Monday Musings-On The Road Again
Here’s what I wore for a long day of shopping over the weekend. It was fun to be back in my favorite stores checking out what’s new. I was somewhat surprised that I got no less than four people commenting on how much they loved my shoes! Since leopard print is such a big trend this fall, people are all of a sudden noticing it again.
My shoes are as old as the Hills from Rothy’s and are no longer available. They do have a new style here that looks very similar. I’ve ordered this animal print mule for a change of pace. They’re selling out fast at most places, so a lot of people seem to be getting on the leopard print train this fall. My jeans are several years old from J. Jill (similar here). My purse is from a small boutique in Helsinki (unavailable), and my cropped fleece jacket is here. BTW, Frank & Eileen is having their first 30% off sale on all travel sets, Aug 25-26.
Currently Reading
My daughter bought me this book for my birthday, and it’s amazing! It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before, and it grabbed me from the first page. The premise is unique, to say the very least, and it’s really gripped me. Have you read it?
Dry Eyes On The Go
I’ve shared many times that I have serious dry eyes caused by ocular rosacea, which is either exacerbated or caused by meibomian gland dysfunction. Those glands are the little oil glands in our upper and lower eyelids that excrete oil, which helps our watery tears do their job. My eye doctors suggested using this Bruder heated eye compress daily, which I’ve been using with great success.
The problem is I don’t always have access to a microwave when we travel. So, for our trip to the Arctic earlier this summer, I bought this plug-in heated eye compress, and I LOVE it!
I spray a clean tissue with this Tower 20 hypochlorous acid, and lay it across my eyes, then put the mask on for 30 minutes. The tissue keeps the mask clean, and the hypochlorous acid has antiseptic properties that help keep everything fresh and sanitized. It’s a super compact mask, easy to travel with, and plugs into a regular outlet. BTW, the Tower 28 spray is great for sensitive skin and I often spray my face with it.
Outfit of the Week
I’ve been in a lot of stores lately, and what’s catching my eye is leopard print. Everywhere. I own a few leopard print accessories, but this has me thinking of less subtle ways of wearing it, like a duffle bag for travel.
Are you a fan of leopard print?
Back in the 70’s, my mother had a very stylish faux leopard convertible coat – the bottom portion detached to make it jacket-length. I was in love with that coat for years! I still love leopard print and coats and jackets (and shoes, and cardigans, and….)!!
That coat sounds fabulous!
My eye doctor recently tested my eyes for dry eye. She has recommended a prescription for dry eyes that is $799.00 a bottle and insurance will not cover it. Have you tried any of the prescription meds for dry eye. I have been supposed to but hot compresses on my eyes for several years but I have not. I just ordered the one you recommended. I will probably remember to use that. Thanks for sharing.
I do use xxidra RX which my Ins refuses to pay for too. To be honest, I do so many things for my dry eyes, I’m never sure which is helping. I am psoitive the fish oil and compresses work though because if I skip a few days, they get very irritated.
When I went on Amazon to order the book it says it comes out in 2025. Is there a different book by the same name as it sounds like many have already read it.
Thanks
It’s out now. What you saw is the rerelease to coincide with it being turned into a move.
https://bit.ly/3YWFMfL
Add my voice to the chorus dinhing the praises for Remarkably Bright Creatures! I listened to it on audio and the narrator was phenomenal!! Highly recommend!
If you love learning about the intelligence of octopi, watch the movie, “My Octopus Teacher”. You’ll be crying at the end! It is wonderful!
Thanks for the recommendation!
Sigh. Leopard print. Again. I don’t like it, never have, prefer to see the print on the living animal. Oh well, I’ll just keep avoiding it, I guess.
Nothing wrong with sitting a trend out!
I also loved that book. My husband uses the Bruner microwave one, recommended by his eye doctor. He says its good.
Leopard prints (warm and coool tones) in fabulously comfortable footwear: SASshoes.
I have the BLISS stretch low wedge in the black leopard and solid red. These shoes are SO comfortable. Arch support, comfort heel, etc. True to size for me. Only the actual SAS shoes site (not NOLa) have all the colors available. Not your usual go to for fashionable feet but in this case, try it!
Thanks, I will check it out
LOVE Remarkably Bright Creatures! Watch the 2020 documentary The Octopus Teacher! also on You Tube Inky The Octopus, and another you tube about a diver with octopus in Alaska (sorry no direct links) and on WGN news the story behind the octopus escape at the Seattle aquarium. (retired librarian, book club leader who has loved discussing this book!) 🙂
Awesome, thanks Nancy!
Please put me in the column of loving “Remarkably Bright Creatures.” I hated to finish it and I never knew that I would be cheering/rooting for an octopus character!
I will have to wear my leopard print Talbots sheath from about 5 years ago with the leopard resurgence. I am thrilled some of my other pieces I have in leopard are “on trend” again! Yay!
Thanks for all of your hard work, Jennifer, for our benefit! You bring me much joy reading your posts!
You were smart to save those!!
Drat! I donated my leopard flats and now they’re back! The hunt for a replacement pair begins!
Lol, the classics always come back.
Thanks for book recommendation. Was looking for a “beach read”.
As far as the Class A motorhome…..resist, resist, resist! Ed and I have owned 5 of them since 2005. Started small with an 18 ft Pleasureway wide body. Then gradually increased size to 34 feet. Can’t park downtown, have to really have a tow car (extra work and $$). Like a boat, a motorhome is the “never ending pit into which you just toss money”. The older we got, the less fun it was to have to hook up to sewer, water, etc. The last one was another 18 foot Pleasureway….but by then we had discovered cruising….and we sold it.
Unless you are going to really use every weekend, or take at least a week a month….its really not worth the extra expense for gas and insurance. We’re 75 (me) and 78 (Ed) now,and despite being in excellent shape…..give me a veranda cabin on a smaller ship…..and those lovely B&Bs and Inns.
Oh…..and I have a pair of leopard Rothy’s too…the round toe. It goes on almost every cruise….really jazzes up a capsule outfit!! Love, love ALL Amy Rothys!
Thanks for that dose of reality. I know you’re right Laurie. It looks easier than it really is. xo
I loved that book too
Enjoy along with your next trip
I can take leopard in tiny doses…I do have a pair of leopard flats I bought years ago, and wear them occasionally. I so seldom wear them they look new. I don’t think I’d go any further than the shoes. But when you show how to style, leopard does make a nice statement
I have chronic blepharitis as well as dry eye. I need to get some Tower 28 toner spray! Thank you!
What a great book! I never thought I would love a book about an octopus.
I loved that book! It’s so well written – but I especially loved that the fictional aquarium is right near where I live in real life.
I like leopard in small doses. I have a belt and a scarf. A travel bag would be a nice way to follow the current trend that is also a classic.
After reading your blog post and the comments, I’m going to buy Remarkably Bright Creatures for my upcoming flight. Thank you for the recommendation.
You’ll love it, I am.