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listersgirl) wrote2008-04-29 12:02 pm
listersgirl) wrote2008-04-29 12:02 pm
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I have decided that it's time for me to step up my game in terms of the way I dress at work. Comfort is one thing, but I feel frumpy a lot of the time here, and that doesn't help when I need to put ideas forward or work with management. So goodbye cargo pants, hello...??
I think this is what I need.
Shoes: I'm starting with the painful one (literally), but I need to find at least one pair of sandals that don't cut my feet up, but that are classier than my birks. And that don't make me feel like I'm someone's 60-year-old mother. So, sandals, a pair of black flats, and no more Sketchers (sadly). And then once we hit winter, more dressy boots, but I have a few months to prepare myself for that.
Tops: I'm fine for shirts, really. Except that now that I've said that, I need some tank-top type things that aren't spaghetti strapped and cleavage-y. Sleeveless but slightly dressy. And I have this one awesome blazer that dresses everything up, so more things like that - fitted light blazers, fitted cardigans, that sort of stuff.
Bottoms: I think I'm okay for skirts, although I'm not sure the summer ones fit anymore, but that's another issue. Pants, though, are always an issue. Dress pants are so HARD, and I feel stupid in capris (although I wear them, because shorts are evil, but skirts aren't always the most useful thing in the sweaty summer). But I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and try things on, see if I can find something.
Not that I'm planning on running out and buying everything at once! Because a) money, and b) ugh shopping. But it will happen.
I think this is what I need.
Shoes: I'm starting with the painful one (literally), but I need to find at least one pair of sandals that don't cut my feet up, but that are classier than my birks. And that don't make me feel like I'm someone's 60-year-old mother. So, sandals, a pair of black flats, and no more Sketchers (sadly). And then once we hit winter, more dressy boots, but I have a few months to prepare myself for that.
Tops: I'm fine for shirts, really. Except that now that I've said that, I need some tank-top type things that aren't spaghetti strapped and cleavage-y. Sleeveless but slightly dressy. And I have this one awesome blazer that dresses everything up, so more things like that - fitted light blazers, fitted cardigans, that sort of stuff.
Bottoms: I think I'm okay for skirts, although I'm not sure the summer ones fit anymore, but that's another issue. Pants, though, are always an issue. Dress pants are so HARD, and I feel stupid in capris (although I wear them, because shorts are evil, but skirts aren't always the most useful thing in the sweaty summer). But I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and try things on, see if I can find something.
Not that I'm planning on running out and buying everything at once! Because a) money, and b) ugh shopping. But it will happen.
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That may also be the case w/ pants- aside from the price, there's just the thing where everything in a thrift shop has come off an actual female body before, which really isn't the case for department stores. Since my dressy pants are generally less fitted and more forgiving fabrics, this is actually much more or help w/ jeans- I can't remember when I last found jeans that actually fit in a regular store at a price I was even willing to consider.
Can't really reccomend second-hand shoes though-- I have over the years found a couple obviously unworn pairs, but second hand sandals would be really offputting...
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