Keeping up with my 3 for 33 challenge has been reasonably easy but wearing just three dresses is starting to get boring. I thought that it probably would but today is the 29th day, so I only have four more outfits to go.


Today is Wear It Pink for Breast Cancer Campaign Awareness Month, I've seen some wonderful tweets today, people are really getting behind it, which is great to see. My favourite so far has to be this chap dressed in a bunny suit, on his bike with his son.

I've been saving this cardigan and necklace to wear today. I couldn't go all pink but I really wanted to join in.




Here are some of the others outfits I've been wearing. The weather has been a strange beast recently which has meant some days going with bare legs and others wrapping up in layers and scarves.


I got to wear one of my newest scarves for the first time. I bought it at a carboot sale, for £1, in the middle of the heatwave. It has pom poms so I couldn't resist - pom poms people! Not only that it has tartan one side and an alpine design on the other - this is all kinds of awesome!

What have you been up to? I hope to catch up with some blog reading this weekend, it's been another busy week but I did take last weekend to relax so it's all good.

This weekend I hope get around to making these Iced Gems, I've been meaning to for ages and I want to take my Show and Tell photos too. I have to get organised as I've signed up to Blog Every Day in November. I tried it in May but failed to blog everyday, so I hope to improve this time around.

What are you up to this weekend?

Hello! Just a quick update on my 3 for 33 challenge. These are just some of the outfits I've worn so far but I'm over half way now, just 13 days remain.

I've keeping it really simple, just adding a scarf for example.


I find this the easiest way to instantly create a different look for an outfit... and the fact that I have a ridiculous amount of scarves means I can just keep doing this over and over...

Or I just pop on a cardigan...


I find it's the simpler outfits that I like the best. Working from home means it's easy for me to put up with an outfit that I don't like - I just avoid mirrors - but if I was out in public I think some of the outfits I've worn wouldn't pass muster (above right for example... boring! I was just keen to wear my new-to-me cardigan).


Or I add a necklace. So easy.


The weather seems to be shifting between warm enough for bare legs and cold enough for tights, which means my outfits look different but it would be nice if it could make up it's mind now. I'd like to put my summer clothes into hibernation and get into the swing of winter woolies and boots.

Things have been busy again, with no end in sight really but I do plan to take the weekend off to relax and catch up on some much needed housework! I also need to get a few runs in before next Thursday as I've entered a triathlon. Now, this isn't as drastic as it sounds - it's a charity fundraiser and I will be part of a team of three. My role will be to sprint 800m, which just the thinking about it brings me out in a cold sweat! I just don't want to come last. Or fall over.

On Saturday I met up with Sophie in Bury St Edmunds for an afternoon of charity shopping and lunch, in that order. Although once we'd eaten and restored our energy levels, we shopped some more!

It was a good day for charity shopping, both Sophie and I came away with bags of stuff. Apparently I'm to blame for one of the tartan skirts Sophie bagged. I'm pretty sure she would've seen it and bought it anyway - happy to take responsibility though!


For me, the day was further proof that you can find some great pre-loved bits and pieces if you're prepared to rummage and put some effort in. I'm really pleased with almost everything I bought, but I did buy rather more than I expected to, so when I got home (after a restorative cup of tea and a bit of a nap) I tried everything on and evaluated my purchases. I chuckled at the shorts I'd picked up. Even the most discerning shopper can sometimes make a 'what was I thinking!' purchase and I am no exception. I know they're called shorts but, seriously, what WAS I thinking?


I also decided not to keep a dress, it was a bit young for me, in style and length, and a sheer top as I couldn't make it work with anything else I own. I'm also a little undecided about a cape (it's lovely but the arm holes aren't very well finished and look tatty) and another of the tops which is a bit see through, I need to work up some outfits and decide it if stays...



I eyed my wardrobe and put my one in, one out rule into action. If I hadn't all these new things would've had to live in the plastic bags they arrived in, it was as simple as that. I tried to swap like for like and think I did pretty well. When I was finished it struck me as such as obvious thing to do - swapping something unloved and rarely worn for something new (to me) that I'm excited about wearing!


