It was about eight years ago my little sister had a fashion intervention with me. I was interviewing for a job promotion and she was helping me pick out outfits. After a fashion show of all my best ‘interview looks’, she sat me down and told me I looked like that mom in the Swiffer […]
I don’t even know how many #moms30for30 challenges I have done. Maybe seven? And EVERY single time I find that need this lesson again: contentment with my closet. ON MALLS This past week my husband and I drove to the city, our friends babysat and we went to the mall (SOLO!). Because we don’t live near […]
A couple times a year I co-host a challenge with Raj from Pink Chai Living. It is called the #moms30for30 and the challenge is to wear 30 items of clothes for 30 days. I do the challenge time and time again because I always learn something. WHAT I LEARN and RELEARN I often learn […]
Hey there fine reader! Big announcement! Starting April 1st Raj from Pink Chai Living, and I, are hosting another month of the 30for30 challenge. That is, wearing 30 items of clothes for 30 days, in 30 ways. This time around we are teaming up with some great bloggers from all over Canada and the US. It […]
I got dressed for 30 days in a row! Yes, I’ll accept my award now and display it next to my trophy for Canada’s Okayest Stay at Home Mom, 2012! I am always revved up to start the #moms30for30 challenge, and by day 21 I’m powering down. Though I suspect that getting dressed into real […]
It’s been three weeks of getting dressed every morning for the #moms30for30. That’s right, I spend my precious mornings tracing in eyeliner and trying on outfits infront of my fingerprint-smudged mirror. This is kinda a BFD because, usually, when Dawson goes down for his morning nap I get a bit of leisure time. Fine, I’m […]
We are just almost halfway through the #moms30for30 and I’ve been really enjoying this one. Aside from some heckling from some darling friends and family that I’m actually getting dressed every day, I feel good about things. I’m feeling more comfortable getting dressed each day, and showing up. I feel like I’ve been ‘practicing‘ getting […]
I got dressed every day this week!! No, I don’t think it is practical, or even necessary, to get dressed up each day. Motherhood sometimes means staying at home, wiping oatmeal off your pant leg and putting on lipstick with your sweats because that’s the most reasonable ‘something special’ you can accomplish. However, I do […]
Hey everyone! In one week I’m gonna do another #moms30for30. Yup! Loads of graceless selfies of me in my stay at home mom clothes. If you weren’t part of the collective eye roll that just happened, then I want you to really think about joining in this time! Like really! Many of you have mentioned you’ve been […]
After November’s 30for30 challenge I felt like I finally had the chance to objectively look at my (non-maternity) winter wardrobe. I treated the challenge like an ‘interview’ for my clothes and really wanted to analyze each piece for their place in my lifestyle and wardrobe. This was my second 30for30 (here is what I learned […]