diff --git a/gooey/gui/ChooserRunner.py b/gooey/gui/chooser_runner.py
similarity index 86%
rename from gooey/gui/ChooserRunner.py
rename to gooey/gui/chooser_runner.py
index 9f27e3d..3744a63 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/ChooserRunner.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/chooser_runner.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ __author__ = 'Chris'
 
 import wx
 from wx.lib import wordwrap
-from Chooser import FileChooser, DirectoryChooser, CalendarChooser
+from choosers import FileChooser, DirectoryChooser, CalendarChooser
 
 class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
   def __init__(self, parent):
diff --git a/gooey/gui/Chooser.py b/gooey/gui/choosers.py
similarity index 100%
rename from gooey/gui/Chooser.py
rename to gooey/gui/choosers.py
diff --git a/gooey/gui/componenets2_runner.py b/gooey/gui/componenets2_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a0d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gooey/gui/componenets2_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+__author__ = 'Chris'
+
+import wx
+import components2
+
+
+class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
+  def __init__(self, parent):
+    wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, title="test", size=(320, 240))
+    self.SetBackgroundColour('#ffffff')
+
+    sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
+    f = components2.Counter({
+      'title': 'cool title',
+      'help_msg': 'cool help msg that is super long and intense andd has lots of words!', 'nargs': '+',
+      'option_strings': ['-f', '--fudger'],
+      'choices': ['choice 1', 'choice 2', 'choice 3']
+    })
+    sizer.Add(f.build(self), 0, wx.EXPAND)
+    self.SetSizer(sizer)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  app = wx.App(False)
+  frame = MyFrame(None)
+  frame.Show(True)
+  app.MainLoop()
diff --git a/gooey/gui/components.py b/gooey/gui/components.py
index c6cbb56..8d80e40 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/components.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/components.py
@@ -20,6 +20,122 @@ class BuildException(RuntimeError):
   pass
 
 
+class AbstractGuiComponent(object):
+  '''
+  Template pattern-y abstract class for the gui.
+  Children must all implement the BuildWidget and getValue
+  methods.
+  '''
+  __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+  def __init__(self):
+    self._widget = None
+    self.msg = EMPTY
+
+  def Build(self, parent):
+    self._widget = self.BuildInputWidget(parent, self._action)
+    if self.HasHelpMsg(self._action):
+      self._msg = self.CreateHelpMsgWidget(parent, self._action)
+    else:
+      self._msg = None
+
+    sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
+    sizer.Add(self.CreateNameLabelWidget(parent, self._action))
+    sizer.AddSpacer(2)
+
+    if self._msg:
+      sizer.Add(self._msg, 0, wx.EXPAND)
+      sizer.AddSpacer(2)
+    else:
+      sizer.AddStretchSpacer(1)
+
+    sizer.AddStretchSpacer(1)
+    sizer.Add(self._widget, 0, wx.EXPAND)
+    return sizer
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def BuildInputWidget(self, parent, action):
+    ''' Must construct the main widget type for the Action '''
+    pass
+
+
+  def HasHelpMsg(self, action):
+    return action.help is not None
+
+
+  def CreateHelpMsgWidget(self, parent, action):
+    base_text = wx.StaticText(parent, label=action.help)
+    if self.HasNargs(action):
+      base_text.SetLabelText(base_text.GetLabelText() + self.CreateNargsMsg(action))
+    styling.MakeDarkGrey(base_text)
+    return base_text
+
+  def HasNargs(self, action):
+    return action.nargs is not None and action.nargs is not 0
+
+
+  def CreateNargsMsg(self, action):
+    if isinstance(action.nargs, int):
+      return '\n(Note: exactly {0} arguments are required)'.format(action.nargs)
+    elif action.nargs == '+':
+      return '\n(Note: at least 1 or more arguments are required)'
+    return ''
+
+
+  def CreateNameLabelWidget(self, parent, action):
+    label = str(action.dest).title()
+    if len(action.option_strings) > 1:
+      label += ' (%s)' % action.option_strings[0]
+    text = wx.StaticText(parent, label=label)
+    styling.MakeBold(text)
+    return text
+
+
+  def AssertInitialization(self, clsname):
+    if not self._widget:
+      raise BuildException('%s was not correctly initialized' % clsname)
+
+
+  def __str__(self):
+    return str(self._action)
+
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def GetValue(self):
+    ''' Returns the state of the given widget '''
+    pass
+
+
+  def Update(self, size):
+    '''
+    Manually word wraps the StaticText help objects which would
+    otherwise not wrap on resize
+
+    Content area is based on each grid having two equally sized
+    columns, where the content area is defined as 87% of the halved
+    window width. The wiggle room is the distance +- 10% of the
+    content_area.
