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  2. Gail the Goldfish

    Any suggestions for a dermatologist in NYC? Just need someone for acne that refuses to go away no matter how old I get and I feel like my current dermatologist isn’t being helpful.

    • Gail the Goldfish

      Extra points if someone knows anyone with early or late or weekend hours, or that lets you book appointments on ZocDoc

    • preg 3L

      I love my dermatologist, Dr. Jane Schneider, at Manhattan Dermatology. I’m on my phone so not sure if they satisfy any of your extra points requirements tho! 250 w 57th st, suite 825, (212) 489-6669

    • Godzilla

      Dr. Heller at Columbus Circle. Somebody on here recommended him. He is WONDERFUL. Completely cleared up my acne. His latest appointment is 5:50.

      • jc

        No suggestions as I’m not in NYC, but be sure to ask about rosacea v. acne. I thought I had acne for a long time that just would not go away, but it turned out it was actually rosacea and I’m all clear now! Good luck.

    • Bailey270

      I really like my derm, Dr. Cybele Fishman, downtown at 111 Broadway. She helped me a lot with my persistent acne. Not sure about her hours, but I’ve never had a problem getting a convenient appointment. I’m pretty sure she’s on zocdoc.

      • Meg March

        I love Dr. Fishman! She’s very no-nonsense and direct, which is my style of doctor!

    • momentarily anonymous

      Zeena Al-Dujaili at Sadick dermatology on the Upper East Side. Early morning appointments, can book on ZocDoc, gives you tons of samples prior to filling a prescription to make sure the treatments working for you. She’s very easy going and will definitely bump you up a level of treatment or two if what you’re doing currently isn’t helpful.

    • Kendall Zukerman

      My Dermatologist Dr. Michelle Henry at Sadick dermatology is amazing. She put me and my bridesmaids on her “wedding prep acne regimen” and my skin has never been better. I honestly love her. She’s sweet, super smart and will do whatever is necessary to accommodate you and make you better.

  3. HCOL

    Question for the Hive – what percent is your mortgage/rent of your total take-home? I know what is typically advised, but husband and I are considering purchasing a home that would amount to about 40% of our take-home pay. It seems really, really high. A few factors – our childcare costs are about to significantly decrease, husband’s pay is expected to significantly increase over the next 10 months, mine will increase modestly in about 6 months, but at worst, we are looking about paying around 40%. It’s an investment in a home that we would expect to live in until retirement, has great schools for kiddos, and keeps our commutes sane/reasonable. In other words, it’s a classic “stretch” home that could suit us for a long time, but it feels a little risky right now.

    • Anon

      Rent

      20% of our combined take-home pay (take-home for us = gross minus taxes, healthcare premiums, 401K)

      Large southern city

    • HSAL

      My mortgage/HOA fees are 21% of my takehome. Before I got married, it was 33% of takehome.

      What’s the rest of your debt like? Are you sure you’d be approved for that amount?

      • HCOL

        Amazingly, we’re approved for a lot more than that. We’d still have money in the bank after closing, and have a pretty sizable amount sitting in retirement accounts. I have some left-over law school loans (low 5 figures), and we have one car loan (very low five figures).

        I guess I should clarify – the 40% includes the total figure (taxes – which are insane but we are chalking up to cheaper than private schools – and mortgage, no HOA/PMI).

    • Susie

      I’ve never thought about this, but a rough calculation for me says 35% (mortgage only, excludes property tax and HOA). I live in a high COL area, and own a 2 bedroom ~1500 sq ft townhouse we plan to live in for the foreseeable future. My husband and I purchased it 3 years ago, we’ve been married 5 years no kids. We have a pretty good school district and would not move just to change that but I think we would outgrow the house if we decide to have kids (still on the fence).

    • TBK

      Our mortgage is about 24% and neither of us is currently earning our full earning capacity (my husband especially could probably double his current salary). While 40% is high, I think it really depends on how much you earn overall. What’s left over for food, utilities, daycare, etc. when you’re taking 60% of, say, $300k is far different from 60% of $30k to pay for the same necessities. I wouldn’t really want so much of my money tied up in one place, nor would I want the pressure of having to earn enough to support a high mortgage, but that’s an individual decision.

      • Anon

        Out of curiosity – if you could both earn significantly more than your full earning capacity, what is the obstacle?

        This may be a simple answer (example – I am an attorney in-house, and I know I could earn more if I went back to BigLaw, but then I’d also hate life so that isn’t going to happen). I’m just curious b/c of how you phrased it.

