I'm back, and I've got a new trick!

Hey kids! I finally found an extra 29504 modes on my new camera yesterday, so stopped silently berating it and threatening to send it back. The last few weeks have been ridiculous. The main part is that I've moved house. My new neighbours seem nice and like they can keep their firearms under control, so hopefully I'll be in this house until I graduate.

Anyway, here's what I wore yesterday. There might be another photo later today, but right now I am studying in a red onesie with penguins on and a matching red hat. Actually, that is also photo worthy.

Yesterday I wore:

Dress - ROSS! (You have to say it like that. It's the rules.)
Cardigan - George via Goodwill.
Scarf - Goodwill.
Shoes - American Eagle via Goodwill.

I still love Goodwill just as much as ever. I bought a painting there last week for my new house for $4. $4! Amazing. Anyway, you may not be able to tell but my cardi has all these gems and sparkly bits on, so much so that Amber was blinded by it at the meeting I went to last night. Downside: the scarf kept getting caught on it.

Right now I am wearing:

Onesie - Target teenage boys section. Do teenage boys really like penguins that much? Who knows.
T-shirt - Goodwill.
Hat - Goodwill.

Don't I look thrilled with all those past midterms? Haha. Well, I am going to get back to making my study sheet and probably get dressed before my exam. Turbulence parameters are fun, right? Right? Anyone...?

Three's the charm

Sorry for my absence the last couple of days. On Wednesday I was crazy busy, and whilst I did look super cute in my completely thrifted outfit, I clean forgot to take photos. I'm hoping there are some photos of the big work event I went to with me in, so if I find some I'll post them. Otherwise I'll just re-use that outfit! Yesterday I was sick and so spent most of the day in pyjamas, I only got dressed to go to my Girl Scout meeting, and it was nothing worth taking a picture of! But now I am back and ready to rock. (Well, ready to administer a make up quiz and go to a seminar. Same thing, right?)

Today's nifty little number features:
Shirt: Converse via Goodwill
Vest (underneath, you can kind of see it): H&M via car boot sale
Jeans: White Stag via Goodwill
Shoes: Keds via Goodwill
Pink stripey socks: H&M
Beret: H&M

H&M, I miss you! See you in Bostonia for the holidays! Right, I'm away to the post office to send my family's advent gifts. My fear is that the postage will cost more than the gifts did... I suspect I am going to be sadly proved right about that.

--C.

Two Men Went to Mow

Day two of the Season of Goodwill! I'm enjoying it so far, although I sense that shoes are going to become a problem... I may bend the rules a little to allow myself shoes that aren't second hand. I'm going to have to at some points, because my running shoes aren't second hand (although my shorts and shirts mostly are) and most of the second hand shoes I have are my fancier high heels, and I can't wear those all the time for biking! So we'll see how long I last before I cave in and wear non-pre-owned shoes.

 Today's charming little number includes:
Dress: Old Navy via Goodwill
Shirt: Hanes via Goodwill
Tights: Target
Shoes: Walmart via Goodwill

and then I was wearing a white hoodie on and off for most of the rest of the day, which was thrifted Old Navy.

The lighting in these pictures is kind of weird but I didn't want to re-take them as there was some major neighbour drama going on today (involving one neighbour calling the cops on one of our other neighbours) and I didn't want to get in the way of all of it so I took my pictures and went back to work. Fun! Now I'm going to have a beer and start grading the quiz my students took tonight. Busy busy bees!

Season of Goodwill Day One

 Day one of the Season of Goodwill featured:

Skirt: Forever 21 via Goodwill
Cardigan: New Look via a car boot sale many moons ago
White shirt: Old Navy via Goodwill
Shoes: Charlotte Russe via Goodwill
Tights: Walmart
Necklace: birthday gift from my wonderful friend Darrel, bought from an art show we went to.

