Monday, October 11, 2010

Daily MelWear: BBCA Day 11

Good morning, friends!

I hope you all had a good weekend. Mine was super busy and the next few weekends are going to be super busy too. And I woke up at 3AM this morning for some unknown reason. Hate it when that happens.

So far it seems like the Blogging for Breast Cancer aWEARness list is growing by one or two participants every day. We began with 25 and are now at 35 participants! That's awesome! I hope that our posts are encouraging people to pay attention.

I received an email over the weekend from Megan with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance telling me about their Make a Mammogram Promise Campaign that they began on October 1st.  According to Megan, "By collecting promises, we're hoping to reiterate the importance of screening and encourage more women to take action towards healthier lifestyles. Also, for each promise made, $1 is donated by Safeway towards research to assists women in need to access mammography. The icing on the cake? Because we all know that squeezing sensitive body parts into pancake-shapes is not the most fun subject to talk about, we are also giving away some great prizes to sweeten the deal." If you're not familiar with the site, please click over and take a look. What a great way to be proactive AND help others to do so as well!

Today I went with my tried and true combo of black and white with a pop of color. We have a caroling rehearsal tonight after work so I wanted to be comfortable all day. I probably should have worn a skirt in retrospect but I didn't. Oh well. Next time.

Please don't forget to send me an email if you're willing to share your story as a guest post for the Blogging for Breast Cancer aWEARness Challenge.  I'd also like to compile a list of the best outfits for the challenge so if you have a favorite (either of your own or another participating blogger's), please send me an email with a link to the outfit post so I can get that list started!  It would also be really fantastic to hear if any of your posts have encouraged people to get mammograms who otherwise wouldn't have thought to do so. My email is {aworkingmomscloset at gmail dot com}.

So how was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? Do you have anything planned for this week?  Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers! I can only think of a couple, but you know who you are. :) Hope you have a great day!

Today's outfit:
Zebra/Black Blouse: Kohl's
Pink Tank: Plato's Closet
Black Slacks: Charlotte Russe
Pink Belt: Salvation Army
Pink Heels: From a friend (thanks Nicole!)

21 comments:

  1. I love this outfit, the white/black/pink combination is something I have wanted to try for some time! Great to see that the list has grown by so much...I have enjoyed looking at other people's outfits and am sort of ashamed that I haven't had great outfits to post in the last few days.

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  2. You look amazing! Love the zebra print with the pink. How exciting that the list is growing daily!

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  3. i like your blog)its stylish and interesting to read, hun=*

    i follow your blog
    and it will be great if you will read me too
    and follow me)

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  4. I really love this outfit! I like how you incorporated pink but in a peek-a-boo type way... The pink really pops out next to the black and white!

    I'm happy to hear that the list keeps growing!! Happy Monday to you!

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  5. LOVE the pink and black combo.....you look great hunnie:)
    Cool print too!

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  6. Melissa, what you have been doing in your blog to raise breast cancer awareness has been very inspiring for me. Your inspiration has made me think twice about the purpose of my blog. In the near future I hope to do something similar.

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  7. I'm a big fan of the black/white/pink combo. Looks great!!!

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  8. I love that you're able to incorporate a tired and true combo into the challenge. The pink shoes are fantastic!

    I will start looking through my BBCA for a "best of" outfit. Hopefully the best is yet to come!

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  9. great top!!
    It is so great how you are talking about the mammograms and wearing the pink!
    Also, love your pink dress from the weekend

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  10. I almost didn't notice your pink today until I saw the heels...fantastic!

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  11. I love those shoes - not only are they perfectly pink, but they're perfectly pointy-toed. Love that with those black trousers! And the zebra print blouse is just fantastic. Such a great look!

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  12. I love all the pink accents! The shoes are amazing. Congrats on all the participants.

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  13. Just came across your blog and it is great! Love this outfit :)

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  14. You look fabulous today (and every day). And I'm glad you're wearing your pink pointy toe shoes! :)

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  15. Super cute!! I love those shoes too! The challenge is going so great! And that's really cool news about the Make a Mammogram Promise. People have really been putting together some great outfits for the challenge too! :)

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  16. perfect punches of pink! way to support a great cause.

    xx a j seejaneworkplaylive.blogspot.com

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  17. Great use of animal print! Very on trend! And I think the pop of pink is super fun. :)


    LoriSpeak

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  18. Cute outfit! Love all the pops of pink!

    Jiye
    http://pearlsandgreentea.blogspot.com/

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  19. Love the zebra blouse Mel!! And pops of pink - so cute!

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  20. Love your Top.

    http://amyfashionblog52.blogspot.com/

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  21. Your top is beautiful! I hope you are feeling very proud of yourself for leading such a great effort and cause on the blogging community!

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