diff --git a/README b/README
index 9eeb884..0cccc2d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Skeleton > SCSS
-======================
-I'll expand this and finish what I started when I have more time to spend on it.
+Skeleton SCSS Conversion
+============================
 
 Compile with:
 sass scss/style.scss:stylesheets/style.css
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diff --git a/scss/forms.scss b/scss/_forms.scss
similarity index 62%
rename from scss/forms.scss
rename to scss/_forms.scss
index 29dd5de..1990879 100644
--- a/scss/forms.scss
+++ b/scss/_forms.scss
@@ -1,33 +1,19 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
 /* #Buttons
 ================================================== */
-
 .button,
 button,
 input[type="submit"],
 input[type="reset"],
 input[type="button"] {
-  @include button_bg;
-  border: 1px solid #aaa;
-  border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
-  border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
-  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  color: #444;
+  @include vertical-gradient($form_button_gradient_start, $form_button_gradient_end);
+  @include button_border($form_button_border_rightbottom, $form_button_border_topleft);
+  @include border-radius($form_button_border_radius);
+  color: $form_button_text_colour;
   display: inline-block;
   font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: bold;
   text-decoration: none;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .75);
+  text-shadow: $form_button_text_shadow;
   cursor: pointer;
   margin-bottom: 20px;
   line-height: normal;
@@ -40,11 +26,9 @@ button:hover,
 input[type="submit"]:hover,
 input[type="reset"]:hover,
 input[type="button"]:hover {
-  @include button_hover_bg;
-  color: #222;
-  border: 1px solid #888;
-  border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
-  border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
+  @include vertical-gradient($form_button_hover_gradient_start, $form_button_hover_gradient_end);
+  color: $form_button_hover_text_colour;
+  @include button_border($form_button_hover_border_rightbottom, $form_button_hover_border_topleft);
 }
 
 .button:active,
@@ -52,8 +36,8 @@ button:active,
 input[type="submit"]:active,
 input[type="reset"]:active,
 input[type="button"]:active {
-  @include button_active_bg;
-  border: 1px solid #666;
+  @include vertical-gradient($form_button_active_gradient_start, $form_button_active_gradient_end);
+  border: $form_button_active_border;
 }
 
 .button.full-width,
@@ -90,20 +74,18 @@ input[type="password"],
 input[type="email"],
 textarea,
 select {
-  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  border: $form_input_border;
   padding: 6px 4px;
   outline: none;
-  -moz-border-radius: 2px;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  font: 13px "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-  color: #777;
+  @include border-radius(2px);
+  font: 13px $form_element_font;
+  color: $form_input_text_colour;
   margin: 0;
   width: 210px;
   max-width: 100%;
   display: block;
   margin-bottom: 20px;
-  background: #fff;
+  background: $form_input_background;
 }
 
 select {
@@ -114,11 +96,9 @@ input[type="text"]:focus,
 input[type="password"]:focus,
 input[type="email"]:focus,
 textarea:focus {
-  border: 1px solid #aaa;
-  color: #444;
-  -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
-  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
-  box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
+  border: $form_input_focus_border;
+  color: $form_input_focus_text_colour;
+  @include box-shadow(0, 0, 3px, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2))
 }
 
 textarea {
@@ -144,5 +124,5 @@ label span,
 legend span {
   font-weight: normal;
   font-size: 13px;
-  color: #444;
+  color: $form_label_legend_colour;
 }
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diff --git a/scss/grid.scss b/scss/_grid.scss
similarity index 97%
rename from scss/grid.scss
rename to scss/_grid.scss
index 7e249a1..9196afb 100644
--- a/scss/grid.scss
+++ b/scss/_grid.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
 /* #Base 960 Grid
 ================================================== */
 
