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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
Friday night we went to dinner with very good friends of ours. Had a wait for our table, so we went next door to the cigar shop; the boys got some cigars to puff (it was nice enough to be outside) and the wife and I chatted about the upcoming wedding of her sister-in-law (you…
Saturday started as usual – feed and play with the dog, head to yoga, and then had tea at the local cafe with my mom and hubby to talk about our week. Ran a few errands. My sister and my husband’s friend came over and we hung out until the evening, when we headed to…
Saturday began with yoga, as usual. After stopped by the local cafe for lunch with my mom. Jade green scoop tee from Gap, black exercise pants from ProSpirit, white socks, black “Chucks.” Hair was second day, just brushed. Makeup is Afterglow Mineral foundation in Bisque, their Organic Glow bronzer in Medium and Natural Lip Gloss…
Friday after work I headed across the street for a Happy Hour with friends. There were about a dozen of us and we had a great time. I wore what I wore to work, a quick swipe of MAC Blot Powder and my lipgloss to look a bit more pulled together. I stayed there…