i still giggle when i hear of someone wearing jeans for casual day. when i was working the engineering offices of the 80's, i was on a young family budget and had to buy all my clothes second hand. blue jeans were a rare find in the second hand stores, so i bought and wore what was available: dress clothes, often with the tags still on them. my bosses threw fits. "we are a blue jean office!"

i haven't worn a blue denim garment since. i wear khaki for my field work.

anyhoo. . .

these days my fashion rebellions are against my girlie girl foster daughters, ages 6 and 9. i am almost inspired to a political campaign to shut down some of the beauty channels to keep these two from further influence. what are we teaching our girls? how to be empowered barbies? yes, dear. that dye job really does make you look 5 years younger. winkie wink.

i reckon i'm on the hunt for a better attitude this weekend. i'm sure i'll get plenty of exercise, but i might need a longer weekend.

I only worked 3 days since I was away on a trip but my weekend is full with cleaning and laundry and errands. Needed things. And get ready for work week. Enjoy your weekend !

Good morning Serenity! I hope you get everything done! How is your weather? We have lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures today through Friday so that makes me happy!

Arfie, I dress down for my job. Every now and then I get a little dressed up. My brother got me the jeans I wore yesterday for $1 at Goodwill when I was a few pounds heavier and they didn't fit and I didn't think I would ever get into them but they fit great now. I love khaki's too. I passed up a pair months ago and wish I had gotten them. Have a great weekend!

i purely don't understand the "dressing up" and "down" logic. i am a hobby clothing designer and believe that the one-piece dresses i mechanic in during the dog days of summer is a far simpler garment than the double-seamed heavy-weights we call, "blue jeans." they handle the high temps better and the laundry is far simpler, as well.

go ahead and call that pragmatism, "dressing up." the tractor gives me a wolf whistle every time.

I haven't worn a dress since my last class reunion 2 years ago. I used to love summer dresses! So comfy and easy to take care of, like you said. I mostly wear my gym clothes to work.

during my engineering career in the 80/90's, i was embarrassed to wear dresses. they were acceptable for admin, etc., but ? ? ? engineers ? ? ? insert inappropriate joke here. refusing to wear blue jeans/tshirt (the blue denim uniform) was about as radical as i had the confidence to get.

somewhere around the turn of the millennium, when i retired from the work-a-day world, i began to value comfort over public opinion, including the comfort of less laundry to wash.

i'm not running for public office. don't much care about public opinion. at 70, it's been a while since i've tried to get by on my looks.

Knowing that you get a 4 day work week is the best feeling ever

Arfie, at least you don't have to worry about what you wear these days! Comfort first! Scout, I had 2 four day weeks in a row! I don't get paid when I'm not there though. Can't do anything about it. No kids - no hall monitors!

Pray today and everyday.