+
+    Wrap calculation is run only when the size of the help_msg
+    extends outside of the wiggle_room. This was done to avoid
+    the "flickering" that comes from constantly resizing a
+    StaticText object.
+    '''
+    if self._msg is None:
+      return
+    help_msg = self._msg
+    width, height = size
+    content_area = int((width / 2) * .87)
+
+    print 'wiget size', help_msg.Size[0]
+    wiggle_room = range(int(content_area - content_area * .05), int(content_area + content_area * .05))
+    print '(', int(content_area - content_area * .05), ' -> ', int(content_area + content_area * .05), ')'
+    if help_msg.Size[0] not in wiggle_room:
+      self._msg.SetLabel(self._msg.GetLabelText().replace('\n', ' '))
+      self._msg.Wrap(content_area)
+
+
+
 class AbstractComponent(object):
   '''
   Template pattern-y abstract class for the gui.
diff --git a/gooey/gui/components2.py b/gooey/gui/components2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1913e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gooey/gui/components2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+__author__ = 'Chris'
+
+import wx
+import styling
+
+import widget_pack
+
+class BaseGuiComponent(object):
+  def __init__(self, data, widget_pack):
+    self.data = data
+
+    # parent
+    self.panel = None
+
+    # Widgets
+    self.title = None
+    self.help_msg = None
+
+    # Internal WidgetPack
+    self.widget_pack = widget_pack
+
+  def build(self, parent):
+    return self.do_layout(parent)
+
+  def do_layout(self, parent):
+    self.panel = wx.Panel(parent)
+
+    self.title = self.createTitle(self.panel)
+    self.help_msg = self.createHelpMsgWidget(self.panel)
+    core_widget_set = self.widget_pack.build(self.panel, self.data)
+
+    vertical_container = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
+
+    vertical_container.Add(self.title)
+    vertical_container.AddSpacer(2)
+
+    if self.help_msg.GetLabelText():
+      vertical_container.Add(self.help_msg, 1, wx.EXPAND)
+      vertical_container.AddSpacer(2)
+    else:
+      vertical_container.AddStretchSpacer(1)
+
+    vertical_container.Add(core_widget_set, 0, wx.EXPAND)
+    self.panel.SetSizer(vertical_container)
+
+    self.panel.Bind(wx.EVT_SIZE, self.onResize)
+    return self.panel
+
+  def createHelpMsgWidget(self, parent):
+    label_text = (self.formatExtendedHelpMsg(self.data)
+                  if self.data['nargs']
+                  else self.data['help_msg'])
+    base_text = wx.StaticText(parent, label=label_text)
+    styling.MakeDarkGrey(base_text)
+    return base_text
+
+  def createTitle(self, parent):
+    text = wx.StaticText(parent, label=self.data['title'].title())
+    styling.MakeBold(text)
+    return text
+
+  def formatExtendedHelpMsg(self, data):
+    base_text = data['help_msg']
+    nargs = data['nargs']
+    if isinstance(nargs, int):
+      return '{base}\n(Note: exactly {nargs} arguments are required)'.format(base=base_text, nargs=nargs)
+    elif nargs == '+':
+      return '{base}\n(Note: at least 1 or more arguments are required)'.format(base=base_text)
+    return base_text
+
+  def onResize(self, evt):
+    # handle internal widgets
+    self._onResize(evt)
+    # propagate event to child widgets
+    self.widget_pack.onResize(evt)
+    evt.Skip()
+
+  def _onResize(self, evt):
+    if self.help_msg is None:
+      return
+    container_width, _ = self.panel.Size
+    text_width, _ = self.help_msg.Size
+
+    if text_width != container_width:
+      self.help_msg.SetLabel(self.help_msg.GetLabelText().replace('\n', ' '))
+      self.help_msg.Wrap(container_width)
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    return self.widget_pack.getValue()
+
+
+FileChooser = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.FileChooserPayload())
+DirChooser  = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.DirChooserPayload())
+DateChooser = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.DateChooserPayload())
+TextField   = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.TextInputPayload())
+Dropdown    = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.DropdownPayload())
+Counter     = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.CounterPayload())
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/gooey/gui/widget_pack.py b/gooey/gui/widget_pack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee0c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gooey/gui/widget_pack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+