@@ -194,7 +185,6 @@
   .container .two-thirds.column { width: 420px; }
 }
 
-
 /* #Clearing
 ================================================== */
 
diff --git a/scss/_images.scss b/scss/_images.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bcaa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/_images.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* #Images
+================================================== */
+
+img.scale-with-grid {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+}
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diff --git a/scss/_links.scss b/scss/_links.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b9a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/_links.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* #Links
+================================================== */
+a, a:visited {
+  color: $link_colour;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  outline: 0;
+}
+
+a:hover, a:focus {
+  color: $link_hover_colour;
+}
+
+p a, p a:visited {
+  line-height: inherit;
+}
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diff --git a/scss/lists.scss b/scss/_lists.scss
similarity index 77%
rename from scss/lists.scss
rename to scss/_lists.scss
index a953be3..0e727d9 100644
--- a/scss/lists.scss
+++ b/scss/_lists.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
 /* #Lists
 ================================================== */
 ul, ol {
diff --git a/scss/_mixins.scss b/scss/_mixins.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee86dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/_mixins.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+@mixin button_border($rightbottom, $topleft) {
+  border: $rightbottom;
+  border-top: $topleft;
+  border-left: $topleft;
+}
+
+@mixin col-count($colCount, $colSpacing) {
+  column-count: $colCount;
+  column-gap: $colSpacing;
+  -webkit-column-count: $colCount;
+  -webkit-column-gap: $colSpacing;
+  -moz-column-count: $colCount;
+  -moz-column-gap: $colSpacing;
+}
+
+@mixin size($height, $width) {
+  height: $height;
+  width: $width;
+}
+
+@mixin square($size) {
+  @include size($size, $size);
+}
+
+@mixin border-radius($radius) {
+  border-radius: $radius;
+  -webkit-border-radius: $radius;
+  -moz-border-radius: $radius;
+}
+
+@mixin border-top-left-radius($radius) {
+  border-top-left-radius: $radius;
+  -webkit-border-top-left-radius: $radius;
+  -moz-border-radius-topleft: $radius;
+}
+
+@mixin border-top-right-radius($radius) {
+  border-top-right-radius: $radius;
+  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: $radius;
+  -moz-border-radius-topright: $radius;
+}
+
+@mixin border-bottom-right-radius($radius) {
+  border-bottom-right-radius: $radius;
+  -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: $radius;
+  -moz-border-radius-bottomright: $radius;
+}
+
+@mixin border-bottom-left-radius($radius) {
+  border-bottom-left-radius: $radius;
+  -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: $radius;
+  -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: $radius;
+}
+
+@mixin border-top-radius($radius) {
+  @include border-top-right-radius($radius);
+  @include border-top-left-radius($radius);
+}
+
+@mixin border-right-radius($radius) {
+  @include border-top-right-radius($radius);
+  @include border-bottom-right-radius($radius);
+}
+
+@mixin border-bottom-radius($radius) {
+  @include border-bottom-right-radius($radius);
+  @include border-bottom-left-radius($radius);
+}
+
+@mixin border-left-radius($radius) {
+  @include border-top-left-radius($radius);
+  @include border-bottom-left-radius($radius);
+}
+
+@mixin background-size($size){
+  background-size: $size;
+  -webkit-background-size: $size;
+  -moz-background-size: $size;
+  -o-background-size: $size;
+}
+
+@mixin box-sizing($boxsize) {
+  box-sizing: $boxsize;
+  -webkit-box-sizing: $boxsize;
+  -moz-box-sizing: $boxsize;
+}
+
+@mixin horizontal-gradient($startColour, $endColour) {
+  background-color: $endColour;
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 100% 0, from($startColour), to($endColour));
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-repeat: repeat-x;
+}
+
+@mixin vertical-gradient($startColour, $endColour) {
+  background-color: mix($startColour, $endColour, 60%);
+  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from($startColour), to($endColour));
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, $startColour, $endColour);
+  background-repeat: repeat-x;
+}
+
+@mixin box-shadow($a, $b, $c, $colour) {
+  -moz-box-shadow: $a $b $c $colour;
+  -webkit-box-shadow: $a $b $c $colour;
+  box-shadow:  $a $b $c $colour;
+}
diff --git a/scss/reset.scss b/scss/_reset.scss
similarity index 87%
rename from scss/reset.scss
rename to scss/_reset.scss
index 4718d03..fe480c4 100644
--- a/scss/reset.scss
+++ b/scss/_reset.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
 /* #Reset & Basics (Inspired by E. Meyers)
 ================================================== */
 html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {
diff --git a/scss/typography.scss b/scss/_typography.scss
similarity index 82%
rename from scss/typography.scss
rename to scss/_typography.scss
index 529682b..ec48607 100644
--- a/scss/typography.scss
+++ b/scss/_typography.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
 /* #Typography
 ================================================== */
 /*	@font-face {
@@ -21,8 +12,8 @@
 */
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
-  color: #181818;
-  font-family: "Georgia", "Times New Roman", serif;
+  color: $heading_colour;
+  font-family: $heading_font;
   font-weight: normal;
 }
 
@@ -99,20 +90,20 @@ small {
 blockquote, blockquote p {
   font-size: 17px;
   line-height: 24px;
-  color: #777;
+  color: $blockquote_colour;
   font-style: italic;
 }
 
 blockquote {
   margin: 0 0 20px;
   padding: 9px 20px 0 19px;
-  border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
+  border-left: $blockquote_border_left;
 }
 
 blockquote cite {
   display: block;
   font-size: 12px;
-  color: #555;
+  color: $blockquote_cite_colour;
 }
 
 blockquote cite:before {
@@ -120,11 +111,12 @@ blockquote cite:before {
 }
 
 blockquote cite a, blockquote cite a:visited, blockquote cite a:visited {
-  color: #555;
+  color: $blockquote_cite_link_colour;
 }
 