        • TBK

          My husband is running his own start-up but has a JD from a T10 law school plus some fairly impressive work history. Obviously he’s hardly earning the six figures he’s worth right now. My job is more of a lifestyle thing and I could earn more like another $30k or $40k over what I currently earn if I were willing to make more sacrifices (or double what I earn now if I were to go back to biglaw, which I won’t).

    • Anon

      35% of take-home (take-home = gross minus taxes and 401K). Husband is currently back in school for a masters and not working. We’re expecting to knock our percentage down to 25% once he’s back at work.

    • Sarabeth

      Rent: 24% of take-home (ie, after taxes and fully maxing 401ks and IRAs). Would not want to go much above this, as it would cut into our ability to go on vacations, eat nice food, etc and we value these smaller luxuries more than we’d value a nicer house. That said, we’re in an area where we don’t need to spend more to get a decent place.

    • hoola hoopa

      Ours is ~50%. I by no means advocate for that. It wasn’t planned that way.

      Could you swing it on one income (minus child care costs)? The lowest income, if you made different amounts. When we bought the home pre-recession as two professionals, it was ~25% of take-home. My husband’s career essentially ended with the recession and for years (and the forseable future) he’s been SAH with our two kids and we live on my income alone. If we’d stretched further when we bought the home, we’d have lost it and probably would have needed to declare bankruptcy. If he were working, we’d have to pay child care, so mortgage+childcare would have still been ~50% of our income, but the other ~50% would have been a lot larger and we’d have a lot more wiggle room.

      • hoola hoopa

        My point – which I didn’t make clear – is that while it’s great to plan for the expected future (less childcare, more income), you should also draft out the worst case scenario.

    • Deep End

      We just bought a townhouse about 4 months ago. Together mortgage, taxes and insurance = 22% of take home pay. That doesn’t include our monthly HOA, which is $215. We were approved for a loan twice as expensive, but we were trying to make sure we could manage on one income if it ever came down to that.

    • RR

      Less than 10% take home pay. For reference though, we’ve been in this house for 10 years and are on the verge of upgrading as we are growing out of it. It was more like 20% of take home pay when we bought it.

    • Ellen

      I need to ask my dad b/c he does everything. Actually, I am not even sure what my morgage is b/c dad pay’s for it. My salary goes into my ACCOUNT, and my expenses go OUT of my account and once in a while, Dad ask’s me to sign thing’s for the ACCOUNT.

      I want the HIVE to know there is another Ellen going around saying she is PREGNANT. That is NOT me. I have NOT even had s-e-x with a guy since Alan. So there is NO imaculate conception going on in the Barshevsky house either. I wish that I was, mabye, but that require’s an intervention from a man, and I have YET to find a man worthy of fathering my child, and that man would have to MARRY me first. FOOEY on men that would JUST want to impregenate me and then walk away. I am NOT that kind of girl. DOUBEL FOOEY!

      Where is the man that will MARRY me? That is the question of the year, Grandma Leyeh say’s! Yay for Grandma Leyeh. Her $50K wire to my bank went thru! DOUBEL YAY!!!!!

    • Anonymous

      I rent and I’m at like 35% which I would not advocate. But I also have high five-figures student loans that is equal to 2/3 of my rent. So I have no spending money at all, I’m sort of in survival mode until I move in with my fiance this spring and we can save a ton of money living together. Could you survive on one income? Do you have enough savings to cover that mortgage and taxes and feed/clothe your children for 6 months if both of you loses your jobs at the same time? Cause that could happen, God forbid, but it could. I think if you have enough in savings and you see it as your forever home and you feel in your gut like it’s an OK risk then I would do it, but I would really crunch the numbers and do worst-case scenarios.

    • Senior Attorney

      Oh, my. This is a question that is very much on my mind at the moment. When I was married to and living with Mr. Senior Attorney, we were living in the house I bought 19 years ago and housing costs were less than 10% of take home pay, which was ridiculously awesome. Indeed, the mortgage was just 10% of my individual take-home pay.

      I’m now paying about 30% of take-home pay in rent (OUCH!!!), and as I look at buying a house in the next few months I’m trying to figure out how far I want to stretch. The houses I really want would be close to 50% of take home pay for PITI. Gah. Don’t think I want to stretch that far. But even 35% seems ridiculously high.

