Random thoughts for today
1.) I bought a new suit at the Anne Taylor sale that was about 1 billion percent off. I am so happy to have it. Can someone tell me why a good woman's suit is so hard to find? Most of them look like they could've been worn on the set of Working Girl or like someone's grandmother would wear them. Why oh why is it so difficult? Most I try on don't fit in the waist or the pants seem to sit right about at armpit level - or the shoulders make me look like a line backer. And all of them make me look way heavier than normal clothes do. I hate them. But I found a good one at Anne Taylor with a skirt and jacket that are almost flattering. So yay me.
Suits are Bo-Ring
2.) For work sometimes I have to go to client meetings and this means getting dressed up in a suit and getting in the car and driving to one of many locations. After my meeting - which was a sales pitch - I found out that one of the clients is on MySpace. Okay - so everyone and their mother is on myspace, but the thought of that client somehow finding my MySpace page and then thinking that she wouldn't award business to my company over it made me shudder. I wouldn't give me business either if I looked at my MySpace page. Then I started thinking about them finding this blog - but if a potential client ever found this blog, I'm not sure it would deter them. I felt like just BEING on MySpace made me and the client lose a few credibility points. I may delete my MySpace profile after all this thinking. The internet is so small sometimes.
3.) I imagine that pergatory is a lot like the waiting room at Quest Diagnostics. Do you know what I'm talking about? Quest is one of those places your doctor sends you to get blood tests or a glucose screening or whatever. This morning I went in there and nearly every seat was taken, I forgot to bring a book or my knitting, and I figured the wait to get seen was probably an hour. I left. I have to go back this afternoon but I stopped and got my knitting at home so I'd have something to do. I hope they let you bring knitting to pergatory.
Posted by jen at July 19, 2006 09:24 AM
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That's weird. You look a little pale in the photo, especially for someone just back from sunny New Mexico.
Posted by: Jay T at July 19, 2006 10:18 AM
Oh god. I know what you mean about myspace and also people finding the blog. Jacob did a presentation for a client earlier this year and she kept saying, you look so familiar...and then she was like, Aren't you Carrieoke'e boyfriend? She recognized him from my blog. Yikes! So then he had to explain to his boss that I have a knitting website. Awkward times.
You could just change your myspace profile so your screen name is "Big Lug" or something like that. And put a fake last name so no one can search for you. Or your maiden name or something. Not that I've thought about this or anything.
Posted by: Carrie at July 19, 2006 10:18 AM
I don't own a suit. I will probably pay for this one day when I need one asap and then have to pay $500 for something that doesn't make me look like crap.
Posted by: maya at July 19, 2006 11:31 AM
Yeah, after an unpleasant incident with some random person who knew someone my sister knew who knew me from work...ugh...I made my myspace profile PRIVATE, deleted all reference to my last name, and removed the link to my blog. Dude. Sometimes the internet SUCKS.
Posted by: Sarah at July 19, 2006 12:46 PM
My Cpace...use a fake name.
That suit must have been hella expensive in the first place if they were able to sell it at a billion percent off!
Posted by: Anne Marie at July 19, 2006 04:41 PM
I've been stuck in a Quest Diagnostics for an eternity as well. With nothing to do. And the silly Lady and the Tramp movie they were playing was over and they refused to restart it and the only magazines were like, Flyfishing Monthly and What's Up New Jersey...it was awful. Yea for a suit that actually fits!
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Posted by: Emily at July 19, 2006 05:44 PM
