The 30x30 Challenge

Okay, so it took me a few days to get all of this together {I was supposed to start on the first..oops}. I had a really hard time picking my clothing items out because I've gotten a lot of new things lately, you can blame the births of Jesus and myself for that. But really, I've got a lot of clothes people. A lot of clothes. I'm going to take on this challenge though! For those of you that haven't heard of the 30x30 before, it was started by Kendi from Kendi Everyday. She's pretty cool, makes me laugh a lot, and she lives in Texas..like myself. She has also inspired me a ton with her amazing outfits. If only I had her closet. Okay, back to earth from dreamland.. I'm doing this challenge with a semi-twist though. First, my dumb collage maker on Picasa, doesn't like me and wouldn't put 30 items in it without doing repeats of two of the items. I was super confused as to why there were 32 items on my screen, when I had only added 30 to the collage itself. But, alas, I kind of just ended up adding two extra items to my 30x30. My white button up, just because I've had that thing forever and I just realized it's potential and I really really wanted to use it {and I like bending the rules a bit}. The second item is an extra pair of shorts. I may actually need them instead of jeans at some point.. simply because the weather is so finicky here and keeps going from the 40s and 50s to 70s and 80s, so I suppose it's acceptable. The second twist also has to do with the weather and it's confused self, I'm not going to include cardigans in my count, I'll just add one if it's actually kind of chilly outside, but I'll try not to use them since I do have sweaters in my remixable items.

The main reason I'm doing this challenge is to save money, I'm not going to spend money on clothes or accessories during this entire challenge {no matter how bad I want that Kate Spade bag on ebay..},which is 30 days long by the way. Since I don't really have any money to begin with..okay, I do, but I shouldn't be spending it on clothes anyway. But also, I'm trying to challenge myself to remix the clothes I already have, and learn to appreciate the enormous amount of clothing I have because I don't do that enough.

Here are the items,

Official Count:

• 3 Dresses
• 12 Tops 
• 5 Pairs of Pants
• 2 Skirts
• 3 Pairs of Shorts
• 7 Pairs of Shoes

Total: 32 Items

Also, there will be one day where I have to wear business appropriate clothes for a career fair, I won't actually count that outfit as the outfit of the day, as I'm only going to be wearing it for a couple of hours! 

If anyone wants to join me in this journey, feel free to tag along! I'll need all of the support I can get, haha. I know I can do this though, even if it does take a bit of brain power. Wish me luck! :)