My first capsule collection

Thank you The small fabric of my life for starting up this challenge. This is my first capsule and it made me realize a few things:

1) I noticed none of my items that I picked are designer, which leads me to believe that I don't have to spend a lot of money to have a week's worth of clothes.
2) This will cut down on the amount of items I pack when I travel for a business trip.
3) Its seems all the items I own are work outfits.
4) I have a lot of black...LOL

I have few trips coming up that I will be gone for a whole week, I'm very excited to see how well this works out. The weather report says its going to be 56-65 degrees which in So. Cal its on the cold side, plus its going to rain on Thursday and possibly Wednesday, so wish me luck I'll be warm enough.

So here is my capsule collection:

1. jacket--Old Navy (remix)
2. pink long sleeve shirt--Banana Republic (remix)
3. black striped long sleeve shirt--The Limited
4. black sheath dress--Tommy Bahama (remix)
5. green wrap sweater--Mossimo (remix)
6. checker vest--Merona (remix)
7. gray pants--Ann Taylor (remix)
8. black pinstripe pants-- Banana Republic (remix)
9. black booties--BCBG Paris (remix)
10. black Mary Jane pumps--Xileration (remix)

Accessories:
1. black onyx earrings (remix)
2. fresh water pearl necklace (remix)
3. black patent belt--Calvin Klein (remix)
4. faux snake skin belt--Mossimo (remix)
5. black/gray scarf--purchased at Loehman's

same look different color

I think this is a better version of what I was trying to do a couple of days ago. See here for the original look.

let me know if you want to participate in my challenge-giveaway.

Shirt--Banana Republic
Sweater--Merona (remix)
skirt-Alani (remix)
shoes--Mossimo (remix)

I'm doing a giveaway Challange

Please see my previous post for my giveaway challange If I can't copy your look then I will give you a $10 gift card to any store of your choice.

This photo was taken at my parents house, because it was raining I thought this look was perfect because of the layers, I was so warm and I appreciated the inspiration from Fab Finds under $50

Shirt--Norma Kamali (remix)
t-shirt-Mossimo (remix)
Jeans--Gap (remix)
shoes--Nine West (remix)
vest--Utility (remix)
Jacket--NY&CO

The challenge--Giveaway

Next week is the wardrobe capsule challenge (I still need to send over my items) but after that I'm doing a giveaway challenge.

I want bloggers to send me pictures of outfits I can copy, if I can't do it or won't do it I'll be happy to give you a $10 gift card to pretty much any store (as long as the store has a location in So. California) I would probably want to create rules like:

1) I can only use items that are in my closet ***NO SHOPPING***
2) they literally have to look similar (see above picture)
3) it must be an outfit you have already or will blog (in other words you must have worn it all day or night)
4) you must be a follower
5) you must leave me a post to let me know your participating, so I may look out for your e-mail.

So...do you want to challenge me and get a chance to win a gift card? two entries max. I'll send you a confirmation that I got your e-mail, if you do not get a response from me right away, I'm probably traveling or I just plain didn't get it, but you will get a confirmation.

my e-mail address is reb562 at yahoo dot com

Pants--Calvin Klein (remix)
shirt--Isaac Mizrahi for Target
sweater--Merona (remix)
shoes--Apostrophe (remix)
Cami--Chadwicks (remix)

to much?

I think my version of this outfit looks very busy, to much going on, I think? thoughts? I needed an excuse to wear the skirt and shoes, and instead of the belt I wore a necklace. I guess simple is better? or maybe I should accept my choice and be confident about it!

suede skirt--Alani
shoes-- Steve Madden Luxe
blouse--Banana republic (remix)
sweater--Merona (remix)

I'm always intrigued that I have enough clothes in my closet that I can try to re-create someone's look...I'm want to keep going and see how far I can take this.

Happy Blogging.

Thank you Lesa's Library!!

I recently won a $10 gift certificate from Barnes and Nobel from Lesa's Library she is always doing giveaways and gives a bunch of book reviews. I'm a huge reader, I read everything from politics to religion to self help book to...you get the picture.

Also Thank you Fashion after Forty for telling me about Kindle for your PC, because so far I've downloaded 12 books and I already started Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Obviously these 3 books didn't cost me $10 but because I am a shopper I ended up with 3 books (more if they had them in stock) but 3 on this go around.

Hot Mama by Karen Salmansohn --no I'm not pregnant yet (yet being the keyword) my husband and I talk about it all the time, so I thought that this book would encourage me to feel like a babe even if I was pregnant...seems like a easy and quick read, but thought it was interesting.

The Go-Getter Girl's Guide by Debra Shigley this book basically sums up my life or the life I want to lead, but I don't know if this book is any good however it looks fun and a quick read.

The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger I'm a HUGE talk radio/news person. My current news station has her on from 12pm-4pm and I recently started listening to her and I really do like her A LOT!!! so I decided to pick up one of her books. My marriage is not in trouble, but being a self-help guru I always want to learn better ways to take care of my man; besides I figured it wouldn't hurt!

So thank you again Lesa's Library for my giveaway gift, I do appreciate it!

Becky week

Keeping up with my inspiration week, this week we have Becky from Gilding the Frilly I love her killer shoes and even though I do own similar color heels, I felt this skirt was to short that I needed to convert to flats in order to not make the skirt any shorter.

My favorite part of this outfit is the color combo...turquoise, camel, yellow and purple...wow who would have thought--talk about a match made in heaven.

Shoes--Christian Siriano for payless (remix)
shirt--Merona
sweater--Merona (remix)
skirt--Banana Republic (remix)

check out Gilding the Frilly for her labels.