33 Clothing Items for 3 months... What I wore Week 1

A couple of interesting twists in my first week of having 33 clothing items for 3 months...

• My husband installed my new full length mirror on the wall... Which made me realize that I gotta get some pants and leggings that fit (and give away the ones that don't)
• I lost a pair of boots for 2 days and ended up wearing Toms in the snow. My three year old found my boots at the end of day 2... I am not totally convinced that she wasn't hiding them in the first place. 

Here is my week of outfits:

Day 1: 

I really love this outfit.  This is my favorite scarf, a new cardigan I bought before the challenge but ad never worn from Target (RIP), Skinny jeans (a fab hand me down from a pal) and my amazing retro black boots... Oh and my grey tank top is hiding under the sweater.   

Day 2:

Another new cardigan and the skinny jeans again.  ( I may be developing a uniform). Layered navy and burgundy tank tops, and the really cool necklace my dad made for me.  This was the day my beige boots went missing... so I ended up wearing Toms.

Day 3:

Super casual hang out at home day.  Black leggings (which is 1 of the items needing replacement), black Target (RIP) cardi and my Sevenly Beauty tank.  I also tried a little something different with my hair that day.

Day 4: 

I went skiing and did not take a picture of me in my snow pants and puffy jacket.

Day 5:

Date night with Craig. Skinny jeans, grey sweater dress, black skinny belt, animal print scarf my mother-in-law made me that goes with nearly everything and my black boots.

Day 6: 

Cute and casual for Hudson's birthday party at the climbing gym... Boot cut jeans, burgundy tank, Sevenly Education Is Freedom Shirt, and carriage necklace.


What have you been wearing this week?

Ethical Shopping... Where?

I realize you might be sick of hearing about Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne... and really that's ok.  You don't have to stick around and read this for my sake... but if you think you can deal with a little more... click on the photo above and read just this page.

A few years ago we stopped buying chocolate that was not fair trade... It was a small step... but a candy bar was no longer a treat knowing that someone had suffered to get it into my hands.

Recently more information has become available to me about ethical shopping... mostly about clothes.  I really love clothes... (which is not so great for my blossoming devotion to a more minimalist life.)  So I have been Googling ethical clothing choices in Canada... since I'm not aware of where to purchase a lot of these brands in my area (still searching)... and honestly I just don't have the clothing budget for many of the items that are branded ethical... for our family thrift stores and hand me downs will probably be the decision we make for a majority of our clothing purchases.  (Plus I love a good treasure hunt!!)

The Art of Simple has the best list for ethical shopping that I have found online... It's mostly U.S. shopping, but there are a few companies that have Canadian branches.

Fill me in... where do you know of that sells ethically manufactured clothing?