Y is for Yellow

Today's challenge from My Greatest Hits was an easy and fun one: wear something yellow.  Even though it had snowed recently, I was in the mood for springtime, so I paired cheery yellow with pink floral and my favorite spring shoes. 

 T-shirt: JC Penney, $5
Shirt: CJ Banks, $10
Jeans: clothing exchange, free

Shoes: clothing exchange, free
Flower: made by me
Hair clip: mall kiosk, $3 for 2
Necklace: Alaskan cruise, free

I'm linking this to:

T is for Tomboy

Today's challenge from My Greatest Hits was to incorporate menswear elements into my outfit.  This isn't something I've done before, but I think it works.  For part of the day I wore my husband's old watch, but the band was way too big and it drove me nuts, and I forgot to put it back on for the pictures.

 

 Shirt - Kohls, $5
Jacket -Oscar de la Renta, vintage hand me down
Levis - thrifted, $6
Chucks - old
Necklace and Earrings - old

I'm linking this outfit to:

10 Day Challenge, Day 9; N is for Neon and Neutrals

Day 9: Group Open to Interpretation

I have two toddlers.  Skirts on a weekday usually just don't work for me.  I love the Open to Interpretation picture, but had to very much rework it to make it fit my lifestyle.  The tan sweater was something I could easily replicate, then I used the skirt color from the inspiration photo as my shirt.  I added some bright jewelry to fit the neon requirement from My Greatest Hits, and here's the result:

 Shirt - unknown, old

Cardi - JC Penney, old

Jeans - Rue 21 from Ross, $10

Shoes - Smith's Marketplace, free with rewards points

Necklace and earrings - Dollar store, $1

Here's a close up of the neon jewelery - $1 for the set! Few fashion buys make me happier than when I can find fun jewelry at the Dollar Store.

Check out Freckles in April to see other interpretations of the outfit:

I'm also linked up with:

10 Day Challenge, Day 1

Hi! I'm Courtney. I've been reading a lot of these fashion blogs for awhile now, and have wanted to give it a try myself. When I saw Freckles in April's 10 day challenge, I wanted to participate, but had no outlet to let others' see my outfits. So, I'm making it a double challenge

• To follow April's prompts for ten days

and

• To blog for my first ten days ever

I wear what I want, sometimes to the chagrin of my husband and mother. In my clothes I sometimes stick out in my small Utah town as much as I stuck out as a punk in high school. But, when I wear what I want I have the confidence I otherwise lack and it gives my inner costume designer / theatre geek an outlet.

So, without further ado, here is

Day 1: LAYERS

T-shirt - Kohls, gift
button-down - Ward clothing exchange, free
cardigan - JC Penney (from high school)
belt - Ross, came with dress
jeans - Kohls, $6
socks - gift
Chucks - (from high school)
necklace - Honks dollar store, $1
beads - Claires, $1

This outfit was a stretch for me because I usually don't wear more than one necklace at a time or wear 3/4 sleeves over long sleeves, even though both of them are black(so not very noticeable today).

The headband is a belt that came with the button-down shirt. I always think it disappears when I wear it with the shirt, so I thought I'd try it up top instead.


This is the first time I have ever worn this sock/shoe/tucked in pant combination. I've always loved the fuzzy texture of the socks, but have never shown them off before.

I'm looking forward to the monochromatic scheme tomorrow, and I hope you will join me in Wearing What I Want.