Day 1 - 2014 - Happy New Year!

2013 had its ups and downs for me.  I started off the year excited to begin my blog and had such high expectations for it!  I was able to get through half of the year which I think is pretty good!  I was able to get it featured on Shine! For Yahoo even though I’m a little wary of how I was portrayed it was still exciting to have a camera crew at my home!  The blog also definitely helped me save some money by not shopping for clothes which I clearly did not need considering I was able to wear a different outfit pretty much the entire year of 2013 (even though I cheated the 2^nd half of the year and shopped)!  In February my nephew and Godson turned 2 and in March my sister gave birth to my adorable niece Chesney.  In April I went on a fabulous honeymoon to Hawaii but I also turned the dreaded 3-0.  May was a very difficult time as I suffered a miscarriage which pretty much led to the demise of this blog.  I was undoubtedly upset and had already begun to gain weight since the start of the year which just made me not like what I was seeing in my daily photos and decided to stop.  But it’s 2014 now and it’s time to start fresh.  The remainder of 2013 included a couple weddings, many pregnancy announcements from my friends, my 6^th trip to Aruba, a new engagement and even a new baby for a close friend.  In 2014 I am looking forward to many new lives coming into the world, lives of two people becoming one, and for some, lives starting over!  

So here is my 2014 New Year’s Resolution if you so wish to follow it!  I am going to get rid of at least one item every day.  The items will range from clothes to shoes to jewelry to household décor and more!  I am going to post every day and depending on the condition of the item it will either get donated or will get put on eBay to sell.  I am also going to volunteer for Dress for Success to not only donate some of my items to this great charity but to also use my passion for fashion to help other women get ready for job interviews!  My goal is to stop hoarding clothes considering I probably have some things in my closet that date back to high school!  I have been buying buying buying but I never throw away.  Rather than needing to purchase new hangers every time I go on a shopping spree, I am going to learn to REPLACE the old with the new.   I feel as if this year’s blog may not be as exciting as last year but I am going to try my best to keep it entertaining!  And I hope you will follow me on my journey to clean out my junk and at the same time possible even make some money by selling the items!

So what should I start with for Day 1?  I think I'll start with these 2 Dolce & Gabana lingerie tank tops I've been hoarding since probably around 2007. 

 I had purchased a pair of sunglasses at the D&G store at the Short Hills mall and decided I really didn't like the way they looked on me and of course their return policy was store credit only.  So I had around $200 worth of credit I had to use at that store! So after shopping around I came across these two gems which are super sexy and at the time (7 years ago) looked pretty good on me.  I don't even think I could squeeze my body into these now lol.  They were a pretty penny each probably close to $100.  And in doing some research to figure out what I can put them on eBay for I came across a very similar listing which is set at $65 right now (although she is saying it retails for $275 ouch!).  I am going to "watch" this item to see how much it goes for and then will price these two accordingly. 

Link to similar item on eBay

I did get some good wear out of them though check out some of the photos!  But do keep in mind these were from many years ago!

Day 150 - Dress #16

  Wow I can't believe I'm on Day 150!  This is a pretty big milestone!  I'm getting close to half way through the year and my goal was to get through quarter 1!  Looking forward to the warm weather now and hopefully getting to wear all the dresses I own!  This dress is from Express circa May 2010.  I love how Express has the season listed on their tags so I know exactly how dated my clothes are! I have this dress in black and red too.  I remember when I bought this and all the different colors I had to choose from!  I'm sure many of my readers had this dress at some point right?

Day 147 - Juicy Couture Zip Up #9

  Happy Memorial Day!  What a nice relaxing weekend of not doing much!  All I did today so far was meet a couple friends for lunch!  I am wearing a gray Juicy zip up with jeans and flips!  Have a good week!

Day 146 - Bar-b-q

  Happy Memorial Day weekend!  Finally no rain but still cold so it's hard to decide what to wear.  I am wearing brown leggings with a peach top from Arden B. and a Michael Kors jean jacket.  I haven't worn this jacket in years but I love it and its' embellished buttons!  And can't forget the bedazzled flip flops by Nine West!

Day 143 - Mint green

  I really hate the color green and I only own maybe 5 green items of clothing.  Today's shade of green isn't so bad and it's a nice springy color even though it's a rainy day.  It's a short sleeve sweater from The Limited with New York & Company jeans and the same uncomfortable shoes I wore yesterday even though I switched to flip flops to come to work in :)

Day 142 - Dress #15

  Wow it's been a hot few days!  And the A.C. in my house is old so it's pretty warm in here.  We are getting a new one next week.  The joys of home ownership!  Today I am wearing a Max Studio Dress from Loehmann's.  And the shoes I am wearing are from Payless and are terrible!  The first and only other time I wore these was to NYC last year and the backs of my feet were bleeding by the time I got on the train home.  I said never again but I figured I'll give them another try today and weren't too bad!

Day 141 - 5 days later

  Wow I didn't blog for 4 days straight sorry!  I didn't do much this weekend and I worked at home yesterday so didn't have any outfits!  Today I am wearing brown leggings with a beige top from Charlotte Russe.