30x30: 30 FINALLY

I wore:

Gap shirt, belt, skirt

Lucky brand booties

Doesn't the left picture look like an elfish version of the right picture in which my head was cut off? I kinda like it. It's very Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. 

Since there's no good transition, I'll just jump right in on the earth quake and tsunami in Japan. I have three Japanese cousins who live there and for most of Friday, were unreachable. It wasn't until late Friday night that somebody was able to get in touch with them. Everybody was fine but were still being affected by everything going on. Megumi, my cousin, was stranded at work and had to walk four hours to get back to her house and kids. 

Though we haven't been able to see them for a while, it still takes my breath away to think about what they're going through and the friends they may lose or have lost already with all that's going on. I can tell I'm getting older when I begin to care about the effects of these things instead of complaining about them  interrupting my regularly scheduled programs on tv.

Keep praying for Japan, they need it.

30x30: 27-29

I wore:

Gap shirt, cords

Lucky brand shoes

J.Crew Factory caridgan

Gap shirt, cords

Lucky brand shoes

Gap shirt, jeans, shoes

I think I have a one-track mind. About an hour ago, I found out Andrew Jenks is coming to Greenville in a couple of weeks to speak at the university. Sitting still has become unbearable and now I can't quit having foolish middle school daydreams about him. It's like I just discovered *Nsync for the first time. Yikes.

I decided to do three outfits in one post because I'm lazy and the rain isn't helping that cause. It's been raining nonstop all day. Rain (along with candy, Fridays, early release days, and afternoons) makes high schoolers act wild. Sometimes that wild is funny, other times it's just plain obnoxious. We're starting a unit on Macbeth tomorrow and I'm a little anxious about it. Shakespeare isn't my favorite thing to read but the man was a genius- whether or not he stole all his works.

These are outfits 26-29. And that last picture is me pretending to be a model. Because that's how models pose.

30x30: 26

I wore:

Gap shirt, skirt

Worthington tights

Steve Madden boots

Necklace from Wal-Mart ($5!)

Let's talk about all the people I saw at the gym today- it was really quite a crowd.

When I first walked in, there appeared to be some sort of handsome man convention going on. Exciting, right? WRONG. They were all wearing those really disgusting homemade tank tops where the arm holes  practically go down to their waists. That's a deal breaker, ladies.

Another guy who worked at the gym was snacking on chips pretty much the whole time I was there. I'm not necessarily a chips fan but it doesn't seem like they should be consumed in a gym no matter what your opinion of them is. We're at least supposed to pretend to be healthy while we're there lifting those weights.

Sometimes I feel like I need to get in shape before going to the gym. The lady running beside me was like a human gazelle, just reading her fashion magazine and being all fit while I huffed and puffed through 30 minutes on the elliptical. Here's hoping that a shortness of breath turns into something a little more impressive.

30x30: 25

I wore:

Gap shirt, cords

Steve Madden boots

So Lent begins in about two hours and I'm still a little iffy on what to give up. I think I'm going to give up Friends. Not my companions and confidantes, but the tv show itself. I always find myself watching it instead of doing things that need to be done. In lieu of this immature addiction, I am going to dedicate one hour a day to reading something not school-related. 

My typical move is to give up caffeine but I rarely have it nowadays, so it seems like a moot goal. Some of my students (jokingly, I hope) said they are giving up school and/or homework for Lent. 

Are any of you participating in Lent? If so, what are you giving up? 

30x30: 24

I wore:

J.Crew Factory sweater

Gap skirt

Steve Madden boots

This outfit felt like wearing a carnival, but slightly less tacky. I always have this debate in my head about whether or not to tuck things in or not. Days when I'm not feeling awesome, the shirt tails usually get left hanging out.  And since very few people feel awesome at 6:15 am, nothing's been getting tucked in lately. 

That's enough of my ramblings. Hope you had a great weekend! 

30x30: 23

I wore:

Gap shirt, shoes

Anthro skirt

I'm once again playing catch up with all these posts. I began teaching more and have spent much of the past week either reading, thinking about reading, or sleeping. It's wild to think that I'll have a Master's degree in three-ish months! I'm ready for it but the daunting task of what to do next takes some of the fun out of enjoying it.

30x30: 22

I wore: 

Gap shirt, jeans, shoes

Necklace from Wal-Mart

This is what I wore today to stay in the house on Saturday. I felt like a loaf in my pajamas, so in an effort to be more productive, I showered and got dressed. It worked because I ended up reading an entire book, doing loads of schoolwork and cleaning the apartment. 

The necklace I'm wearing is from Wal-Mart and I love it more than anything I've ever found there. My rule for buying jewelry is "would I buy it if it was at Anthropologie?" If the answer is yes, I buy it. If not, I don't. Anthro really knows how to set the bar high.  And it helps that it was only $5, costing less than most things at Anthro when they're 95% off. Score!

30x30: 21

I wore:

Gap sweater, skirt

? tights

Steve Madden boots

This may be the only time this sweater gets worn in the 30 x 30 because of how warm it's been lately and how warm it's going to be. I wish winter would hang around just a little bit longer because I much more prefer my winter clothes over my summer ones. 

