Author: opalsandobsessions

Failsafe Gift Ideas

With exactly one week left until Christmas Eve (and halfway through Hanukkah), I’m sharing some of my failsafe presents I love to give during the holidays.

Black Friday Haul

Hey all! So, like me, I’m sure a lot of you spent the weekend after Thanksgiving scoring on all the amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals! I honestly just treat Black Friday like an extension of Cyber Monday because so many stores have online sales and you don’t need to deal with any hassle…

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DC Holiday Events

Hi all, I feel like I’ve been so caught up in the whirlwind of the holidays that I haven’t had time to really sit down to go through everything I’ve been up to since coming back to DC last weekend. A lot of what is on this list are ongoing events, so definitely try to…

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Toulouse-Lautrec at the Bruce Museum

Hello all! I’m so glad I was able to go to my favorite museum in Connecticut – the Bruce Museum. They have an amazing exhibit on the French artist Toulouse-Lautrec showing right now with prints on loan from the Herakleidon Museum in Greece. Toulouse-Lautrec’s prints are easily recognizable – he captured Paris’s thriving nightlife scene…

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Sweater Weather

I’m so happy I can finally break out all my comfy sweaters and warm knits!! *Sweater Weather starts playing on repeat as my theme song*