      And does it make a difference if the numbers are higher or lower? In other words, if paying 50% for housing leaves a good amount left in absolute dollars, is that, like, a mitigating circumstance? Or is it an aggravating circumstance because it means you are paying an insane amount for housing?

      Finally, it is super important to me that I have a nice place to live, but I do hate to think about being house-poor and giving up other things I enjoy, most notably the opportunity to go on big trips every year. Any ideas about how to reconcile those competing priorities?

      /all about me

    • mascot

      I think it’s about 35% and that includes taxes and insurance. But, it’s also our only real debt, we live in a relatively inexpensive city, and we have good incomes. If we lost a significant portion of our income in the next few years, it would most likely mean giving up the house. I agree with TBK’s point that the ratio impact changes a bit when you have higher incomes.

    • Anon

      I live in NYC and work in BigLaw. My rent is about 30% of my take-home pay (after taxes and maxing out 401K). I also have loans; rent plus my minimum loan payments is about 44% of my take-home. I don’t really feel stretched, but that’s because my overall income is large enough that I don’t need as high of a percentage of my take-home to fund an average lifestyle. I think looking at percentages only makes sense when you also take into account your overall income. For example, when I was working before law school, my rent was also about 30% of my income and I had no loans at all, but I was only making $50K and lived in NYC, so the remaining 70% was not much and I constantly felt stretched.

    • CKB

      We rent. Our rent is 26.5% of my take home pay. I’ve excluded dh as his income is inconsistent and we don’t count on it.

      We live in a fairly high COLA and a mortgage for a similar house would be much higher than we pay right now. We have been house poor in the past and it’s awful. Absolutely awful. If you can prevent it in any way, do. We will never be house poor again, even if it means all 5 of us squishing into a tiny place. Ain’t going to happen if there is anything at all that we can do about it.

    • Interrobanged

      Hmm, interesting question. Where take-home pay = gross salary less taxes, medicare, 401(k) and IRA contributions, we pay about 22%. We rent and live in a mid-sized midwestern city.

    • Lynnet

      Own- About 20% of our take home pay (after health insurance and retirement contributions). Our total debt (student loans) is about 28% of our take home. My job is… not as secure as I’d like. PITI would shoot up to 42% of take home pay if I lost my job, which is depressing to think about.

    • Leigh

      My rent is about 25% of my take-home, though that’s with utilities included. This is also in a high-COL area.

    • Parfait

      I rent in an expensive part of an expensive city, and I am right at 30%. It was more like 40% when I moved in, and it was tight for a while, but I’ve gotten good raises over the last couple of years. I can never ever move out; I seriously lucked into the last affordable apartment available. Every time I get a hankering to move and start looking at Craigslist and realize that I would, at minimum, have to spend ~50% more for a much crappier place, I am grateful that this place worked out. Thank you, rent control.

      • Philanthropy Girl

        We own, and are in the roughly 21% category, including all those lovely escrow things. We live in a very low cost area, and in a mid-cost neighborhood for our area. Because of hefty school debt, we couldn’t afford much more than 20-25%, but I would estimate we were preapproved for the 25% range (a job change meant a raise, so what I pay now is a smaller % than what we were approved for).

  4. Anon1 for this

    Anonymous for this. I have a weird problem. Starting Nov, I’ve been wearing tights and skirts. While I’m fine in the morning, my thighs (especially inner thighs) start itching. It is so uncomfortable that I sometimes remove my tights and wear them back again before I leave in the evening. It just keeps getting terrible as the day progresses and on my way back home, on the train, it itches so bad that I remove my coat, put it on my lap and then rub my inner thighs. I don’t get any rashes but it starts to itch right around lunch time and just keeps getting worse. I’m fine when I stand. What is wrong with me?

    • Anon

      I’m not saying this is your problem, but when I accidentally bought tights in a size smaller than my normal size, they were super itchy. They “fit” but i was itchy all day, esp when sitting. I think it was affecting my circulation.

    • HSAL

      I get that with textured tights after I go to the bathroom. Something about the “grain” of the tights sitting differently when I pull them back up, and the tops of my inner thighs are softer skin/less hair on them, so I think it’s just more irritating. I get the same thing with higher socks. If the elastic moves to a different part of my leg, they become crazy uncomfortable.

    • Monday

      Have you tried using extra moisturizer on your legs? It could be as simple as winter dry skin.

      • Anon1 for this

        thank you for all the replies – It’s def not the case of dry skin as I’m fine as soon as I take the tights off. My skin still remains smooth and I always moisturize well before wearing my tights. I’m already wearing a size bigger than the suggested size. Any recs for cotton tights for formal work env. as I’m thinking it could be the material itself that’s bothering my skin?