+
+__author__ = 'Chris'
+
+import wx
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from calender_dialog import CalendarDlg
+
+
+class WidgetPack(object):
+  """
+  Interface specifying the contract to which
+  all `WidgetPack`s will adhere
+  """
+  __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def build(self, parent, data):
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def getValue(self):
+    pass
+
+  def onResize(self, evt):
+    pass
+
+
+
+class BaseChooser(WidgetPack):
+  def __init__(self, button_text='Browse'):
+    self.button_text = button_text
+
+    self.parent = None
+    self.text_box = None
+    self.button = None
+
+  def build(self, parent, data=None):
+    self.parent = parent
+    self.text_box = wx.TextCtrl(self.parent)
+    self.button = wx.Button(self.parent, label=self.button_text, size=(73, 23))
+
+    widget_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
+    widget_sizer.Add(self.text_box, 1, wx.EXPAND)
+    widget_sizer.AddSpacer(10)
+    widget_sizer.Add(self.button, 0)
+
+    parent.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.onButton, self.button)
+    return widget_sizer
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    return self.text_box.GetValue()
+
+  def onButton(self, evt):
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class FileChooserPayload(BaseChooser):
+  def __init__(self):
+    BaseChooser.__init__(self)
+
+  def onButton(self, evt):
+    dlg = wx.FileDialog(self.parent, style=wx.FD_OPEN | wx.FD_FILE_MUST_EXIST)
+    result = (dlg.GetPath()
+              if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK
+              else None)
+    if result:
+      # self.text_box references a field on the class this is passed into
+      # kinda hacky, but avoided a buncha boilerplate
+      self.text_box.SetLabelText(result)
+
+
+class DirChooserPayload(BaseChooser):
+  def __init__(self):
+    BaseChooser.__init__(self)
+
+  def onButton(self, evt):
+    dlg = wx.DirDialog(self.parent, 'Select directory', style=wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE)
+    result = (dlg.GetPath()
+              if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK
+              else None)
+    if result:
+      self.text_box.SetLabelText(result)
+
+
+class DateChooserPayload(BaseChooser):
+  def __init__(self):
+      BaseChooser.__init__(self, button_text='Pick Date')
+
+  def onButton(self, evt):
+    dlg = CalendarDlg(self.parent)
+    dlg.ShowModal()
+    if dlg.GetPath():
+      self.text_box.SetLabelText(dlg.GetPath())
+
+
+class TextInputPayload(WidgetPack):
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.widget = None
+
+  def build(self, parent, data):
+    self.widget = wx.TextCtrl(parent)
+    return self.widget
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    return self.widget.GetValue()
+
+
+class DropdownPayload(WidgetPack):
+  default_value = 'Select Option'
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.option_string = None
+    self.widget = None
+
+  def build(self, parent, data):
+    self.option_string = data['option_strings'][0]
+    self.widget = wx.ComboBox(
+        parent=parent,
+        id=-1,
+        value=self.default_value,
+        choices=data['choices'],
+        style=wx.CB_DROPDOWN
+    )
+    return self.widget
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    if self.widget.GetValue() == self.default_value:
+      return None
+    return ' '.join([self.option_string, self.widget.GetValue()])
+
+
+class CounterPayload(WidgetPack):
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.option_string = None
+    self.widget = None
+
+  def build(self, parent, data):
+    self.option_string = data['option_strings'][0]
+    self.widget = wx.ComboBox(
+      parent=parent,
+      id=-1,
+      value='',
+      choices=[str(x) for x in range(1, 7)],
+      style=wx.CB_DROPDOWN
+    )
+    return self.widget
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    '''
+    Returns
+      str(option_string * DropDown Value)
+      e.g.
+      -vvvvv
+    '''
+    dropdown_value = self.widget.GetValue()
+    if not str(dropdown_value).isdigit():
+      return None
+    arg = str(self.option_string).replace('-', '')
+    repeated_args = arg * int(dropdown_value)
+    return '-' + repeated_args