1 Dress, Many Outfits : Number 1

For those of you that know me or have met me somewhere in cyberspace, you will know that I wear a lot of black. It is not a particularly concious decision, but I know that if I buy a black top/skirt I'll have something to go with it. It's safer, it doesn't particularly stand out and can generally be dressed up or down as needed.

I also love to wear dresses as I don't need to find anything to match and can accessories as needed. 

So, in the Warehouse sale I found this black jersey maxi dress for £7.

 

It's a perfect staple dress, ideal for work, play, meals out, pub, and it fits me quite well (it does look better on me than the hanger!)

I have been a student of the lovely Lottie in her Finshing School on how to be Feminine & Fabulous, and am an avid follower of Think Frock it's Friday. But I do want to try to brighten up my wardrobe and be a bit more creative about what I wear. So my plan is to wear this dress as least once a month but always trying to make it look different.

I know, I know I should have bought the lilac or blue dress instead to rid myself of black, but I have a lot of black in my wardrobe and the point here is to update the black and team it with a bit of colour.

I will say, that week 1 wasn't the best but it was my first day back in work & it was early in the morning, so I kept it fairly neutral. 

Brown knee high boots with brown tights

Wide tan belt & big wooden bangles

I will try to get photos of myself in the whole outfit in the future.

Not my new year's resolutions

Happy New Year!

I am great at setting resolutions, but a bit rubbish at keeping them. I am however pretty good at writing AND ticking off items on a to do list...so this year instead of setting resolutions I will be be writing a to do list of what I want to achieve. It's more positive (in my opinion) and requires much less perceived willpower.

Usually new year's resolutions are to start or stop a habit, to try something new. I don't feel that I have the willpower to change my habits, it seems to huge a task to go from getting out of bed when I'm ready to getting up at 6am every day. (I know this is a personal thing that I should probably address soon.) It takes time and repetition to form habits and writing a to do list appears more manageable, for example, 'write one blog post this week' seems much more achievable than 'Write a blog post EVERY week!'

From this I reckon you can already guess 2 of my tasks....

1. Get up 10 minutes earlier tomorrow than I did this morning (7am).
2. Write one blog post this week (after this one!)

I am not setting myself loads to do this year but I reckon that if by the end of the month I am comfortable with getting up that little bit earlier it will lead to me having more time for task 2 and will help me to set myself some new tasks for February - yes, I am going to look at every new month as a new start & add a new task to my list....I am also planning the launch of a new venture in February, if all goes to plan, so may have my hands full anyway. :)

I am, however, setting myself a little challenge - 1 Dress, Many Oufits. I'm sure you can get the gist of what's going to happen, but I think it warrants it's own blog post..... < See, getting on to task 2 already (check!!)