    • s-non

      This only happens with one pair of my tights, exact same symptoms, and I hate wearing them because of that. They’re my only sheer black tights, so I like the look but can’t handle the itchiness…No solutions, just commiseration.

    • Blair Waldorf

      This happens to me frequently, with tights that are definitely not a size too small.

      I don’t know how to fix it with the tights that cause it, but I have found that the thicker, softer, and more opaque the tights, the less the tights itch for me. I’ve converted to Hue opaque, one size too big tights, and Hue brushed tights.

    • Anonymous

      Could there be any hair that the tights are getting caught on? Socks and tights sometimes caught some hair on my feet/toes (or I assume that is what it is) that would take a while for me to notice but then itched like crazy until I took the socks or tights off.

    • Anon

      I have a similar reaction but it often turns into hives. My dermatologist said I’m just super sensitive to anything with elastic, Lycra and other man-made fibers. She also said it gets worse in winter because skin is drier and more sensitive. I try to moisturize more and use a richer lotion during the winter months. I also take my tights off as soon as I get home and slather on some anti-itch lotion.

  5. Baconpancakes

    Anyone want to do some vicarious shopping? I’m having the devil of a time finding a grey bootie with less than 2 inches of heel that won’t cut off above the ankle bone and make my legs look shorter and squatter than they are, unless I’m willing to pay $200 and up. Suede would be ideal, but at this point beggars can’t be choosers. Ideally less than $100.

    And yes, I know, I know. I get an idea of what I want and then try to find it, instead of the more successful other way around.

  6. Anon

    The above comments on house costs made me wonder: after your housing costs, what’s the largest monthly expenditure you face? I’m curious because I’m trying to cut down on spending after a rough 2013

    • Sydney Bristow

      My student loan minimums are higher than my rent. Trying to pay as much extra as possible so they are by far my largest monthly expense.

      • saltylady

        Groceries and Target expenses (cleaning products, toilet paper, etc) $1200. Ridiculous.

    • Anon

      Student loans. Approx $2200. This is larger than our housing costs. In order from largest to smallest, our top three monthly expenses are student loans, housing, food.

      • hoola hoopa

        Groceries for us, too. Family of four, ~$600/mo. All non-mortgage loans combined are ~$400.

    • Anon

      According to Mint, food and dining. That includes all groceries, eating out, bars, coffee shops, etc.

    • Gail the Goldfish

      My student loans are higher than my rent. They’re about $1500 a month. The loans are split between a 15 year repayment (the loans I recently refinanced through SoFi) and 25 year (SallieMae/DOE loans). My share of the rent is $1025 ($2050 total; I split the rent with BF). After student loans and rent, food is the next highest. I’m in NYC, so no car payments or related expenses.

    • (Former) Clueless Summer

      Debt reduction generally is larger than housing, but it’s debt, housing, then car (payments, gas, insurance).

    • RR

      Our largest monthly expenditure, including housing costs, is childcare. Our mortgage is $1500 a month, including taxes and home equity line. We pay roughly $1800 a month for childcare (that’s actually with huge discounts–roughly $450 a week for 3 kids, one of which is an infant).

      • RR

        Our hierarchy would be:
        1. Childcare @ $1800 month
        2. Housing @ $1500 month
        3. Food @ $1400 month

    • Anonymous

      student loans, $600/month, followed by food at $400/month followed by transportation at $200/month

    • Senior Attorney

      Well, taxes are my number one expense, even before housing. I suspect that’s true for many of you.

      After that, lately it’s been legal fees related to the divorce. Ugh.

      • Sydney Bristow

        I was excited to discover last week that I would have jumped up a tax bracket if I had earned just $1800 more than I did. I was feeling a little down that I’d earned less in 2013 than I did in 2012 but once I realized that I was happy I took as many days off over the year as I did. Vacation was good for my mental health and my taxes in 2013. :-)

        • Senior Attorney

          While taking vacation days is always a good idea for your mental health, the higher tax rate would only have been paid on income over and above that extra $1,800. Earning more money will never result in a net loss — you may keep a lower percentage of the extra income, but you’ll still have more money than you would have if you hadn’t earned it at all.

          You probably already know that, of course! Congrats on the time off and the lower tax bill!

          • Sydney Bristow

            I know that rationally but emotionally it feels different for some reason.

