Core Weekly Wardrobe

In case you haven’t noticed by the lack of posts, life is BU-SY.  I know this is not a condition unique to me and I’m not complaining – I actually do better busier.  However, I have been finding myself wanting a little outfit inspo for busy mornings – not a month-long outfit challenge or anything too prescriptive, and though I admire my thrifting-sisterhood-super-stylish friend Adina for her thoughtful and organized approach to wardrobe planning, I am simply not that organized.  (Would you plan my outfits for me, Adina?!!  Pretty please?!!)  As I was purging thousands – yes thousands – of photos on my phone this past weekend (I only had to abandon my family and travel 4 hours East on a holiday weekend to find the time for this unpleasant task), I came across a screen shot I saved of an approach from Who What Wear…

I like the idea of having some notion of what I will wear for the coming week but still the freedom to mix and match with the rest of my wardrobe according the weather, my activities for the day or my mood.  I also like the idea of being more intentional about wearing specific pieces – either to rule them out of my closet or gain them admittance until the next closet purge.  And so, on my long drive back from Saskatchewan on Thanksgiving Monday, I decided to give the Core Weekly Wardrobe a try this week!  It is a short week which seemed like a gentler start with only four core pieces:

Can you see my jammie legs sticking out at the bottom of the shot?  This is real life, ladies.  There was no lengthy deliberation; Tuesday morning, I grabbed the core pieces, snapped the shots and started my race, I mean, week.  I did not premeditate which day I would wear which piece, but here’s how it has gone so far…

And today I wore the grey skirt and had just enough time to get my favourite 6-year-old to snap a few shots…

And that brings us to Friday when I will be wearing that Miss Me top, as it turns out.  No, I have no idea how I’ll style it tomorrow.  I frankly don’t even know if I’ll have time to wash my hair, but you get that, right?  We’re all in this together, right?  This Core Weekly Wardrobe could work for us, right?  Stay tuned and we shall see!