30x30: 20

I wore:

dress from Anthro

Gap belt

Hue tights

Steve Madden boots

I turned 23 in this outfit and enjoyed a surprise party thrown by the girls in my yearbook class. They all brought cookies and decided to call me "CourtCourt" all day in lieu of my teacher name. We had  a lot of fun with the icing on the cookies because it turned everyone's lips blue. 

Later that night, some friends from Raleigh came into town to take me out to dinner. They were my very first visitors since I've moved to Greenville! I loved having them here and wished they could stay longer.

I expected this birthday to be disappointing but it turned out to be one of the best. 

30x30:19

I wore:

Gap shirt, skirt

tights from Target

Steve Madden boots

I unintentionally dressed like Minnie Mouse. How embarrassing is that? 

30x30: 18

I wore:

Gap shirt

Skirt from Anthro

Hue tights

Steve Madden boots

I felt great wearing this! It was the perfect outfit for a day of teaching. Super comfortable and modest but still colorful. One of my biggest "style" fears about teaching this semester was that I would begin to wear boxy shirts and khaki pants. Thank goodness it hasn't come to that.

30x30: 17

I wore: 

Gap shirt, cords

Steve Madden boots

 Scarf- gift from Kelly

Not my favorite outfit but it was the best I could do after waking up late for school. Don't you just hate that feeling?

30x30: 16

I wore:

Gap shirt, belt, shoes

J.Crew Factory skirt

Look ma, no tights! Nothing like 80 degree weather...in February.

30x30: 15

I wore: 

Gap shirt, jeans and shoes

Scarf- gift from my cute grandma!

It seems as though I can never stay afloat of everything. If I get ahead in school, my apartment becomes messy and my blog goes unnoticed. If my room is clean, it's a sure sign of procrastination on the other side. 

Keeping that in mind, the past two weeks have been a battle to stay afloat of just two things: going to school and regular showering. This was one of those days that the showering came in last. 

30x30: 14

I wore:

Gap shirt, skirt, shoes

Fossil necklace

? tights

Happy Valentine's Day! Did you have a good one? 

I spent most of it at school and then came home to do some reading. All in all, it was a good day. Not too much pressure and everyone at school was in a fairly good mood (with just a few exceptions). 

Today I did have a lot of things floating around in my mind about things need to be done in the next month. Luckily it's not too much and if I concentrate, they can easily be finished. Teaching is one of the most taxing things I've ever done. Each day when the last bell rings, my body heaves a sigh of relief of surviving one more day.

Today it made me question the way I divvy up my time and the many ways I waste it. This blog was one of the ways I considered as wasting my time but after thinking a little more about it, I began to see it in another light.

I don't write this blog or post pictures for anyone other than myself. There are thousands of "fashion" blogs being posted everyday. Maybe some of those people do it for other reasons but for me, this is more of a journal than an attempt at fame. 

Like many girls, I tend to remember what happened on any given day by recalling what I had on. This blog just keeps my brain a little bit more organized. In college I began a habit of snapping pictures of myself in outfits I really liked as a means of speeding up the getting ready process whenever time was running low and I don't think this blog differs from either of these ideas.

So is a personal style blog a waste of time? Maybe, but not for me.

30x30: 13

I wore:

Gap shirt, cords

Steve Madden boots

? scarf

I wore this on Sunday to do a lot of lounging around my apartment. Then I ventured out to get groceries and came home with a fish. It was the closest thing to a dog that my apartment/roommates would allow. 

30x30: 12

I wore:

Gap sweater, cords

Loft belt

Lucky desert boots

I need your opinion- do these shoes look okay with these pants that are almost identical in color? Or do I look like a duck? I had this debate going on all day last week when I wore these two together.

30x30: 11

I wore:

Gap shirt, skirt, belt

Steve Madden boots

In an effort to catch up with all the outfit posts, I'm going to keep these next few posts short and sweet.

I wore this skirt and had the most ridiculous static cling situation for the entire day. Another teacher gave me a tip to spray Downy Wrinkle Releaser on the skirt to get rid of that problem. After testing it out, I 100% approve of this method!

30x30: 10

I wore:

J.Crew Factory cardigan

skirt from Anthropologie

Steve Madden boots

 I feel like this pictures show just how jubilant the entire morning was considering it was a half day at school. I was more excited than the students and had my first observation. I passed! They're going to let me keep student teaching. Phew. 

Luckily my university supervisor left just moments before one of my students started questioning me about drugs, which had absolutely nothing to do with what we were talking about. Sometimes the curveballs they throw at me are too much to handle.

30x30:9

I wore:

Gap blazer, blouse, skirt and shoes

Target tights, scarf

When I wore this on Tuesday, it was my first day ever of trying to teach with pharyngitis and a sinus infection. You can imagine how painful it was to speak over 32 high schoolers with that going on. I only lasted for half the day before calling it quits and heading home. But after several days of antibiotics, things are looking up!

I don't know if you can tell but there is the tiniest bit of a stain on the right side of my skirt. Drinking orange juice and walking down stairs simultaneously was not the brightest idea I had. Neither was the idea that followed where I believed the orange juice that I spilled wouldn't be noticeable on the skirt of the same color. I was wrong. World- 1, Courtney- 0

Tuesday was also Blazer Day for EverybodyEverywear. This particular blazer is hands down the most obscure color I've ever encountered. Is it navy? Is it black? The conclusion is that it's blavy and as a result, it goes with everything. World-1, Courtney-1.