my outfit: sweaters!

I  have always loved a good sweater and jean combo... but lately I have been trying to avoid this look.  Why? Because it's my 'rut' - it's my day in, day out, go-to combo that quickly becomes un-original. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't make for a bad combo in general. Just for me. I usually feel that it doesn't stretch my creativity and remixing skills the best that it could.

Lately I have been trying to ease myself back into allowing myself to wear sweaters and jeans but challenging myself to still be creative.

This outfit here was inspired by a similar look I found on Pinterest.  By the way, feel free to follow my wardrobe inspiration board on Pinterest if you are so inclined. I try to sock away interesting and simple looks that I can try to recreate.

With this outfit I challenged myself to change up my look to bring it past the boring sweater/jeans combo and to do that I added the scarf, did my hair a little differently and added bold lip color.

And while each of those things aren't necessarily wardrobe components, they still add to the over all look and helped to keep me from feeling frumpy.

ps, it's still super cold and snowy here, so since the winter is winding down I have given myself almost free reign on wearing my Uggs as much as I please.  They may not be the cutest things... but they are the warmest by far!

Details:
Scarf, Limited (similar) - watch for a tutorial on how to tie a scarf like this next week!
Sweater, Gap (similar)
Jeans, Seven for All Mankind (similar)
Boots, Uggs
Watch, Michael Kors