Day one was pretty easy. I hadn't worn this skirt or these shoes before but they both held up well throughout the day. The cardigan is one of my favorites, I wear it to death! I haven't worn the white shirt in a while as it's quite long, but it worked well tucked into this skirt. The necklace went really well with this get-up too; I almost never wear necklaces at work as we have to wear lanyards with our ID cards on but I felt like wearing it today. My friend Darrel went back and bought it as a birthday gift for me after I mentioned that I liked it at an art show we went to earlier this year, he's so thoughtful! Apparently each one is unique, which made me love it even more. I like to feel different!

I got told I looked hip by one of my friends at work today. I suppose that is a good thing? I'll take it as a win!

--C.

'Tis the Season of Goodwill

I know you must all have been on the edge of your seats since yesterday, waiting to hear about what my new style challenge/project is. I don't think there's any way that I could do 30 for 30, I'm just much too excited about wearing all my winter clothes at the minute. The clue to the project is in the post title - I thought it was appropriate with the holidays coming up! For the next fortnight (I wanted to do a month but that seems like such a long time!) I've committed to only wearing second-hand clothing. Hooray thrifting!

The Rules, should anyone else want to join in, are as follows:
- Clothing doesn't have to be from Goodwill (I would never hate on you, Salvation Army!) but it does have to be second hand. So stuff you got at thrift stores, garage sales, ebay, clothing swaps and hand-me-downs all count.
- I'm going to try and do top to toe, so second hand shoes as well. Tights and socks won't be second hand, because I don't have any pre-owned ones.
- Coats don't necessarily have to be thrifted, although I'm going to aim for that too. I'm only making this not a rule because my one really warm coat came from TkMaxx and I'm not prepared to freeze for this project!
- Accessories, anything goes.

I'll be posting my first day's outfit later on, when it's stopped raining long enough for me to take a photo. If you want to join in, please leave me a comment with a link so I can see how you style this challenge! I'm excited... and nervous!

Happy Monday, peeps : )

--C.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

This is what happens when I'm grading in my fort in my pyjamas (yes, I built a fort in my living room this weekend, what of it?) and my friend calls and invites me to lunch in seven minutes. I somehow managed to get clean and dressed in that time, so I ended up just grabbing the clothes that were nearest to me after he called. I think it worked out okay! I also wore the trousers yesterday when we took my girl scout troop to the nature reserve to practice their photography and capture the fall colors (what little of them we have here, at least!). We had a lot of fun, and it was great weather for being outside with the girls. Fun times!

Today I'm wearing:

Shirt: Old Navy via Goodwill
Trousers: Banana Republic via Goodwill

Navy socks: Primark, years ago
Shoes: Gianni Bini via Goodwill

The rest of my day has consisted of napping and grading, but mainly grading. I just have the extra credit question to do and I'll be done! Then onto my own homework... ugh.

A lot of other style bloggers are participating in Kendi's 30 for 30 challenge, but I didn't think I could manage that. Not when I'm still so excited about bringing out all my warmer clothes for the first time this year. So I came up with a style challenge for myself. I'll be posting the details of it tomorrow, so stay tuned for that! I'm excited!

Speaking of other bloggers, how cute is Sydney's chic updo tutorial?! (and her whole blog in general, it's just adorable!). I wish my hair was a little longer so that I could try her tutorial out. Hmm, maybe I'll have to test a lower down version of it. Also, I don't think my bike helmet would fit over a bun that big and poofy, so it might have to be a weekend style for me.

I'm feeling the blogger love today! Right, I'm off to go and drink my honey tea and tackle grading this extra credit question. Dearest students, writing the words 'very fast' as an answer will not earn you 5 points for that question. Sigh.

I hope you've all had wonderful weekends!

Teresa Green

So this morning I was in a huge rush, and none of my photos came out very well. in fact there was only one that was half-way decent. I have realized that I look much neater when my hair is dry... and when I'm not brushing my teeth (yes, I was brushing my teeth in some of the photos, multi-tasking is a skill, leave me alone.)

Today I'm wearing:

Shirt: Old Navy via Goodwill
Dress: ana via Goodwill
Tights: Walmart
Shoes: Gianni Bini (no idea) via Goodwill

In truth, this combination looked better on the hanger than it did on me. Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.