Well yesterday I somehow managed to get the honor of “Employee of the Month”, which really was shocking. (Hooray!) We also received our monthly bonus, and I was pleasantly surprised with mine. To celebrate, I decided to continue to work on updating my wardrobe from the Liz of Yesteryear to Liz of Today. I kicked off my new look with a new haircut, which I realized I never showed off here:
Please ignore the obviously exhausted expression.
Over the past two days I ordered three new pieces to add to my wardrobe:
Double Weave Blazer
Grey Wool Coat
Grey Twill Slacks
Instead of blowing the entirety of this month’s bonus on clothing, I treated Patrick (fiance) and myself a lovely dinner. Spinach and feta pizza with wine. Yum.
As many of you know, however, I have this insatiable lust for handbags. I have spent the past two days scouring the internet-earth for a bag that I love. There is ONE bag I love, but Adventures in Shaw snagged it first, and us having the same bag is probably not the best idea, heh.
I never ended up ordering a bag, surprisingly, but I did come across this fashion disaster in my web-travels:
I’m not sure how or why this bag came into existence. It makes no sense. My first gut reaction was obviously repulsion, but after that I just had to wonder who really thought that this was a good design for a bag. I guess if you’re color blind…
Aside from fashion, what is weighing on my mind the most? The Redskins vs. Dallas football game this weekend. I will sadly be watching this game all by my lonesome at Finn’s in Capitol Hill, as Patrick will be out on the Eastern Shore to celebrate his dad’s birthday. Hopefully the only depressing thing about the game is that I will be solo.
Other than that, I was invited into a book club by a good friend which I am very excited about, and started another book club with aforementioned Adventures in Shaw. (Good idea, Miss Shaw!)
Since the phone seems to never stop ringing, and the people on these calls are extraordinarily long-winded at best, I will end this.
Is it Friday?
11 Comments
November 12, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Let me know if things don’t work out with your fiance, hot stuff.
November 12, 2008 at 12:39 pm
monthly bonus? must be nice!
mini-shopping sprees are nice. Nice dinners out are better.
November 12, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Congratulations on Employee of the Month. Excellent wardrobe (and hair cut!) choices.
Also, so jealous of your book clubs — they sound v. fun!
November 12, 2008 at 12:50 pm
You get monthly bonuses? Daymn!
Congrats!
November 12, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I like the hair!!!!!!!
November 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm
So is this Book Club you are starting with Adventures in Shaw just an excuse to get together and drink Sangria?
Oh, and congrats on that whole Employee of the Month thing.
November 12, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Your hair looks great!! Congrats on getting Employee of the Month, that’s so fabulous.
November 12, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I know exactly how that bag came into existence: the designer had a bunch of scraps from other (probably equally hideous) handbags that he/she didn’t know what to do with.
Love the new additions to the wardrobe…they totally fit in with your vision for a new look! And I’m so excited about our little book club (pointedly ignoring the remarks of one Rickbman).
November 12, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I saw that purse and my stomach turned over in real life. Gray and brown? Pink and red with GREEN? THE PASTEL STITCHING with pink studs??? I want to die. I’m angry that the purse exists. It’s a seizure risk.
It’s almost as bad as last night’s trip to Annapolis Mall when some kiosk clerk was wearing an a-line mini skirt with ANKLE BOOTIES. Her legs, sausaged off between mid thigh and mid calf, belonged in the display window of a butcher shop. It was revolting. And she was a petite, thin person! She had no excuse. >:( I’m sure she could have found some decent pants. If it was a knee length skirt with flattering knee high boots or flattering high heels it would have changed my whole day. Who wears that???? How hard is it to look at proportions and dressing in thirds?
November 13, 2008 at 1:23 am
Cute hair. Cute clothes.
November 13, 2008 at 4:06 am
Congrats on your “employee of the month” status!
Retail therapy, yay!