I'm at the point where I am trying to fix this. I tried to delete the link and save the setting as blank to set it back to the default. This brilliant idea did not work. Anything?

Thank you, thank you. Please hold all applause.

-Elizabeth (The Technical Genius)

Amanda's 30 for 30 Remix

Okay, I have finally chosen and taken pictures of my 30 for 30 closet remixes.  Enjoy!

4 Cardigans: Gap and White House Black Market

8 Shirts: Express, Gap, Target, Bebe, Banana Republic

2 Sweaters: Gap

2 Dresses: Karen Kane and Theme

1 Sweater Dress: Wet Seal

4 Pants: Gap and Limited

1 Skirt: Talbot's

1 Jacket/Blazer: Banana Republic

7 Pairs of Shoes: Etienne Aigner Italian Boots (Alexis), Corral Vintage, Nordstroms (don't know the brand), Sperry Top-Siders, Bandolino, Jessica Simpson, Tory Burch.

So these are my 30 for 30 picks.  It's been hard for me to get this ball rolling because it was last minute and I have been sick for the past couple of days.  I have never done a "30 for 30 Remix" so we will see how it all turns out.  I decided that coats are an accessory for me.  So if you see me putting jackets/coats on with outfits...it's an accessory.  I wasn't sure what the rule was for them.  Plus, we don't really have to wear too many coats here in Texas.  Except for maybe this week...it is FREEZING!!  Snow is in the forecast for Friday!  I hope it happens.

Can you tell I shop at Gap quite a bit?  I love Gap.  I always seem to get the best bang for my buck there and they have great sales.  I also have a shoe obsession.  It was really hard for me to narrow down my shoes.  I wanted practical shoes that I knew I would wear on a daily basis, which meant I had to cut out some of my favorite high heels.  :o/

I'm with Elizabeth...what were other remixers strategies for picking your 30 for 30?  I just pulled everything out of my closet that were my favorite things to wear and then narrowed it down from there.  I never tried on any of the outfits either.  I hope I have a good eye...

30 Pieces of Flair

Better late than never. So this is what I've picked. It feels a little like I'm a TV announcer coming back from a preview since I already showed you 4 pieces. (In my best Bob Barker voice) Come on down....

6 Shirts

Express, Dillards, Express, Express, Mod Cloth, Forever 21

4 Dresses

Ross, Francesca's, Francesca's, Banana Republic

4 Pants

The Limited, Banana Republic, Pac Sun, Banana Republic

6 Shoes

Top: Madden Girl, Balers, Ross-Jessica Simpson

Bottom: Sperry's, DSW-Jessica Simpson, Spotted Moth

5 Sweaters

Target, Target, Banana Republic, Clothing Swap, Maybe Gap?

One Blazer

The Limited

3 Skirts

The Limited, Forever 21, Express

And one more top. Banana Republic

I have finally taken pictures of my picks! Took me long enough. I know.

It is miserably cold here. I don't know what the weather is thinking. Or maybe it is getting preemptively cold for everyone who is coming down for the super bowl and thinks they will be getting warm Texas weather.

I suggest we all leave work go home and cuddle up to our hubby/fiance/boyfriends in front of a fire with hot cocoa. Ok? What do you mean you have to work? Well fine. Party pooper. 

One last note. I tried to put in a lot of pieces I wouldn't normally put together. This may come back and bite me in the tushy, but hey at least I tried. I also didn't really plan outfits. I just kind of eye balled it. Also probably going to come back to bite me. But thus is the life of a first time 30 for 30'er.

I would love to hear your strategy for picking. Veteran or rookie?

-Elizabeth