I thought it would be nice to write a post about how I've used my winter capsule so far. I've been using it for about a month since we came home from our vacation. I've added a few new pieces and put some in the suitcase to decide if I will get rid of them or want to get them out and wear them.
Here are the new pieces I added:
I got the teal/green shawl on vacation, and I really love it. I bought the green vest, because I wanted to try out a vest for versatility. I've never worn vests, but I like it so far. It is very warm. The tan pants I wanted also for versatility. They were a Christmas present. I wanted tan jeans that are more casual than regular dress pants.
Here are the pieces I put away:
Even though I love the colors of these shirts, I just never want to wear them because of the structure. Plus, they are difficult to wear under a sweater since they are 3/4-sleeved. The denim skirt I never wear because it feels to short. The maroon skirt doesn't seem to match anything. That particular color doesn't look good with what I have.
For the past month, I've worn 15 outfits, which are below:
The first outfit I made from the inspiration of my "forest" look, with brown and green, but it still feels a bit boring/too neutral for me. I only wore this once. I have mixed feelings about that tan sweater, because it is warm and comfy, but it doesn't seem to go well with many colors. I don't know why. It just looks weird to me with bright colors.
The second outfit I really like. I wore it 3 times (the most out of all my outfits). It is incredibly comfy and warm, and I love that teal scarf. I've noticed that I have been wearing it a lot, usually with navy (or white) and my owl earrings.
Starting with the third outfit, I had to switch to my snow boots because it snowed. I wore them every day until the snow melted. The city doesn't clear our street, since there is no public transportation on it, so the snow remains until it melts. Also, a lot of the sidewalks have ice and snow, and we walk most of the time. Again, this outfit is the teal scarf and owl earrings, paired with my white sweater this time. I wore this twice.
My green sweater actually looks best without a scarf, but it's cold, so the navy one works pretty well. I tried to change things up a bit, because I wear my dark jeans almost every day. I got a new pair to replace my ripped old jeans, and these look almost more like navy pants than jeans, but it's ok. These burnt ochre cords work better when it's warm enough to wear short boots, but I just wore them for variety. I also wore this same sweater and scarf with my dark jeans (pictured below).
The fifth outfit is actually the shawl I bought on vacation, but I thought I would experiment to wear it a different way, kind of like a blanket scarf. I've also gotten quite a bit of use out of my silver Celtic cross earrings/necklace I bought last year in Scotland. I also wore this a second time with the shawl worn normally.
The first outfit in this row I really like. I just love that shawl. And I love teal. I would prefer to wear it with different boots, but the weather dictates my shoe choices more than style. I wore this once, to church.
The second and third outfits were just ok to me. I wore both of them only once. Again, I was trying to have some variety in my pants with my black jeans and green cords. (In the third outfit I took the picture after already changing into my slippers at home.) The navy sweater is a replacement to the navy sweater in my capsule, and it's sparkly, which is fun. It was a Christmas present. I can't decide yet if I love the pink scarf or not.
The fourth outfit is the same match-up again with the teal scarf and owl earrings, with my cream turtleneck sweater and the only skirt I decided to keep. I wore this once, to church.
The green vest I wore with no jacket (and back to my regular boots - yay!) on a day that was unseasonably warm. It was great, because it really kept me warm without a jacket. I really like the coziness of the vest. I wore this outfit twice.
The first outfit in this row I wore only once. Again, I was trying to make the tan sweater work with neutrals, using my chambray shirt as a base this time. It ended up that the meeting I went to that day was in a warm room, so I ended up taking off both the sweater and the scarf, wearing only the chambray shirt and tan pants. I keep trying to make the tan sweater work, because it's so warm, but it never seems to work well.
The second outfit I wore only once, but I like the pink scarf better with the green sweater than the navy.
As I said above, I wore the green sweater also with the dark jeans.
This navy dress had pockets that looked weird, so I recently sewed up the holes and cut them out. I think it looks a lot better now. I wore it with a white corduroy jacket that I had previously put away, and my teal/pink scarf. I think this outfit would look better without the jacket, but I needed the warmth.
In the last outfit, I finally wore shoes that were not tall boots on a day that I thought was going to be warm, but I was freezing and changed back to the tall boots later in the day. I would like to try to incorporate these medium wash jeans more for variety.
I'm really excited that I just replaced my white sweater (which is a bit too short, since it has shrunk in the many years I've owned it - something like 9 or 10 years). I had put a white cowl neck sweater in the suitcase, because I'm trying not to wear white next to my face, and I can't wear a scarf or anything with a cowl neck. I had the idea to cut off the cowl neck part, and I think it's going to work really well! The neck is a little bit wide, but I sewed in some snaps to wraps a string around my bra straps so that they won't show. If you've actually read this far, and you're interested in learning how I did that, here is a link to a video I found: http://www.sallyannk.com/2013/08/diy-video-sew-bra-strap-holder-into.html
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