            Actually that does bring up a question. Most of my paychecks from the year would have me making approximately $20-25,000 more than I did if I’d worked that amount each week all year. I know that my final tax obligation comes down to what you said above and you’re only taxed the higher rate on the money you make above the lower bracket amount. Does the amount withheld throughout the year work the same (meaning I wasn’t ever taxed at the higher percentage since I didn’t cross the threshhold) or would it have been being withheld with some formula on the assumption I’d be at the higher bracket? Not sure if that makes sense. I’m the person who anxiously waits for my W-2s through January and files my taxes right away to get my refund and I think I’d get a fairly size able one this year.

          • Topanga

            Generally when taxes are withheld on a paycheck, they are withheld at a rate assuming you’re receiving the same paycheck amount all year. If you are getting a large refund each year I’d look into redoing your W-4.

          • KT

            @Sydney Bristow – If all of your withholdings are with the same employer, it’s typically set up so the income tax withholding is even throughout the year. Social security is withheld at a flat percentage until you hit the max income, which was $113,700 for 2013.

          • Sydney Bristow

            Thank you both. I only claim myself and file my taxes as a single person so I thought my withholding was as low as it could be. It’s all changing in 2014 anyway since I’m getting married.

    • Topanga

      Food (groceries and eating out). Although some months… it’s clothes. But I have no loans or children.

    • Diana Barry

      After mortgage/taxes, it has been home renovations, but then after that food/dining.

    • Gosh

      And this makes me wodner – is $1500/mo on food too much? We cook/eat out 50-50 and it’s anywhere between $1400-$1600 if it’s not a birthday/anniversary month. I live in NJ and commute to NYC for work. Abnormal? Normal? Thoughts?

      • Senior Attorney

        Let me put it this way: It is a lot and if you wanted to cut back you could cut back a lot and free up probably half that money for other things without breaking a huge sweat. But on the other hand, if it works for you and there aren’t other places you’d rather put that money, then my thoughts are that it would be awesome to be able to eat out at nice places half the time, and you should enjoy it without guilt!

        • Sydney Bristow

          Totally agree. It’s the first place I would cut if I was trying to pay off debt or wanted to save up for something but otherwise I wouldn’t worry about it if it works for you guys.

      • saltylady

        It’s on the high side. If you want to cut back, maybe look to eating out that doesn’t wow you, like weeknight takeout or work lunches out that are just a lame sandwich and drink for $12. Requires some meal planning though, and commitment to eating the stuff you buy.

        • Parfait

          Agree. I only recently totted up the ol’ expense categories and was SHOCKED at how much I was spending on food. I immediately stopped eating those $9-12 lunches from the work cafeteria that are not very tasty anyway and replaced them with frozen Trader Joe’s entrees at $3-5. Next stage is to get it together to cook more at home so there’s leftovers to bring. I’ve never been very good at packing a sandwich for lunch but if there are dinner leftovers, I am all over them.

    • S in Chicago

      I hate to admit, but it’s probably clothes and shoes. On the bright side, at least I know I could probably save a lot if I just had some discipline.

    • Granola

      Auto expenses – gas, insurance, parking (I have to pay for monthly parking in my building), maintenance, all adds up to about $800 per month. Oh if I could only live a car-free life (I need it to commute), I would be able to save so much more.

  7. Need Jeans Help

    Hi All – I am having the hardest time finding denim jeans. Due to an athletic injury, my love of food and the fact that I eat my feelings, I gained about 50 pounds over the past year putting me in the 190-195 range (I’m 5’7″). I can not find good quality flattering jeans anywhere. I’m looking for a pair that are mid-rise to high rise (I really really really don’t want to have to worry about a muffin top) and are of a dressier type so that I could wear them to work on a day where we are slightly more casual or wear them out at night.

    For a while I was wearing Gap jeans, but their quality has gone down recently.

    Does anyone have any suggestions? Or can you tell me where you buy your denim?

    • Anne Shirley

      I’m shorter than you but roughly the same proportions and I like Ann Taylor. They’re not the best quality, but I like the look and fit.

    • Bewitched

      Jag jeans from Nordstrom. I haven’t found anything in a bricks and mortar store that I like, but they are awesome! I also like Kut from the Kloth, but lately Jag Jeans are my faves. They have a nice dark wash trouser jean if I recall correctly. Good luck!

      • Susie

        I got the Jag trouser jean and while I like it, to me it seems more just a bootcut jean with trouser-style pockets. I ended up keeping them, but was a little disappointed they were not quite what I thought they would be.

