Day 100 of the #tracywearswool dress challenge — I made it!!  Halleluiah!!

But the ending is bittersweet.  It’s like reading a great book… and when you reach the end… you wish it wasn’t over!

I can’t explain ALL the benefits of this challenge, and it is going to be different for everyone.

Although it starts with the dress, it is more than that:

I chose to blog about my experience because I wanted to develop a better blogging habit.  The dress challenge gave me the perfect platform for doing this. I blogged every day for the 100 days, and a few days before!

Body image — I can say the insecurity and embarrassment/shame that I have about my own body… has improved tremendously.  Taking 100 selfies will do that to you.  And being involved with a huge group of people, who are also taking daily selfies, and none of whom have the “standardized perfect bodies”. Instead, I have grown to believe that we all have perfect bodies for where we are in life… and we should love them!

It’s ok to open up and be completely vulnerable, even publicly and in front of people you barely know.  Not only OK… but empowering.  Own It. Love It. Live It.

If a group of people can unite together over a small clothing item, and become a huge supporting network for everyone, a safe haven, a refuge…. then I have greater hope for humanity.

Most people don’t notice what I wear, and generally don’t really care. Most people also seem to think I look better than I think I do.

New friends are out there waiting to be found.

Several days after taking a photo…. I seem to look better than I thought I did when I first looked at the photograph.

And finally, I can wear the same article of clothing for 100 days, not repeat the same outfit, never get bored of what I am wearing, and…. still love the dress in the end.

I will stick around in the Facebook group to add encouragement to the friends who I have made that started after I did.

And I will also join my friends in the over 10o days Facebook group who started before me.

And… I get to start wearing my Sierra tomorrow, and order my reward dress!!

some of my 100 day #tracywearswool outfits

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

Day 100 of #tracywearswool — the look.

All 100 blog posts will be listed on the home page: tracywearswool.com

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

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 Day 99 of the #tracywearswool dress challenge — it is down to the wire.

I am out in a remote little town on the Long Beach Peninsula in Southern Washington… pretty much miles from nowhere — if you are used to living in a city.  But I love it here, and I love the smallness of it all.

And not far away is a fabulous Yarn Shop in the town of Illwaco: Purly Shell Fiber Arts.

They do lot of their own dyeing, and spinning, and also carry a select variety of commercial yarn.  I was thrilled at this season’s hand dyed wool — with names picked from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

(Wait…. shouldn’t that be Wooly Wonka??)

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

Knitting, yarning and blogging, and a few other things….

This is the Yarn That I chose:

Handknit socks are 100% highland wool, from a pattern I designed… still need to publish!  One of these days….

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

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 Day 98 of the #tracywearswool dress challenge — and I was supposed to be in Portland today.

But, I am not.  Instead of meeting a fellow Woolander and going for a walk, I am still at the beach.  Not that THAT is so terrible… it is, after all … the BEACH.

I found a tie-die shirt that I was going to wear on our walk because this person seems to be particularly fond of tie-die.  So, I am wearing it anyway, even though we are not together.

It seems a little washed out in the top photo… so here is another. (Me, looking like I think I’m a movie star, or something!)

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

Hoping today – day 98 of #tracywearswool – brings us a little action in the ring of fire!!

What’s in store today:

I drove over to the local Thrift store — my daughter and I are starting an online used bookstore through Amazon: Gypsy Rambler Books.  We are hoping to put low cost quality books into the hands of interested readers. Today, I went looking for books. Will let you know how it goes — and when I get a page set up for it.

I am ot even sure if this is the proper way to wrap one’s head, but I kind of thought I would twist it up into a Frieda Kahlo meets Rosie the Riveter style rosette.

Scarf is infinity style, with pineapples.

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

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 Day 97 of the #tracywearswool dress challenge — and I will survive… and thrive.

I have survived purging my closet and gotten rid of tons of clothes.   I have survived cutting off 2 feet of hair.  And I have survived wearing the same dress for almost 100 days. I Pretty amazing.

It is about thriving.   And I feel I have thrived with this challenge.  I have thrived with the dress. And I have thrived with the generous and kind, and thoughtful and committed community of Woolanders around the world.  As it is winding down, I can look back at all the growth.  And it makes me happy.

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

I took a  drive to Oysterville, through the historic district, and down by Willipa Bay.  Really pretty.  ANd a lazy day knitting and blogging, and catching up.

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

JOIN ME ON TWITTER!