It's all happening!

Oh man, you guys, I'm so excited.  April is going to be a pretty exciting month around here - no fooling!  First off, I've decided to join in on a Pinterest challenge for the month.  Heather from Style Journey (who is sadly no longer blogging but still posts outfits on Instagram) and some other gals are hosting this challenge and when I saw their calendar, I realized I could totally do it.  Check out #PinnedItSpinnedIt on both Instagram and Pinterest for more information.  I may not hit every day with this, but it will be fun way to try and remix my wardrobe as we march into spring! Here is the calendar (screenshot off my iPhone).

And here is the outfit for day one - very nice neutral outfit with browns and camel tones.  I don't think I could handle heels quite that tall though!

I made a little collage for my Instagram showing the pieces I chose to put this look together.  I actually pulled a shirt out of my giveaway pile - guess this is helping me re-think some of my clothing!

So here you have it - my Anthro pants, vintage black top, fun shoes that are a little more sensible than the ones in the pin and a Stella and Dot necklace.  I like how this turned out.  I'm really looking forward to the rest of this challenge too!  If I don't blog an outfit I hope to still add it to Instagram - so follow me there if you aren't - @BethieTheBoo.

Shirt - two birds vintage via b (a resale shop)

Pants - Anthropologie, thrifted

Shoes - Etienne Aigner, thrifted

Necklace - Stella and Dot 

What else is exciting in April?  I have a couple of fun reviews coming up for the blog, I am trying out a Stitch Fix box for the first time (yeah it's a splurge, we'll see how it goes), Oliver turns 4 months old this week, and spring should be springing soon!  We had a taste of it over the weekend and yesterday - but now we're plunged back into winter.  Nice April Fools joke from Mother Nature.  Oh well.  Anyway, it's going to be a fun month around here, so stay tuned!

FBFF - Mix it up

I'm back for Fashion Beauty Friend Friday again! It's been a long time since I've taken the time to participate, but this week's topic intrigued me. It's all about wearing clothing more than than once or not. So, without further ado, on to the questions and my thoughts!

1. Are you a one-time wearer? Only on a couple of special occasion items such as my wedding dress or a couple of bridesmaids dresses. I even managed to wear my prom dresses twice back in the day, I re-used them for the annual formal my sorority held each year.

2. Do you feel the need to purchase something new for an evening out or a special event? It depends, some years I splurge on a new outfit for Christmas or I'll sometimes use someone's wedding as an excuse to get a new dress, but I try to buy things that I think I'll use again in the future if possible.

3. Re-mixing is something a lot of bloggers are proud of being able to accomplish - are you a re-mixing pro or do you shy away from posting items frequently? Why? I LOVE to re-mix. I started my blog as a way to encourage more re-mixing of my wardrobe in fact, because I used to pretty much cycle through the same outfits week and and week out and I was getting so bored with getting dressed for work. I have no problems wearing things on my blog again and again. I just can't justify buying something for a one time use unless it is for the type of special occasions I mentioned in question one. I'm very upfront with my readers when I am wearing something that I've worn multiple times too, not that I expect anyone to point fingers. I'm just not ashamed of having "Frequent flyers" so to speak.

4. Do you have a clothing budget or are you an impulse buyer? I used to be more of an impulse buyer but I'm really working on budgeting myself better. I'm in the middle of a shopping ban actually, I had some major car repairs and I'm saving for a new laptop so I needed to curb it for a bit. When I'm able to start again I'd like to set myself a monthly limit as I've seen some other bloggers do to help keep me from going overboard. Though I do a fair amount of thrift shopping, so I don't know that I've ever been terribly out of control, but I know I can do better. We have an older house that is in need of some pretty major TLC, so that's going to be my motivation!

5. Do you find yourself bored when reading a blog in which clothing items are often remixed and appear frequently? Nope! I find it to be very inspiring when items are remixed, it gives me more ideas to remix my own wardrobe! The more mixing the better I feel!!

For thoughts on remixing from other bloggers, visit Katy at Modly Chic.