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Challenge Week

 So, I had a blog already prepared for today at the beginning of the week, but after my styling challenge this week I thought it best to talk about that instead.

My gorgeous friend Danielle came up with the idea of having my husband choosing my outfits for the week. While I was a little nervous of what he would choose, usually he has a good sense of style.

Monday started off quite smart, I certainly liked the choice of boots as I haven’t worn them yet.


Tuesday was a much more casual affair and definitely within my comfort zone for working from home.

 


Wednesday was one of my favourites, pairing a lacy top with high waisted straight leg jeans and the boots from Monday. Had lots of lovely comments about this one.

 


Thursday my husband decided to pass the responsibility to our daughter (think he’d already gotten bored with picking my outfits! To be fair it's most people struggles, including mine!). As he announced this, I knew she would pick my sparkly skirt, although I had no idea that she would put it with my tie-dye jumper and my favourite trainers that I got for my birthday. To say I was a bit embarrassed to do the school run was an understatement! I certainly got some funny looks, my mum thought I looked ridiculous and the delivery driver had a good laugh!

However the thing I noticed, was that if people saw me, even if they thought I looked silly (I was told I looked like a princess and mermaid, by grown ups!), at least they were smiling. It certainly made me smile, especially later in the afternoon when the sun caught my skirt and made a glitterball effect in the home office. I even did a few shimmies ;)

 


Friday was back to a casual look again and Saturday was more of the same (didn’t get a photo of that one).

 


My one take away from this week was that I loved getting a bit dressed up, it really helped put me in the right frame of mind for tackling the day. Even if things were thrown at me during the day, having someone making a nice comment about what I was wearing (or your very own gillter ball skirt), went a long way to boosting my mood.

Personally, I think everyone should let their kids dress them for a day, you’d be surprised how your kids see you and how fun it can be. My daughter said, of the outfit that she picked for me, that I looked ‘majestic’ and who doesn’t want to feel like that!

Have a lovely week.

Kat x

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