Dry cleaning is part of our budget since my office wear consists of office suits and all of them are labelled “dry clean only”.   Though it is a bit pinch on the budget, but I know, it will help save my suits.   I remember  one time that due to economical reasons, I machined washed a favorite coat and much to my dismay, a long coat became a midriff because the coat shrunk.  What a waste!  It is  really safe to have coats professionally dry cleaned.

Two days to go and I will be back to work.  I have checked if my husband followed my instruction to have them dry cleaned and he did.  Now,  my suits are all neatly hanged waiting for me.

My basic office wear is good fitting coat and pants to match.   I believe that dressing for office doesn’t mean I have to wear boring and plain suits.  I even heightened and emphasize elegance by use of accessories to enhance my professional image and style.  However, there are certain  limitations on what we have to wear in our office.  No sleeveless or tight fitting blouses: if you wear one, it should be as inner blouse with matching office suit.  If you opted to wear skirts, you have to carefully choose a style, conservative enough, without long slits and not too tight on the hips.  The coat should cover the bottom part of the torso and blouses should not reveal the bosom part of the wearer. The hospital where I worked had leniency on what you want to wear as long as it will not go beyond the borderline of descency and will comply with hospital dress code.  Unlike in other  hospitals in the Kingdom,  those who worked in the administrative section have to wear lab coats with matching headscarf, or they wear uniforms.

Good for us, we don’t need to leave our fashion sense behind because we can wear updated office clothes that will help us project a professional and competent look despite the limitations.

It is all about fashion sense and attitude, you know!

As we age, our eyes tend to lose its sharpness and nobody is spared.  My nature of work exposed me to the use of computer all day and I believe that it is a contributory factor why my eyes have this blurred vision.   Third on my to do list is to visit an Opthalmologist and have my eyes checked and my eyeglasses refracted.  True enough, I needed a new pair of reading glasses.  I opted to order one with multi coated lenses because as explained to me, the coating will dramatically reduce the amount of glare of lens.  However, the lens  cost a bit higher than the ordinary ones.

After much thought and budget calculation, I chose the multi coated lens eyeglasses hoping that it will really serves it purpose to the max.   I feel better now doing my paperwork and reading my favorite book.   Goodbye to my cheap and ordinary glasses!

I haven’t been out of the house since Saturday simply because I wanted to avoid the scorching heat outside- 48 deg .C at it’s lowest and 52 deg. C at mid day here in Saudi Arabia.   My refuge is our flat with it’s A/C units in full blast all day.  A week more before I will be back to work and I am lazily taking my sweet time at home.

I hesitated and dragged myself out of the bed when my husband phoned me earlier in the day to dress up and accompnay him to the supermarket to replenish our almost depleted food stock.  I was always giving him excuses everytime he asked me to go out and shop.

Fearing sun exposure, well, I lavished my body with sunblock lotion to counteract the harmful UV rays.  I trusted it’s efficacy and I believe that nothing is more important than wearing sunscreen (I am using SPF 50).  At my age, I no longer have the liberty to expose myself to UV which will cause changes and lead to more wrinkles and sunspot.   It is called “aging” rays.  I am preparing for our next High School reunion and wanted to show off a still -wrinkle free skin (fingers crossed). 

In the supermarket, I went straight to the sunblock section and got a handful.  Well,I guess I am now UV obsessed.