cheapdiva
05-14-2009, 02:14 PM
Okay, because I know all of you can appreciate this . . .
This week has been beyond the usual busy because my 2010 budgets were due by yesterday to be approved by my board before they go to the county for approval. This means my life has been consumed with this and another major work project. Tuesday my day started at 7:30 and if it hadn't been for my 9 P.M. meeting being cancelled I would have worked till about 11 that night.
SO - needless to say I haven't really had time to attend to much else. This week I haven't paid any attention to my calendar because of everything going on. This morning I got up and decided to dress casually with a pair of nice slacks, a blouse and sweater thrown over my shoulders (a look that I have taken chiding about for YEARS - it's part of my Grace Kelly thing!!) and cute little flats. Now days that I have meetings or appointments usually mean a dress or a skirt but since today wasn't one of those days, I dressed "down".
After taking a call or two this morning but before my 9 meeting I checked my calendar and realized I had a charity luncheon at 11:30!!! I could NOT go dressed the way I was. So I left my office at 10:45 and went to the major department store downtown (10 minutes from the lunch). I found a simple navy dress on sale for around $35 but I had a sweater I bought from this store back in March that I had to return so the dress ran about $5 ( had originally been $100). Well of course I didn't have the right "suck-in-the-gut" underwear so I had to buy those too. And I couldn't wear my little brown flats with the navy dress, so on to the show department. Then because the dress has a deep "v" neckline I had to have a necklace!!! Oh, and a new lip liner (which I use as lipstick since the damn stuff doesn't stay put).
Dress - $5, shoes - $40, "body shaper" - $17, necklace - $17, lip liner - $14. I did not buy a bag, just used my computer bag which is pretty stylish!! Not bad for less than $100!!!
Of course, the sleeves had these funny buttons which I made the clerk cut off (while I was wearing the dress - came out of the changing room with it on and said "I'll take this"). And the two clerks watched as I ran to buy the body shaper and then back to the changing room to put it on!! The only thing I didn't buy was a new bra - not enough time!! :p
That's how my day went, how about all of you?:D
This week has been beyond the usual busy because my 2010 budgets were due by yesterday to be approved by my board before they go to the county for approval. This means my life has been consumed with this and another major work project. Tuesday my day started at 7:30 and if it hadn't been for my 9 P.M. meeting being cancelled I would have worked till about 11 that night.
SO - needless to say I haven't really had time to attend to much else. This week I haven't paid any attention to my calendar because of everything going on. This morning I got up and decided to dress casually with a pair of nice slacks, a blouse and sweater thrown over my shoulders (a look that I have taken chiding about for YEARS - it's part of my Grace Kelly thing!!) and cute little flats. Now days that I have meetings or appointments usually mean a dress or a skirt but since today wasn't one of those days, I dressed "down".
After taking a call or two this morning but before my 9 meeting I checked my calendar and realized I had a charity luncheon at 11:30!!! I could NOT go dressed the way I was. So I left my office at 10:45 and went to the major department store downtown (10 minutes from the lunch). I found a simple navy dress on sale for around $35 but I had a sweater I bought from this store back in March that I had to return so the dress ran about $5 ( had originally been $100). Well of course I didn't have the right "suck-in-the-gut" underwear so I had to buy those too. And I couldn't wear my little brown flats with the navy dress, so on to the show department. Then because the dress has a deep "v" neckline I had to have a necklace!!! Oh, and a new lip liner (which I use as lipstick since the damn stuff doesn't stay put).
Dress - $5, shoes - $40, "body shaper" - $17, necklace - $17, lip liner - $14. I did not buy a bag, just used my computer bag which is pretty stylish!! Not bad for less than $100!!!
Of course, the sleeves had these funny buttons which I made the clerk cut off (while I was wearing the dress - came out of the changing room with it on and said "I'll take this"). And the two clerks watched as I ran to buy the body shaper and then back to the changing room to put it on!! The only thing I didn't buy was a new bra - not enough time!! :p
That's how my day went, how about all of you?:D