Women and Clothes

Self praise is no recommendation, little girl. But please, take a minute and do all the bragging about yourself you want. Let's get that out of the way, then we will act like managers and discuss your SINGLE GLARING deficiency

 
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If I won't discuss it will you put me on 3- day suspension??  Will it be paid or unpaid??  I really need to feed my family so just think about that when you are deciding this...  would it help if I told you that I am working really hard on changing that "single glaring deficiency"?? []
 
 

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
would it help if I told you that I am working really hard on changing that "single glaring deficiency"?? []

I anxiously await your progress report, Excel format please, along with pictures as supporting documentation.  []

I anxiously await your progress report, Excel format please, along with pictures as supporting documentation.

 
[&o]Gawd you are a demanding boss... how about a daily log in Excel format with a limited supporting narrative in Word,  but no pictures and no supporting documentation required??

Are you under the impression that your continued employment here is going to be run as a democracy?  How about you, to use militaryspeak, assume the position we talked about the other day and we forget all about your deficiencies?  []

Are you under the impression that your continued employment here is going to be run as a democracy? How about you, to use militaryspeak, assume the position we talked about the other day and we forget all about your deficiencies?

 
Hmmm..[8|]
 
Dear Boss,
In light of this response to my "fair request"  I think I will retract the following statements in my email to you dated on March 28th, 2007:
 
"I really respect your managing style and views on management and employees."
 
and
 
"For what it is worth, I think you would be a great boss to work for." 
 
Your recent actions have caused me to change my view of you as a manager and I am sorry to inform you that I will no longer be able to continue to work for your company. lease accept this letter as my official resignation as of  March 30, 2007.   
 
Oh..and btw... KISS MY A$$! []
 
 

I am bad with clothes.
 
I tend to buy clothes that I know I probably never ever wear. But they are cute so I buy them.
 
And I have been known to buy a pair of pants that are $70 or $80.
 
I buy alot of clothes online, and thats my problem, they look so cute online but when I get them I have no idea how to wear them!
 
Also I buy clothes too small because I think it will encourange me to loose a few pounds HA hasn't happened and I've been doing this since I was a freshman

Well, I have a decent number of clothes myself.  I need business clothing for work and I do need some variety since I have to wear the danged things 5 days a week.  I used to have an absolutely ENORMOUS wardrobe, but, the clothing ranged in size from 4's to 18's.  I gave everything smaller than a 12 away.  Now that I'm in 6's and 8's I look like a little kid wearing Mom's clothing when I try to even wear a 10......so I'm somewhat limited in what I have to actually wear to work, and slowly rebuilding the wardrobe.  BUT, I primarily shop at the outlet mall.  Old Navy has some really nice slacks and Van Huessen has beautiful clothing, cheap.  Especially if you shop the season end sales.  Fashion Bug is another favorite when I'm feeling less thrifty.
 
For months now I've been wearing boots.  I've got the real snow boots, the dress boots in brown and black that are HIGH, and the short little ankle length ones, also in both colors.  Now that I can actually let my feet out, I've bought ONE new pair of shoes....and only because the brown pumps I had were a kind of barfy color.  I'll need to pick up a pair or two or really summery type shoes for some of my lighter colored clothes.......sneakers, well, I do have a ton of those, but only because my sister the runner only uses her realy expensive ones for X number of miles and then passes them on to me.
 
My casual clothing is somewhat limited.  I've gotten some slacks on freecycle for "play" and have five or six pairs of shorts.  I tend to primarily wear tanks, but almost always with a light shirt OVER them since I don't want to show off all the scars on my shoulders......and it's gotta be really HOT for me to not wear sneakers and short little socks......and those are to hide the scars on my ANKLES from the drag line......
 
Oh and while I'm at it....I absolutely hate this no panty hose trend.  To ME it doesn't look business like, and I'm not about to let my chalky white, scarred bare legs out to play when I'm wearing a business suit!
 
And, I'm with all the Hanes and FOTL lovers.  Cotton is very forgiving, especially in the heat of summer!

Oh and while I'm at it....I absolutely hate this no panty hose trend. To ME it doesn't look business like, and I'm not about to let my chalky white, scarred bare legs out to play when I'm wearing a business suit!

 
 I couldn't resist making a comment about this one Glenda...  I HATE PANTY HOUSE...it goes back to the days of waitressing for 6+ years and having to wear them with these UGLY green shorts and peach colored Polo. It was the WORST look ever and 6 years was way too long for me to handle dressing like that...thus my panty house hatred. [:@] I also now associate panty hose with the smell of nasty, caked on greasy food and bleach from cleaning at the restaurant at the end of my shift.  Have I told you that I hate panty hose yet?? []
 
Anyway, but I am totally with you on the pasty, chalky white legs...of which I own a pair.[8|]
 It does NOT look professional at all and is actually quite distracting to . Most days I can wear slacks (or jeans if I am in the schools)  to work but on days I have to dress nice, I normally wear colored hose, instead of nude because I can tolerate those slightly better (they don't bring on nightmares for me)[]  Colored hose are harder to pull off but if I wear them with a "chunkier heel", then the look works together pretty well.   

