“Omigod Alison, you’re SUCH a Carrie.” It was 2000 and I stood in the circle of store manager friends at an Express district meeting, wearing the brand’s black microfiber bootcut pants and matching longline blazer with a large pink fabric peony pinned to my lapel. I wore it…
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The holiday rush is over. The seasonal sponsored posts and gift guides have been published, the gifts have been purchased. My daughter finished her last day of school and doesn’t return until next decade. We have our traditional Christmas Eve and Christmas Day family activities and even booked a little…
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This was a week of Adulting with a capital A. If you follow my Instagram Stories you know last week I was struggling with healthcare. Thanks to the Affordable Healthcare Act (AKA Obamacare), since I no longer work for a company, I am able to get my family insurance through…
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Cyber Week may still be going strong, but I chose to not share sales this weekend (except one exceptional one below in my Weekend Reads) so you could get a palette cleanser. While this is a fabulous season for shopping, there’s more to December than gifts and holiday outfits. And…
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GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world today, December 3, 2019, and every day. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, this…
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Weekend Reads are late this weekend because this is no typical weekend! If you’re like me you may not even be sure what day of the week today is! Yet again, we hosted Thanksgiving. This year was a nice-sized group of just nine of our family and like family. We’re…
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There are a lot of Black Friday deals that have already started, so I decided to post this early. Call it Thanksgiving Week Sales, and I am sharing the best I’ve found that make the most sense for the Wardrobe Oxygen audience. I will update through the weekend as new…
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It’s Friday night, I’m writing this and I am brain fried. Today, I had a hair appointment I made two months ago. I was only two miles away when I realized I didn’t have my wallet. I left it in the other car, the car Karl had on the complete…
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