Resisting a Skirt...and a Sale!

A co-worker just asked me to walk to the GAP with her on our break.  It's down the hall from our office.  (By the way, this co-worker knows I'm trying to stop spending, how dare she ask me?!).  Soo I went.  I need tights and don't want to pay $20/ea. at Legs Beautiful so I thought I would check the GAP.  Thankfully, they had gorgeous tights for 2/$25 so I bought them.  As I was walking out, I saw the GORGEOUS skirt (below) on sale for $32 + 30% off!  A skirt for $22?!  How could I resist?  I can't resist a skirt, let alone a sale.  But I did.  I'm actually pretty proud of myself. 

Cascade Panel Printed Skirt: GAP

16 Day Skirt Challenge: Days 1 and 2

A co-worker asked if I wanted to meet up with her at the mall and go shopping this past weekend.  Not one to be rude, I said yes.  Oh, I also needed some essentials for fall so I thought it would be a great opportunity to snatch them up.  Luckily, we were met with promotion after promotion.  (Now if I didn't go, I might have lost out on some great deals and would've had to pay full price at a later date.)  I was careful to mainly buy essentials (layering pieces i.e, turtleneck, long-sleeve blouse, long-sleeve shirt).  Of course, I couldn't resist the 35% discount at the GAP and paid $45 for a pair of cords (on my "need" list).  I did not, however, buy a skirt.  Even though I wanted one.  I said earlier that I had about 15 skirts for fall and I was challenging myself to wear each and every one of them.  Last fall, I think I rotated about 3 or 4, along with a couple of pairs of pants. Maybe a dress or two.  Not very exciting.  This fall, I am excited to mix things up!

Challenge: 16 skirts x 4 days/wk (Fridays are casual day) = new outfit every day for a month!  

Skirt #1

I didn't wear this top all summer.  Thankfully it got warmer out so I had one last chance to wear it.  Of course, I could wear a sweater over it for fall, which I plan on doing.

Top: French Connection; Skirt: Club Monaco;
Shoes: Steve Madden; Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Skirt #2

I think the last time I wore this skirt was 4 years ago (could be longer).  Not sure why - it's pink!

Top: Forever 21; Skirt: GAP; Shoes: Nine West

Glasses: Marc Jacobs

Fall Must-Have: Leather Pants/Leggings

Julia Roberts wore leather pants on David Letterman in 1998 and since then I've always wanted a pair.  I have yet to own a pair.  I used to have a pair of pleather pants from Le Chateau when I was in high school that I was obsessed with.  I had a faux leather skirt from Tristan that I loved, but it no longer fit me so I recently sold it on eBay (I really tried squeezing myself into that one but I had to give up).  I now only own a couple of leather jackets from Danier (one that is going to be on my Wear Me Already list for fall) so I think it's time for me to buy those leather pants once and for all. (Of course, with the money I make on eBay because that doesn't really count as spending money.)

Now which ones to buy...

danier.com

Coy Leather Front Legging: Guess by Marciano

Leather Trousers: mango.com

Leather Trousers: zara.com

Graham & Spencer Ponte-Back Leather
Leggings: neimanmarcus.com

Cropped - no hemming required for me!

Leather cropped moto pants: gapcanada.ca

Polyester and I do not mix but there's always the pleather option.

Faux leather trousers: hm.com

Zipper Wet Legging: bebe.com

Faux Leather Leggings: gapcanada.ca

Jean Faux-Leather Skinny Pants:
bcbg.com

Other options with the look of leather.

Superslim Jeans: mango.com

901 Coated Legging: jbrandjeans.com

Wear Me Already: Bright Green Handbag - Day 2

I know I was supposed to wear a different bag every day this week but I'm off on Friday again (I love summer holidays!).  I only have three coloured bags so the fourth bag I was going to wear was my Dior.  I felt I had to make an executive decision and change the challenge to be about wearing my bright coloured bags (sorry, I couldn't put this one away!)  Dior will have to wait until next week.  Either way, I'm wearing a bag other than my Louis Vuitton that I wear every day and isn't that the point of this challenge?

(On a side note, recently I noticed that I seem to have a thing for blue and white stripes. I counted 6 new items I had purchased over the spring/summer.  Not quite sure what that's all about.)

Top: Gap; Skirt: French Connection

Bag: Nine West; Shoes: Guess; Sunglasses: Juicy

Speaking of Colour...

My "old" items might be screaming at me to be worn, but when you have brights like these in your closet, they scream a little louder to be worn... and they're hard to resist!

Top: Gap; Skirt: Zara; Shoes: Marc by
Marc Jacobs; Sunglasses: Juicy Couture

Top: Mendocino; Pants: Guess by Marciano;
Shoes: Guess; Sunglasses: Ray-Ban

Top: H&M; Pants: J Brand; Shoes: Guess
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban