Confessions of a Blogger: 30x30 Success via Failure

{Jacket: J. Crew | Shirt: Target | Cords: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Vans}

So. I was all set to do a Spring 30x30 Remix. Meaning, I picked out my 30 pieces, I even basically had 30 outfits planned out. Then I wore three of them (this was the 2nd), and decided I was over it. Haha! It had nothing to do with my past 30x30 complaints/stressors: not being prepared, being bored by my clothes, or not being able to come up with interesting outfits... Nope, it really came down to this realization: I'm truly on my way to mastering a remixable wardrobe! I'm no Kendi yet, by any means, but as I was putting together outfits for this spring remix, I realized that all the pieces I'd chosen actually went together... I wasn't doing crazy pattern mixing just to piece together outfits, or figuring out if I had enough colors or neutrals to make enough outfits - it all just fell into place!

Then I started to look at the rest of my wardrobe, and realized that a good amount of the wardrobe I've been building since I began blogging is highly remixable! Sure, I still have those random pieces that just don't fit in (and maybe never will) - oversized Hawaiian shirtdress, I'm talking to you - but for the most part, with every closet purge and every new purchase, my wardrobe is becoming highly functional!

When I buy clothing now, I think a lot harder about it. I don't just buy some wild print if I can't think of how I'm going to wear it with the rest of my clothes. I buy a lot more neutral and classic pieces because I know that I can remix them with the more unique pieces that I already do have. I'm not saying that a bunny rabbit print crop top won't jump out at me one day (imaginative, I know), but I am saying, I will have a much stronger urge to avoid it. ;)