Make do and mend day

One thing I've found myself doing a lot during this 30 for 30 is repairing, or making little changes to, some of my items. With a limited number of things to wear, I guess I've become conscious of things like holes in trousers, belts that are too thick and general non-fitting-ness, and forced myself to do something about them. And then there are the boots, of course - the biggest repair project of the lot. I'll probably finish them (if I even manage to do this) the day before my last day or something! Which is Wednesday by the way. My last day. And you bet I'm looking forward to that!

  Case in point: this outfit would've been so much better with my plum cardigan. I eyed it hungrily this morning, when it randomly hung next to my navy blue bow top. But it wasn't on the list, so I had to let it hang there. Sadness! Still, it's not too bad with the black cardigan, either. (Today is also black cardie comeback day.)

Anyway, I wore my Springfield flats for when we went out for breakfast and groceries today. But on the way home, I stepped in a puddle (and holy Batman, was that cold!), so my shoes were soaked through. That's why I'm posing in sheepskin slippers. My mother bought me those for Christmas last year, and they are the comfiest footwear in the known universe.

Freezing? To death? Who me? And to think we had blue skies and sunshine this morning, too... And now I have to go finish taking the elastic out of the sleeves of my red stripey top, or I won't have anything to wear tomorrow. It's like wartime rationing, I swear!

Orange copycat day

So today I slightly copied this outfit. It's not like I've run out of ideas, just... steam. But hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Well, unless you're Diane von Furstenberg and you're suing Forever 21, I guess... And yeah, I realise I've worn the green shirt with the orange cardie and the orange cardie with the grey skirt - but I've not worn those three items together before, so that makes it a new outfit.

The main reason I wore this is that I wanted to continue my love affair with my green John Travolta top. It's one of those items I've had forever (bought on sale, of course), that I've rediscovered, as it were. See that look of rapture on my face, as I close my eyes and just revel in being close to my frilly green Anthro shirt? Now that's love. It's a very comfy shirt, okay? And it's a US size 4, which of course is an instant confidence booster right there.

Anyway, you come to realise certain things when you're only allowed to wear three of your skirts for one month. Like how one of these skirts is actually way too big for you. Either I just assume that I'll need bigger sizes than usual at UniQlo because they carry Japanese sizes, or I've lost weight since I bought this. (That would be nice, eh?) This skirt used to be one of my default go-to pieces when I was in a hurry because it's a) neutral and b) doesn't actually crinkle. At all. It's like magic. But still, if a skirt doesn't fit, it sinks down and looks unattractive, and this is one of those unbeltable monsters, too. Maybe this old gal has overstayed her welcome in my closet? We'll see, I guess...

Vietnamese Surprise day

Taken five minutes before the light disappeared, and ten minutes before I dived out the door to meet Victor out for our date (which I was late for), these photos aren't exactly crystal clear. I may retake them tomorrow since they're slightly blurry and my hair looks stupid (thanks for nothing, dry shampoo).

If you're wondering why I'm not actually sitting in this wicker chair, just hovering around it - well, it's been out in the rain. And we have had a lot of rain. I'm betting if I set it on fire, it probably wouldn't burn. But hey, if it did, posing next to a burning chair would be pretty rock-n-roll of me, right?

The title of today's post comes not from what we ate that night, but from a conversation Victor had with two of his co-workers - one Chinese (Kenny), one Vietnamese (Vu). They were talking about how they met their wives/girlfriend etc, and what their wives were like. As a person, not... you know. So anyway, Kenny, is marrying his Chinese girlfriend this year, and Vu has already married his Vietnamese girlfriend. Vu then asks Victor - "So, is your wife also Chinese?" "No," replies Victor, "She's Norwegian." Now, Victor's known Kenny for ages, so Kenny has already head about me - but the Vietnamese guy was speechless. For several minutes, before he blurted out: "You mean your wife's... Caucasian?"
Yeah, man, I sure am. Welcome to 2011, buddy.

