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No Shopping? No Problem!

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Challenge Update: I MADE IT!!! 60 days down. ZERO clothes purchased and holy guacamole, it was hard.  Throughout this process I realized that I shop mindlessly.  Walk into a store, find something, buy it, repeat.  I never stopped to take stock of what I actually need to add to my wardrobe.  The result – an average clothing collection with some cute pieces sprinkled in.  Talking to my roommate during a late night chat, I asked “Wouldn’t it be nice to open your closet and love everything in it?” The question actually stopped me in my tracks.  Who says I can’t love everything in my closet?  I buy the clothes!

This challenge has not only changed my view on how I shop, but what I shop for.  My new rule, I must LOVE it to spend my hard earned money on it.  It has also made me start to take inventory of the items I already have.  I gave myself a pass to buy a new outfit for my birthday, but as it turns out, I had a perfectly good jumpsuit in my closet that I hadn’t worn!

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After I finished the challenge, I didn’t have this urge to run out and get my fix.  Actually the opposite happened.  Continue reading “No Shopping? No Problem!” →

Style me Pretty

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Fashion icon DVF speaks to my heart. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.” – Diane von Furstenberg.  I believe style can play a huge role in that – dress for the job you want not the job you have right? BUT I have been a little cloudy about what I want to do as a career. I DO know I want to be independent with freedom to travel, have a family, throw a killer party and afford the lifestyle I want.

When I look at women that admire – both in real life and onscreen, (Kate Middleton, Claire Underwood, & Lisa Vanderpump) they have three things in common: Strength, Style and Class. As I turn 30 (in 17 days, but who’s counting), I am trying to find my own personal style.  Let’s not kid ourselves, I love clothes and I have a lot of them.    Being an actress for years, I have what some may call and “eclectic” wardrobe.  Trying to figure out what I want to portray to the rest of the world on a day to day basis has proven a bit of a challenge for me.  I browse online and picture an event or outing I could do in that outfit, but I never get it quiet right.

So I have enlisted some help:  StichFix.  It is a fabulous website where you fill out a style profile and a stylist picks clothes for you. They mail them directly to you and you get to try them on in the convenience of your own home. Plus, any returns are FREE!  I got my first box about a month ago and loved it!  I didn’t keep everything, but the items I did I probably wouldn’t have picked out for myself at the store.  That’s why I love it.  It pushes me to try new things and they give you a style card to help you pair their picks with other items you may already have in your closet.

You can check it out at:

https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/4614318

(*this is a referral link)

My second box is supposed to arrive this weekend.  Here’s hoping I can pull it all together! Strong, STYLISH, and Classy here I come.