Thank you to everyone who responded, your great comments have perked me up tremendously! I feel much more enthused for next week
Louise, thank you!
Angie, I am liking what I come up with but it's just very hard to come up with those looks in the first place; with significantly fewer items in my closet that I feel work with the direction I want to head my creativity feels a little stifled. Reducing clutter by gutting out all the stuff I know I won't wear anymore should help make outfits easier to come up with, and also really show me what my new wardrobe holes are. Just have to do it (I'm bad at getting rid of stuff ><). Good thing it's my birthday month, I plan to buy myself new clothes
EDIT: Felt like I shouldn't take up more of the blog page I don't apologize for my style any more. I did for a while there, and just accepting that my husband has totally different style tastes than me has pretty much cured that for me. I do feel confident in most of my style decisions, though definitely feel I'm still learning. I sometimes say "sorry you don't like what I'm wearing" but it never makes me feel like I should change what I like to wear
