Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Friday night I got home and realized I spilled on my dress, so I switched to the dress that arrived in the mail – the “Kate” dress from J. Crew in “Flame.” This is a bright orange-red that I adore. On sale and with a coupon so the dress was a cheap as Old Navy.… Continue Reading The Weekend through Tuesday
This weekend was cold, rainy, gross. Friday night I went to dinner with my mom and her boyfriend and headed to bed pretty early. Saturday I did a home overhaul – major cleaning. I gutted the closet and dresser and attic, bagging up clothes for donation, to sell (will let you know when the selling… Continue Reading Wet Weekend… Jeans Take Center Stage
What a great weekend! As you know, Friday night we headed to Annapolis for the wedding rehearsal, then dinner, then after party. I wore the black matte jersey wrap dress and it was perfect. Saturday began with yoga. I wore a white ribbed tank from Gap, green wrap tee from Victoria’s Secret, black sueded cotton… Continue Reading This Weekend May 5 2008
What a weekend! Friday I dashed home from work to let out Ruckus and feed him dinner, then drove to the wedding. It was a nice time, the bride was gorgeous and it was very fun. Woke up early the next day for yoga, and then a crazy day of errands. Target, grocery store, pedicure,… Continue Reading This Weekend and Monday Apr 28, 2008
Friday night we just stayed in and watched a movie because we had a very early Saturday. We had to be up and out the door before 8am to shoot a wedding. Hair washed and conditioned and then dried with the Croc wet-to-dry flat iron. Makeup is philosophy The Present, L’Oreal True Match foundation in… Continue Reading This Weekend and Monday Apr 21, 2008
Friday night we stayed in, made dinner and watched movies. Somehow our Playstation (which doubles as our DVD/Bluray machine) was left on all day and was overheating so we opened the glass door of the entertainment center to let it cool off. I forgot about it, came down the stairs, entered the living room and… Continue Reading This Weekend Mar 31, 2008
Saturday I had a bridal shower. No pics, I wore my dark red merino shift from Banana Republic, my brown suede slouchy tall boots from Silhouettes, tortoise shell necklace from Rehoboth Beach with matching earrings and a single gold bangle from Ralph Lauren. Wore that for the rest of the day and evening festivities. Sunday,… Continue Reading This Weekend and Monday
Saturday was ShamrockFest in DC – an all day music festival hosted by a local radio station. We went with about a dozen of our friends. Luckily the weather was on our side. Green crewneck tee from Old Navy, green silk scarf from Banana Republic, denim skirt from Gap, tan “Bern” boots from Duo, my… Continue Reading This Weekend
Saturday, yoga as usual. I wore a white ribbed tank with my green wrap tee from Friday over it, and black yoga pants from ProSpirit. Hair was washed and conditioned, a touch of Jonathan Silky Dirt while damp and allowed to air dry. Errands as usual, and then spent the evening in watching movies. Sunday,… Continue Reading This Weekend and Monday Feb 25 2008