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Wednesday’s TPS Report: Short Sleeve Dress

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BCBGMAXAZRIA Short Sleeve Dress

The Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale has begun, and a number of new items have markdowns up to 50%. I like this simple dress from BCBGMaxAzria, which won reviewers over for its flattering fit. I like the geometric pleat details on the front, as well as the sleeves, high neckline, and ladylike hemline for the office. The on-seam pockets could also be great for carrying keycards, cash, or even a tube of lipstick. It was $228, now marked to $109.90. BCBGMAXAZRIA Short Sleeve Dress

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Comments

  1. Anon

    Early threadjack: I am a 6th year associate looking to move out of the law firm world. I practice in a specialized area and for various reasons, moving is not an option, so I am limited to what I can find in my midsize city. Yesterday my dream inhouse job was posted, but they are looking for someone who is a new or recent law school graduate”, and the duties are significantly below my skill set. But this is my dream organization to work at, and this is the only job they’ve posted in recent history (at least since I started actively looking about 6 months ago). Does anyone have advice on phrasing the cover letter I would include with my resume that says, basically, I’m way over-qualified but please hire me and give me duties appropriate for my skillset? Thanks!

    • In House

      I think you should be honest and tell them how much, and how long, you have wanted to work there. Also, there is some transition necessary from being outside firm lawyer to becoming in-house counsel, so although your substantive skills may make you overqualified, your “being in-house” skills may still need to be developed. Don’t know how you phrase that without drawing attention to the fact that you’ve never been in-house before and would be using this position as a learning experience, but it’s something to keep in mind.

    • GovtMom

      I would add two things.

      First, how much do you know about the legal dept and their needs? Would giving you duties appropriate to your skill set impinge on someone else’s job? I think my immediate reaction would be to talk about how much you want to work for that organization, and NOT mention that you want duties appropriate to your seniority/skill set. You want to work for them and will do what you need to get there, then grow with them.

      Second, any connections there? Especially in this circumstance, I would be networking like crazy to actually be able to talk to someone and explain why you’re such a great fit, even if you’re more senior than they said in their ad.

    • h

      it doesn’t sound like its the case here, but note that sometimes in-house postings state that they want someone junior when they don’t REALLY want someone junior, they just want to be able to PAY like the person is junior.

  3. kellyn

    I love this dress! Dresses with sleeves, even short cap sleeves, are such a breath of fresh air for work.

    And a post wouldn’t be complete without a threadjack…

    I have an interview for a firm job that I really see myself fitting into and liking, and one for which I am pretty qualified despite my May ’10 grad date. I interview pretty well, but I am always always stumped by that ice breaker “So, tell us a little bit about yourself” question.

    I’d love some advice on “scripting” an answer to this! Examples appreciated.

    • TCFKAG

      I would say there are two ways to approach this — one person on here suggested earlier (and I like) “Where would you like me to start.”

      Or, I’d prepare a little speech about your work experience, class work, etc. qualifies you for THIS job. If its litigation, highlight litigation specific experience. Include why you want to do this particular kind of work. That kind of thing.

    • Scully

      This answer should change for every interview. You are creating a sales pitch, not a cocktail party answer. Start by listing your three top skills/experiences that would make you desirable for the job and work those in to the answer.

    • Scully

      Reposted due to moderation:

      This answer should change for every interview. You are creating a sales pitch, not a (moderated word)tail party answer. Start by listing your three top skills/experiences that would make you desirable for the job and work those in to the answer.

      • Anonymous

        I would add that your sales pitch should also change based on the type of interview it is. For my current in-house job, they were already comfortable with my skills/experiences before I even walked in the door – they just wanted to make sure I was a good fit for the group, personality wise. I think if I’d answered “Tell me about yourself” with work/skill related information, I never would have been hired.

    • Honey Bear

      kellyn – someone once told me that when answering the “Tell me about yourself” question, you should basically have an “elevator pitch” – meaning, be able to highlight all of the things you would want to tell someone if you were talking to them in an elevator for only like 40 seconds! And of course you need to speak to the relevant things, so no one cares about where you went to elementary school or what your favorite color is.

      • kellyn

        Thanks, ladies! I’ve worked out a schpiel, so to speak, that relates to my education, experience, and interest in the field and how that will benefit the firm. I figure I have to fill in the holes that a resume and a cover letter cannot cover adequately, and to illustrate that I have a personality.

        Honestly, I have no idea what the context of the interview is. The job has been posted for two months, and I waited to apply until I had affirmatively passed the bar in my state (found out last Monday). I applied Friday night, after business hours, and Monday AM at 11 I had an email from the HR dept. asking me to come in and meet with named partner this week.

        So….. good sign? Personality interview? Standard interview?

