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Travel back in the Corporette time capsule… Here's what was on our minds oh so many moons ago.
One year ago…
- The Best Beauty Advice You’ve Ever Heard
- Which Trends Won't You Wear to Work?
- Weekend Wednesday: Pajamas for Grownups
- Fashion Startups: 25 Brands Making Bags and Shoes for Work
- Weekend Prep for Monday: Do You Do It?
- The Best LinkedIn Settings for Job Hunting
- 25 Ways to Repurpose Office Supplies
Two years ago…
- Workwear Made in the U.S.A.
- Law School, Orientation Outfits, and Dressing for You
- Petite Office Ergonomics (and How Does Your Office Handle Ergonomics?)
- The Best Podcasts for Working Women
- What's Your After-Work Routine?
- How to Choose the Best Office
- The Best Towels
Three years ago…
- What to Wear to the Company Retreat
- Gray Hair: An Open Thread
- When to Tuck in Your Shirt
- Tales from the Wallet: Finding a Financial Planner
- Lifting Weights for Women
Four years ago…
- Finding Shoes for “Problem Feet”
- The Best Blouses for the Busty
- Books and Blogs for MBA Students
- Telling Your Mentor That You're Quitting
- How to Plan a Vacation
- When Did You Set Up House?
Five years ago…
- How to Rock Your Telephone Interview
- Poll: Are Ankle-Length Pants Appropriate for the Office?
- How to Announce Your Pregnancy at Work
- Tales from the Wallet: How to Manage Many Financial Accounts
- Which Cleaning Routines Work If You're Too Busy To Clean?
- 360 Fashion Review: MacKenzie McHale of The Newsroom (guest poster Emily-Ward Dickinson of Mock-Off)
Six years ago…
- On Keeping Your Work and Home Lives Separate
- How to Handle Awkward Questions at the Office
- The Best Shoes for Commuting (guest poster Kai Falkenberg)
- Which “Rules” Should You Break?
- The Best Fashionable Business Dresses (guest poster Yuli Ziv)
- Power Dressing — For Yourself (guest poster Sally McGraw of Already Pretty)
Seven years ago…
- What to Wear to an Informal Interview
- When to Show Personality — and When to Play it Safe (guest post from Siouxsie Law)
- Must You Wear a Belt If Your Pants Have Loops?
- How to Accessorize Without Jewelry
- Would You Wear a Peep-Toe Bootie To The Office?
Eight years ago…*
- How to Wear Brooches
- Looking Professional with a Visible Medical Condition
- What are the Best Haircuts for Professional Women?
- Clothes for Professional Conferences
Nine years ago…*
- Reader Mailbag: Lawyer-Turning-to-Publicist Needs Interview Advice
- Tool of the Trade: Retail Me Not
* N.B. Before March 2010, Kat was still anonymous — please excuse the royal “we” in the older posts! :)
I feel like I need to eliminate all plain blue jeans from my wardrobe even though my office does jeans on Friday. I find they make my bottom half look wide and frumpy compared to colored or printed jeans and when I’m out I instantly wish I had worn something else.
I did a huge cull a few months ago and went from over a dozen pair to 3 plus a pair of shorts. Now I am thinking of only keeping the shorts. I have jeans in all sorts of other colors: black, plum, olive, maroon, tan, animal print that unless I have an important meeting, I can wear them any day of the week. For lounging I have leggings and my lululemon studio pants.
Will I miss my blue jeans and only end up replacing them? Should I keep the more expensive designer pair at least? I have a really hard time giving away stuff that still fits but I am also trying to clear space in my pants drawer.
Blue jeans just seem… redundant now? This is a very recent revelation to me because they used be all I would wear.
Maybe put them in a holding area for a while and see how things go?
Why do you need to get rid of them? I usually don’t cull things until I haven’t worn them for a year or so.
You will be fine. Guess what? You grew up, as did the rest of us! I used to wear jeans all the time in college; very skinny jeans and all the guys used to look at my tuchus. Now I would never dream of wearing those jeans as men continue to look but now click their tongues at me, which is gross. My tuchus still is big and many men like that — dad says it gives them more of me to love! FOOEY! I do NOT want men ooogeling my tuchus. But OP, do NOT fret, you can do like the Senior Attorney says– put them on ice, see how you feel, but do NOT give them to goodwill, yet. Best of luck as you get older, as we all do! YAY!!!!
It’s been nearly two weeks since I was almost t-boned by a driver running a red light while I was using a protected left turn…
Insurance has deemed her totally at fault and is paying for my March, 2016 vehicle to be repaired.
When I collect the repaired car at the dealer’s collision center, what do I ask, what do I need to look for? Other than it runs and looks non-crunched into smithereens from the right front headlight to the right second door …
Is it typical for the new car extended warrant to still be in force? Do I have time to actually drive the car around for a day or so and put it through maneuvers to be sure everything is functional?
I know I”ll have to disclose this whenever I eventually sell the car. We tend to keep cars 15+ years. I have <6k miles on her.
I'm so grateful I was not hurt. I'm equally sad that the car may well "never be the same."
TIA.
Glad you’re okay. This is why I always pause as soon as the light turns green, to let the jerk that needs to run the red get out of the way.
RAWR. Thanks. Everyone saw her running the light and tried to honk to get her attention. I, naturally, was looking ahead, rather than behind me and over my right shoulder. I am not a leaper at lights, so she must have really been trucking and flying. Happily there were two witnesses at my set of lights AND a red light traffic camera.
RAWR. Thanks.