I've been shopping and when I was done, I shopped a little more.

So, as a mini challenge I'm going to see if I can shop my wardrobe for the next few months and allow my bank balance to recover in time for the festive season.

Here's my splurge...



Following one of my rules I'm going to style each piece in three different ways to prove that each item deserves a place in my wardrobe (and ease my post shopping guilt in the process!).

Watch this space...

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Day 27 - Shorts
I like these, they're perfect for work. The white shirt makes them even more worky (I know there is no such word but there should be). Socks was determined to get into this outfit post - either that or he wanted me to stop taking photographs and feed him...



Day 28 - Rain forecast
The perfect excuse to dig out my, so far unused, birdcage umbrella. I had one as a little girl and loved that I could hide beneath it from the rain. The dress is from Dorothy Perkins, not worn often but I fall in love with it all over again every time I do. But can I just mention footless tights, the unsung heroes of my Wearing It All challenge, without these I wouldn't have been able to continue. They have saved me from numerous days of cold, blue, goosebumped (again not a word but it should be) legs.



I will be bringing you up to date with my WIA challenge over the next few days. It's been hectic week at work and my internet connection at home has been painfully slow (too slow for someone with such a short attention span). I have been sticking to it, I promise.

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WIA Day 26 - The second of four skirts...

I wore this skirt for two weddings in 2008 but not once since then. I removed the netting, which made no difference to the look of it but it did fee lighter to wear (and a little less scratchy). I'm not normally a tucked in person but the combination of neutral stripes with orange was just too tempting. I will be finding other ways to wear this skirt, it's lovely to wear.



Day 27 - Inspiration Sun(Mon)day

I have a rule that my thighs will not be seen at work unless clad in at least 80 denier so Inspiration Monday became Inspiration Sunday for me, which, thankfully, turned out to be a lovely sunny evening.

I am under no illusion that I look even remotely like Olivia Palermo but it was fun to pretend for a while...


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Hello!

Day 22 and I'm running out of 'long bottoms'.

To be exact I have 8 bottoms (skirts and shorts - nothing long!), 25 tops and 14 dresses remaining in my WIA challenge. It looks like I'm going to have to brave the weather, crack out the fake tan and bare my little ole leggies.

I love this DP maxi skirt (a keeper, without question) but, would you believe, I have little to team it with? A plain black t-shirt had to do. I decided to forgo my current penchant for an arm party and decided to layer on the necklaces instead (a neck party?). The key is from None Such Things - a blog/shop that I love, the teardrop pendant is H&M and the silver charm necklace from Accessorize (with a few items added by me).


Day 23. My last pair of jeans - eek!

A quick swing first thing in the morning puts you in a jolly mood. This may have to be added to my morning routine.


A few days ago I was asked how I was finding the Wearing It All challenge. So far it has been rather fun. I think I should have been a little more organised and planned my daily outfits, instead of deciding every morning, as I think I'm going to end up with some really odd combinations towards the end…

Most of the things added to my 'no' pile weren't even worn, I just knew they weren't going to make it. I'm very glad I decided to keep the check shirt, I wore it on Monday for Two Birds Inspiration Monday and have received some very complimentary, erm, compliments.

Do you have an item that will never leave your wardrobe no. matter. what?

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Have you ever had one of those days that starts bad and just doesn't improve? That was my day yesterday. It started with my girl cat, Tink, getting stuck behind the washing machine, I couldn't free her and got myself into a complete state of panic and frustration. OH had to come to the rescue (my hero) but from that point the day just didn't get any better.

I had the attention span of a four year old, I started so many chores and things on my to-do list but didn't finish one single thing, I went to bed feeling like I had achieved exactly nothing. I didn't even manage my daily Wearing It All post #fail!

So, a day late, here it is...
Despite the rain, I wore a white maxi skirt (Dorothy Perkins), a plain navy t-shirt (Warehouse) and the H&M necklace that I waited so long for. I have removed a few of the beads near the top and much prefer it that way (it also jangles a lot less) but I'm still not sure about it. I love the colour and the design but I don't like the gold chain and findings. I think I'll change the chain for a length of turquoise ribbon and I'd consider rebuilding it with different colour findings if I knew where to buy them. It's the bits that hold the large flat beads that I don't know where to find. If you know, let me know :-)

Today is a better day, it's Friday for on thing and there are no cats stuck anywhere, it's not raining and I have a nice weekend planned. Friends over for supper on Saturday and family over on Sunday with a little bit of shopping sprinkled in.
It seems I'm working on a theme this week… blue and white. The trousers (New Look) are really long so I'm wearing huge wedges (very.co.uk). They are superbly comfortable but I really dislike the current trend of having little zips up the back of shoes. Is it just me or do you dislike them too?

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.