        Either way, I have a new black suit and some great Cole Hahn black pumps and I’m ready, baby ;)

        • Honey Bear

          I think that’s a great sign that they asked you to come in so soon! I’m excited for you. You mentioned you were a 2010 law school grad – what have you been doing since then?

          • kellyn

            State trial level clerkship. I serve an entire county courthouse and the 4 or 5 judges here alone. It’s great experience and I love my work, but it has helped me realize that litigation is not for me. So when I felt comfortable applying for this job, I jumped at the opportunity–it is not a litigation job, amen!

        • Nonny

          A bit late to the party, but I still think that when someone asks you the “tell us about yourself” question, they are trying to get to know you as a person. You will get lots of specific questions about your experience, skills, professional interests, etc. This question is the one that you make a little more personal.

          This, speaking as someone who is very private and has been accused before of not being easy to get to know in a professional setting – so I am very aware of questions like this that are designed to draw out your personality and what makes you special.

    • COS

      I’m glad you caught that detail. I’ve thus taken it off my watchlist for my planned walk-thru on the sale at lunchtime. This is my favorite sale of the year.

    • The Online Shopper

      AN – I think the chest detailing is ok if you don’t have a big chest.

      Although this dress reads a little-bit “funeral” to me, though, like Kellyn I like it a lot in light of the sleeves.

  7. Another interview question

    Nice to see all these questions about interviews. Maybe things are turning around a bit. I have an interview on Friday for a 7 attorney shop. I’m currently at a mid-size firm (30 attorneys) and I need some help figuring out how to word why I am looking for other work – and to keep my current firm in a positive light.

    In my cover letter I mentioned that I am seeking more responsibility and control over my cases.

    Truth – my firm has a notorious history for doing stealth layoffs of junior associates. They always hire a couple first years and summers, then there is not enough work to go around, and the second and third years are told to go find other work. My mark downs are really high but I work with all insurance clients and I’m on complex cases. The partners claim that a lot of my mark downs are through no fault of my own – for example, they decided not to file a motion I wrote so they didn’t bill the client for it. Nonetheless, the mark downs affect my review and bonus.

    So, real reasons I’m looking – I don’t have enough work, my work is now being given to a mid level with not enough work to supervise but he bills his time and writes off mine. I do not feel my job is secure. Mark downs are too high. Sick of working for a firm that judges people just on the number of hours they bill but don’t give them the means to do it.

    So, positive ways to say why I’m looking –
    I’d like to work for a more general practice firm and work in various types of law and not just my current practice group. I’d like more responsibility and the ability to take on more substantive projects. I’ve worked in a smaller firm atmosphere (during law school) and found it preferable. If they ask why – more relaxed working environment, more emphasis on quality over quantity of work. I also am really active in the community and make connections that could lead to work at new firm but not at current firm (see all insurance clients.)

    Would it look bad on my firm to suggest I don’t have enough work? Is this a positive or negative reason for leaving?

    Thoughts?

    • Lyssa

      I said that I my main reason for leaving my old firm was that there wasn’t enough work, and it seemed to go over well (as in, I got the job).

      Caveat- my old firm was a 2-attorney start-up, so, in a lot of ways, it wasn’t a real law firm. I said a lot of positive things about my former partner, which were completely true, he’s a great guy, but he just didn’t have the work to carry a 2nd attorney. That might have been easier to understand than a fully functioning established firm, but I still think that most would understand it. I would spin it to blame the economy, not the firm itself.

    • Marie

      Maybe leave out the “more relaxing work environment,” you don’t want them to think you can’t hack it when things get stressful.

    • Redacted

      I raised the “not enough work” issue a couple of times in interviews, and got probing questions about whether the problem was people not giving me work (bad), or the firm not having enough work (neutral). I also got pretty deep inquiries into whether I could handle a heavier work load.

      Advice: make sure you have some objective statistic showing that the firm itself doesn’t have enough work. I was able to point out that I was one of the highest-billing associates in my section, and that my hours were in the top third for all attorneys in the section, even though they were low. I could also say that I had done x number of hours of pro bono and professional development time, which brought up my total work hours to a level showing that I could handle a “normal” work load.

      • Anon

        This is an excellent point. Without an explanation many hiring partners can read “not enough work” or “not enough hours” as “not trusted enough to give them big assignments” or “can’t handle what we need her too.”

        With the clarifications you’ve made though, this should be an easy explanation. Really great points, and something I may not have thought about.

