It’s summer and you want to wear short sleeves, but you’re embarrassed by the bumpy, red “chicken skin” on your upper arms. This condition is called keratosis pilaris, and it’s pretty common. Both the site linked to above and the American Academy of Dermatology say there’s no real cure for it, only treatments. It sounds …
Why Staples?
Before moving to Aiken, I lived in Salinas CA, Sewanee TN, Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC, and Columbia SC. In every one of those cities, I took clothes to be dry-cleaned. I even patronized a dry cleaner in Osaka, Japan during my semester abroad. Each cleaner had their own method for attaching the little paper tags …
Five Hallmarks of Personal Style
Meg Fowler posted a request on Twitter this morning: "Tell me five hallmarks of your personal style." I thought this was something I could reply to pretty quickly, since I am aware of my own personal style, both as I try to cultivate it and as it emerges on its own. But I found that …
Buy a Lot, Save a Little. Buy a Little, Save a Lot.
As you may already know if you read my personal blog, I’m expecting our second child this December. Last time I was pregnant, I didn’t start to “show” until August, so most of the maternity clothes I have are for the fall and winter. This time, I needed maternity clothes by early June. Realizing it …
The Ladies of Summer
I finally got around to updating the look of The Wardrobe Miser from Fall ’07 to Summer ’08. As I was putting together the background image, I realized that my readers (all 3 of you) might want to know who these lovely ladies are and what they’re wearing. So without further ado, here are the …