The frustrating thing is that I won't get to wear most of this until my 3 for 33 challenge is over, but today I was determined to wear this cardigan. It doesn't really work with the dress and could be styled into much nicer outfits but for now, this is good enough.


I do keep thinking about the most amazing pair of Geox ankle boots I saw in TK Maxx (the only non charity shop we went in - hello David and Goliath PJ bottoms for £9.99) - anyway the boots - high wedges, pointy toes, suede, burgundy and gorgeous! Am I the only person who gets buyers remorse about things I didn't buy? Still, they weren't nearly as amazing as the boots Sophie tried...


Any great charity shop purchases recently?

I've been enjoying this challenge so far. I'm wearing three dresses for 33 days and it's so nice not to stand at my wardrobe in the morning and wonder what to wear. Admittedly, these early days will be the easy part, I'm just wearing each dress in it's most simplistic form and will take it from there.


Day 4 - A simple addition of a long cardy and contrasting belt.

Day 5 - The t-shirt under my blue dress is a dark purple but the photograph hasn't captured it at all. As I slipped on these blue plimsolls I smiled to myself as I'll soon be wearing this dress with some fabulous heeled sandals for a wedding reception. Today though it had the rather more mundane task of being what I wore to a committee meeting.

It turned chilly so the addition of a long sleeve t-shirt was a welcome one, but I resisted tights for just one more day - I'd shaved my legs, wouldn't want my efforts to go to waste, hehe. BTW Caudalie Divine oil... very nice - divine in fact.


Day 6 - I like the contrast of this t-shirt underneath and it was most welcome as it was decidedly chiller today. I think the necklace added a little zing!

Day 7 - Today was definitely a three layer day, tomorrow I predict the hosiery will make an appearance. When wondering how I was going to style this dress I remembered a wrap cardigan that I used to have several years ago that would have been perfect. It didn't take long for me to find this dark green version on eBay. I won it for £1.04 - can't argue with that!

How would you style any of these dresses?

Love

This month I have been spending time out in the garden, enjoying the last of the sunshine and seeing things start to change for the coming season. We haven't done a lot to the garden in terms of planting, so all of the colour comes from wild flowers or plants that were here before we moved in.

It's amazing what you can find if you really look, most of these plants are tiny little things that could easily be missed. We've had some spectacular early evening skies recently I have taken loads of photographs but the one shown here is my absolute favourite.

And finally, a photo of my boy cat. I often find him asleep in a sun spot in my greenhouse, I love the blissed out look on his face as he wakes up and stretches, and decides whether or not to sleep some more or wander off in search of some grub.

I can't believe we're in October already but I do like this time of year as plans for Christmas start to take shape in my head and it's still warm enough to enjoy being outside without too many layers on.















See all of the Show and Tell entries here.

Love

So here they are - the other two dresses of my 3 for 33 challenge. I'm wearing each dress really simply with just a watch and a pair of TOMs. I did get some strange looks yesterday though as it wasn't that warm and people aren't used to seeing my legs, but I have to maximise the number of ways I can wear each dress while I can, I doubt the sunshine will be around for too much longer.

The chambray dress is one I've had since October last year. This is the only pre-loved dress of the three, it was originally from Gap. I know that I can layer this up for when things turn cold with hosiery, long sleeve T's and a scarf.

I chose the royal blue dress because I have a wedding reception coming up and I know that I can add some heels and a few sparkly necklaces to dress it up enough for an evening, but it would also be appropriate for a work meeting too. I also love the big pockets. Today I'm just wearing it pottering around the house and it's really comfy and easy to wear.

I'm being a bit of a butterfly brain today. I can't focus on anything for more than 20 minutes but I'm just going with it - it's Sunday and it's OK to be a bit random on a Sunday.

I'm off for a run later, my sports bra and iPhone armband arrived and I'm keen to try them out and, erm, get some exercise.

Hope you've had a great weekend. What have you been up to?