    • S in Chicago

      Nordstrom’s Kut from the Kloth brand. Order down a size than you typically wear though–they run pretty big and stretch a bit.

    • Anon in NYC

      Are you near a Nordstrom’s? I would make an appointment with a personal stylist and tell them what you’re looking for. Give them your height/weight and tell them what you’re looking for. The denim is more expensive, but I really like the fit of what I got.

      • Killer Kitten Heels

        This this this.

        I consistently doubted the “go to the Nordstrom personal stylist” advice, but finally bit the bullet and did it, and it was the best experience. I found so many pieces that I could never seem to make “work” before (skinny jeans, tunic length sweaters) with the stylist’s help – it was excellent.

    • LLBMBA

      I bought Levis “Made and Crafted” jeans and I love them. I have a long (but high?) waist, and these were deemed high waisted, but were really more like mid-rise on me. But go to a place where they have a million different lines and try on a tonne – so surprising how the same size jeans will look totally different depending on brand/style.

    • Anon

      I used to wear all Gap or Caslon jeans. I’m not sure if Nordstrom makes Caslon jeans anymore, but they were really nice about five years ago.

    • Anon

      Try not your daughter’s jean. They come in a broad range of sizes, for all figures.

    • anonymous

      I’ve had a lot of luck with White House Black Market jeans – they stretch a little bit throughout the day, so be aware of that factor when you are trying them on.

    • Anon

      LOFT’s curvy boot cut is my favorite thing in the world. I was just back in the states and bought two pairs to replace the one pair I wore into the freaking ground. (similar build)

    • Need Jeans Help

      Thank you everyone – I really appreciate your help!!!! I’m going to check these all out and I’m going to make an appointment with a Nordstrom stylist. Have great days!

    • Philanthropy Girl

      I love my Christopher Banks – I’m a little taller than you, but we weight about the same. I walked into to store, tried them on and they fit like they were made for me (hasn’t happend more than once in my whole lifetime of wearing jeans!). I thought the quality was very nice, and they’re very classic looking in terms of wash and styling.

  8. wildkitten

    I’m in a bummed out mood for no good reason. What are your best tricks to perk up when you’re feeling low? Bonus points if they don’t involve consuming empty calories!

    • Diana Barry

      Get a massage! :) Or a sephora/makeup counter makeover.

      Play pumped up music and dance (at home or out), or grab a friend and go out to karaoke.

    • jc

      I usually plan something for after work that I can look forward to such as “oh I’m going to go home, have a glass of wine and watch my favorite show!” Or go visit my nephew or get dinner from somewhere really good that I wouldn’t normally go to on a weeknight (a little splurge).

      Feel better :)

    • wildkitten

      Good ideas! I think it’s just the weather has me in a slump. I am definitely looking forward to it being warmer this weekend.

      • Winter boost

        Go to your gym or a hotel (or local Y or park district or ….) and swim for a bit or sit in a whirl pool. Something about being indoors in a warm pool area always feels so much less wintery.

    • Monday

      –Call an out-of-town friend
      –Clean the house (I can’t mess up and I never regret it)
      –Read or watch something easy
      –Exercise
      –Window-shop (in person or online)
      –Tea
      –Rearrange closet or make plans around wearing neglected items that I like

    • saltylady

      Last weekend I was feeling like crap, bored at work and some other stuff. I made plans for us (husband and kids) to on an outing on Sunday, even though I didn’t “feel” like it. But it committed me to getting out and doing something instead of moping. Totally worked– I had my energy back really quickly.

  9. hoola hoopa

    Suggestions for a shoe similar to Payless’ Monique Dress Bootine? Love the look, but not the availability. Could spend up to $200.

  10. Maggie

    Quick TJ: Is there a good way to communicate, in a cover letter, that I am not actively looking for a new job, but that this one is a dream job for me? I’m not sure how to say that I’m not putting applications out everywhere- that my current job is perfectly fine, unless I can work for this particular company? Any help is appreciated!

    • Senior Attorney

      “Although I am happy in my current position and have not been and do not plan to engage in a general job search, your posting caught my eye because I have long dreamed of working for your company. Simply put, this job is my dream job.”

      • KT

        I like this wording but would add a specific reason why you find this particular company so appealing.

        • Senior Attorney

          I agree. After I hit “post comment” I thought I should have added “…for the following reasons…”

          Great minds, they think alike!

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