Honestly, I'm not all that fond of panty hose either.  BUT I look freaky without them when I'm dressed for business, and yeah, I prefer the colors myself.  The ONE thing I dread about summer is that I'll have to wear the lighter ones...suntan isn't bad tho.
 
Even in the days when I "faked baked" and had an AWESOME all over tan, I still didn't think I looked "right" in a business suit and bare legs.  Now tho, with the scars on the ankle...and the left ankles is VERY impressive....front bone to back bone and DEEP.....I'll at least have to wear knee highs so no one SEES the danged things!

I love clothes, I love fashion, but I have very little clothing. I have one pair of boots, one pair of work loafers, and one pair of wedge sandals. THAT'S IT. My clothes follow that pattern.
 
Meanwhile, my fiance's wardrobe has got to be triple the size of mine, and that's after he "purged" for our cross-country move. He has many many pairs of shoes.
 
The reason for this? When something doesn't fit me anymore, becomes old and worn out, or I realize I never wear it, it goes to Goodwill. If I go shopping for new clothes, I get rid of the crap I have but hate and no longer want to wear. I hate having that stuff in my closet. My fiance, meanwhile, I think has saved every article of clothing he's ever worn. We used to share a closet - it was all his stuff with my three dresses crammed in the corner!
 
I went through his stuff about a year ago - just visually, not sorting it - and I would say at least 60% were things I had never seen on his body in 2+ years of dating. He had a small black sweatshirt that was very obviously just, let's say, a souvineer of some sort ([:@]). He has a mind-boggling catalogue of reasons for having 5 pairs of shoes that look exactly the same to me. I would love, LOVE to get my talons on his wardrobe and throw out even more of what he has... but I'm a nice person. [sm=angel.gif]
 
But I don't want to hear any more crap about women and their clothing... tell that to my three pairs of socks, if you can find them amongst the metric ton of dirty laundry that belongs to my MAN.

He has a mind-boggling catalogue of reasons for having 5 pairs of shoes that look exactly the same to me.

 
Same with mine.  He started running several months ago and now has 4 pairs of running shoes!!  He says one has this support or that feature or was on sale or whatever.  It finally dawned on me that he doesn't enjoy running at all, but he loves that it gave him a reason to buy more shoes.  []

Most of my clothes are jeans and tshirts, few sweaters.  Sadly I don't have much to wear lol.  Most of my clothes are old, I have this habit of wearing things into the ground...and I'm looking for a new and professional job soon so its time to update the wardrobe a bit with a few pieces to mix and match.  But really, I'm mostly happy just wearing my pj bottoms and a tshirt.  Unfortunately employers don't want that look []

My shoes all have a purpose.  I own two pairs of sandals.  Two pairs of sneakers.  And two pairs of dressier shoes.  I have a pair of work shoes (I work in a resturaunt and the dress code calls for black nonslip shoes).  Oh and my hiking boots which are probably my favorite of all my shoes!

ORIGINAL: fuzzy_dogs_mom
Right! A lot of the time I can find the Hanes, Jockey or Fruit of the Loom for women at Wally-World for around $5 a six-pack. []  No clothes horse here, either - I think that's the result of 12 years of Catholic school uniforms.
 
Joyce

 
I think 12 years of Catholic school uniforms had the exact opposite effect on me. I absolutely love fashion. I love clothes. Shopping is my biggest vice. Whenever I see something cute, I have to buy it, even though I don't have anywhere to wear it to. I'm ashamed to admit that I have clothes in my closet that still have their tags on. I draw the line at high heels because I'm not much of a shoe person, and I can't walk in anything with heels higher than 3 inches anyway. I like both bargain shopping and buying normally-priced items, but I don't buy designer. Can't afford it [8D]. I'm petite (5'2" and 100 lbs.), so sometimes I scour the children's section and buy the extra-large sizes. They have good stuff there sometimes -- cheaper, too. Despite the number of clothes, I still have the "nothing to wear" dilemma for some reason. My dad has much more clothes and shoes than me though.

I must admit, I do own 34 pairs of underwear, but I have a good reason for it. I just bought a ton of them at Kohls. They were on sale really cheap. I'll have underwear in christmas designs for years to come now. I have a good number of socks too now because they had the packs of socks on sale. Otherwise, I really don't think I own too much in the way of clothing. I do have a lot of shoes, 4 pairs of sneakers, and probably the same number of sandals if I can find them. I also tend to travel light, especially when flying. I am afraid to check bags, because I don't trust that they won't get lost, or put on the wrong flight.

DW just donated some shoes and bought a new pair. She has, on average, close to 20 pairs, down a bit from when she used to work in a shoe store. She has two closets full of clothes and some on a clothes rack in the garage. I've had to beef up the hanging rods in the closets. My closet is in the room we keep my exercise equipment and guitar. And we store other stuff. And the closet is actually full of other items. I work in construction, so I buy jeans at Walmart and t-shirts or tough old button-downs that will take abuse.
 
I have a pair of dress shoes, Hush Puppies, sneakers, and work boots. I have a few other pairs that she got me that I hardly wear, such as italian loafers that are so low, I walk right out of them.
 
If we are going to the in-laws for two days, and we are going to a reunion, it can take a while to pack because she has two closets full to figure out what to wear.