+/* not really typographical, but I couldnt find anywhere else to put it */
 hr {
-  border: solid #ddd;
+  border: $hr_border;
   border-width: 1px 0 0;
   clear: both;
   margin: 10px 0 30px;
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a264e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+$form_element_font: "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+
+$form_button_border_radius: 3px;
+$form_button_border_topleft: 1px solid #ccc;
+$form_button_border_rightbottom: 1px solid #aaa;
+$form_button_text_colour: #444;
+$form_button_text_shadow: 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .75);
+$form_button_gradient_start: rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);
+$form_button_gradient_end: rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
+
+$form_button_hover_border_topleft: 1px solid #aaa;
+$form_button_hover_border_rightbottom: 1px solid #888;
+$form_button_hover_gradient_start: rgba(255, 255, 255, .3);
+$form_button_hover_gradient_end: rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
+$form_button_hover_text_colour: #222;
+
+$form_button_active_border: 1px solid #666;
+$form_button_active_gradient_start: rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);
+$form_button_active_gradient_end: rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
+
+$form_input_border: 1px solid #ccc;
+$form_input_text_colour: #777;
+$form_input_background: #fff;
+
+$form_input_focus_border: 1px solid #aaa;
+$form_input_focus_text_colour: #444;
+
+$form_label_legend_colour: #444;
+
+$link_colour: #333;
+$link_hover_colour: #000;
+
+$heading_font: "Georgia", "Times New Roman", serif;
+$heading_colour: #181818;
+
+$blockquote_colour: #777;
+$blockquote_border_left: 1px solid #ddd;
+$blockquote_cite_colour: #555;
+$blockquote_cite_link_colour: #555;
+
+$hr_border: solid #ddd;
+
+$body_font_family: "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
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diff --git a/scss/images.scss b/scss/images.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 72153ee..0000000
--- a/scss/images.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
-/* #Images
-================================================== */
-
-img.scale-with-grid {
-  max-width: 100%;
-  height: auto;
-}
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diff --git a/scss/links.scss b/scss/links.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c8f433..0000000
--- a/scss/links.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Skeleton V1.2
-* Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
-* www.getskeleton.com
-* Free to use under the MIT license.
-* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-* 6/20/2012
-*/
-
-/* #Links
-================================================== */
-a, a:visited {
-  color: #333;
-  text-decoration: underline;
-  outline: 0;
-}
-
-a:hover, a:focus {
-  color: #000;
-}
-
-p a, p a:visited {
-  line-height: inherit;
-}
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diff --git a/scss/style.scss b/scss/style.scss
index 4152d70..7924fcb 100644
--- a/scss/style.scss
+++ b/scss/style.scss
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 /*
 * Skeleton V1.2
 * Copyright 2011, Dave Gamache
+*
+* SCSS Conversion and Mixins by Nick Pack
+*
 * www.getskeleton.com
 * Free to use under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 6/20/2012
 */
 
-@import "reset.scss";
+@import "_variables";
+@import "_reset";
+@import "_mixins";
 
 /* #Basic Styles
 ================================================== */
 body {
   background: #fff;
-  font: 14px/21px "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+  font: 14px/21px $body_font_family;
   color: #444;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; /* Fix for webkit rendering */
   -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
@@ -21,44 +26,14 @@ body {
 
 /* #Forms
 ================================================== */
-$form_element_font: "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
 
-@mixin button_bg {
-  background: #eee; /* Old browsers */
-  background: #eee -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
-  background: #eee -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2)), color-stop(100%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
-  background: #eee -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
-  background: #eee -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2) 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
-  background: #eee -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2) 100%); /* IE10+ */
-  background: #eee linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2) 100%); /* W3C */
-}
 
-@mixin button_hover_bg {
-  background: #ddd; /* Old browsers */
-  background: #ddd -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
-  background: #ddd -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3)), color-stop(100%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
-  background: #ddd -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
-  background: #ddd -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
-  background: #ddd -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) 100%); /* IE10+ */
-  background: #ddd linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) 100%); /* W3C */
-}
-
-@mixin button_active_bg {
-  background: #ccc; /* Old browsers */
-  background: #ccc -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35) 0%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
-  background: #ccc -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35)), color-stop(100%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
-  background: #ccc -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35) 0%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
-  background: #ccc -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35) 0%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4) 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
-  background: #ccc -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35) 0%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4) 100%); /* IE10+ */
-  background: #ccc linear-gradient(top, rgba(255, 255, 255, .35) 0%, rgba(10, 10, 10, .4) 100%); /* W3C */
-}
-
-@import "grid.scss";
-@import "typography.scss";
-@import "links.scss";
-@import "lists.scss";
-@import "forms.scss";
-@import "images.scss";
+@import "_grid";
+@import "_typography";
+@import "_links";
+@import "_lists";
+@import "_forms";
+@import "_images";
 
 /* #Media Queries
 ================================================== */