Goth beat-poet day

Today, I finally decided to wear my goth beat poet outfit, which I've been wanting to wear since before day one of this remix. Oh life, says the goth beat poet. Oh death. Oh... stuff!

And for extra French-inspired 70's protest song cool, I decided to add le hat! Voila. I just have to add that yes, I bought it at Primark for maybe £3 before I found out how unethical that company is, and that I am in fact ashamed that I ever shopped there. I'm not even kidding, the bastards people who run Primark should be tried before the Human Rights tribunal. Sub-minimum wage and deportation threats do a very nasty cocktail make.

Anyway, I'm sitting here singing along to Heat of the Moment, thinking about how you can go from being in the absolute pit of depression one day, and then just... get over it, until you find yourself dancing around your flat to cheesy 80's rock. Oh well, I guess that's probably a good thing - so instead of feeling sad that the story I wrote got us nothing but remaindered comics and DVD's, I will post it up here and say; Check out this comic that I'm pretty proud of! Yeah, that's what I'll do.

Professor patch day

So this is what I wore today, mainly to stay warm, though maybe it's also my subconscious trying to emulate Lana from Archer with the whole big belt thing. Only seven more outfits to go! ...and I still haven't managed to fix my damn brown boots, hence the lace-up black ones.

Absolutely not the best outfit of the bunch (where did my waist go? I swear I had a waist the last time I checked!) but probably the comfiest. Observe the addition of cute frilly socks with bows on to try and girly up my boots. As if the sparkly laces weren't enough! Oh well, I wore it, so on the blog it goes!

Tomorrow's outfit will be better - it's got to be, with only seven left!

Old favourites day

So today I sort of randomly put on three of my favourite things from my remix - and I think they worked pretty well together:

This yellow skirt is probably my most-used item. And recognise the belt? It's the same one I wore yesterday, except the other way around. Buckle facing forward, I mean. I nearly donated this belt around week one of my remix, because it was a hand-me down that I'd never actually used before, but luckily I decided to try it on with the yellow skirt first, and realised that I actually loved it. Whew!

Eight outfits left! Also, today was my final attempt at staying friends with the brown jacket, but as you can see (and I hope you appreciate me posting this ugly-ass picture for your edification here) it didn't work out.

Still, I'm not sad, because this means I have a reasonably nice (on anybody but me, anyway) item to take to a swishing event! Swishes are events held in pubs on certain days, when you trade in your unwanted clothes for coupons you can use to buy other peoples' unwanted clothes. I've never been to one before, but it sounds like good fun, so I definitely want to do this at some point.

Reverse stripes day

So I discover that I have brought the joy of remixing into the life of Poli! Are those cool beans or what? Her first outfit is so gorgeous, and if your're reading my post you might as well click on this link and check out her outfit, too!  Anyway...
 This morning I was totally lusting for one of the cardigans that I'm not allowed to wear. It's beige and has little army-style buttons and things, and it would've gone so perfectly with my outfit... but then I tried on my green cardigan, and it turns out that went pretty well with it too - even if I've finally given in and done that thing of wearing reverse stripes. I stupidly included lots of stripey items in my remix, so it had to happen sometime...

That necklace, by the way... I thought I'd be wearing that necklace practically every day of my remix, but this is only my second time, and I'm on like, day 21! What gives, self?! The necklace was  a Christmas present from my mum - the really awesome kind, you know, the kind that you get to pick yourself? It was on offer, too, and it was the last one in the store - it's like it was waiting for us there, rattling itself to get our attention and whispering my name. My mummy heard it too, she can totally vouch for me!

Nobody swooned in shock at my reverse stripes, by the way. Maybe it's a totally done thing, and I've just not seen all the other reverse stripe people out there? I like this outfit anyway - it's one of my favourites out of my remix, actually, and I never would have worn these things together if not for the remix, because of the whole reverse stripes thing, so yeah... go 30 for 30! I love how it's forcing me to be creative.