    • TX Attny

      I think focus on the positives but maybe structure in both aspects. Perhaps some statements like:

      – I am looking for a firm with a broad base of clients and/or practice areas.
      – While I’ve enjoyed success at insurance litigation, I’d like to broaden my practice to general civil litigation and have more input in and control over cases and billing. (Perhaps a good opportunity here to talk about the firm’s billing procedures, how they handle cases, etc.)
      – I think my relationships I’ve developed through group ABC and group XYZ would be valuable to your firm. I plan to continue my memberships with these organizations and know there are opportunities to develop some of these relationships into clients. (If you get any push back on why you haven’t done that already or even if you want to drive the point home, you could say that your firm is focused exclusively on insurance litigation and doesn’t offer you the opportunities to develop business outside of that but that you would like to do this with this firm.)

      And GOOD LUCK! Congratulations on the interview.

    • Diana Barry

      I definitely used the not enough work line when I was a stealth layoff victim (same deal, not enough work for everyone, I was the most expensive ‘junior’ associate, etc.). I said something like I wanted to go somewhere and be challenged more and feel like I was developing my skills, which wasn’t possible given the amount of work that I had at the other firm. It worked well in every interview I had.

  8. Little Lurker

    I like this dress almost as much as I love the Half-Yearly Sale!

    Corporettes, how do you maintain a friendship long-distance? My oldest friend “Lindsey” and I have known each other for 15 years and been friends for 10. This sounds more impressive than it is until you factor in the fact that I’m graduating college now (although we do attend separate schools). It’s definitely no longer accurate to call Lindsey my “best” friend, but she is incredibly important to me.

    In the past few months both of us have been dealing with incredible stresses in our personal/work lives and so have fallen out of touch precisely when we could have used a good friend’s shoulder to cry on. When we finally stopped playing belated phone tag, Lindsey mentioned how difficult it is to talk about her stresses on the phone: it’s hard to find happy things to talk about when your life feels impossibly overwhelming, and if you’re stressed out, the last thing you want to do to unwind is relive it by talking it over. Some people are oversharers, but I also have this attitude, so the two of us end up not talking for long periods when we’re sad.

    I could really use some advice about to work on this, or any other tips on how to maintain friendships, particularly when you feel like you’re always too busy to Skype for an hour to catch up!

    • Monday

      I have a lot of experience with this because I’ve moved around a lot–i.e. my closest friendships have been long-distance for the past few years. And I’ve had the same problem you’re describing, where one or both of us doesn’t call because it’s too overwhelming. Here are some things I’ve found:

      The longer you go without contact, the more intimidating it can become to reach out, especially when you’re down in the dumps. Of course, you don’t have time to talk constantly, so my “best friend” and I now do check-in texts fairly often. When it’s one line long–e.g. “how’s it going?”–it can be easier to reply “eh, not the best,” or if there’s something more specific to just convey it very briefly. Then we usually schedule a phone date to talk, and once on the phone we’re not starting from zero.

      Once you have a phone date, you treat it like any other appointment. It’s not second-tier to something you could be doing in person. At this point my boyfriend is 100% unsurprised when he says “want to go out to dinner tonight?” and I say, “sorry, [Lindsey] and I are scheduled to talk at 7:30.” I treat it like a prior committment and don’t break it for any reason other than something truly urgent. If you don’t do that, the phone date never happens.

      HTH

    • Honey Bear

      This is such a good question – I’m kind of in the same boat with several of my close girlfriends I’ve known for years. I hate talking on the phone, which is not good if you want to maintain a long distance friendship. And I also get so busy at work during the week that when I do have down time, I just want to chill out and not waste time on the phone. Right now I do a lot of texts/fb but I know how impersonal that can be sometimes. I would love to hear other corporettes’ feelings on this too!

    • Ashley

      Also a lot of experience with the long distance friendships, and I think it’s helped me and my friends to acknowledge that it’s “weird” to do the phone thing. One of my girlfriends and I have terrible phone conversations, but we’re fine when we see each other in person every 6 months or so. We’ll send email updates, just so that we’re on the same page when we do see each other in person. I’ve also found that it helps to go for a walk when making the phone call, so there’s some sense of outside stimulation. It’s always a little “dead” when I’m just sitting on the couch and trying to think of topics or bare my soul in the silence of the room. Another friend is great about sending cards, so you might try that as well… just a little something to let her know you’re thinking about her, even though you aren’t talking all the time like you used to.

    • somewherecold

      Some things that work for me and my friends (some repeated from Monday and Ashley’s suggestions):

      – Schedule time to talk on the phone, so you give yourselves enough time and you can think about the main things you want to talk about in that time in advance

      – Send snail mail–you can include newspaper and magazine articles that you think the other would like, send an outrageous card you couldn’t send anyone else, or just write a letter about what’s going on with you at that moment

      – Send long emails. I have friends that I primarily catch up with over email. One of us will start an email update, and then a few long replies going back and forth asking about each other and giving updates. Sometimes with my friends, one of us will send a card, and the other will respond via email and we’ll get into a longer email discussion that way.

      – Sometimes I text my friends photos of things that I see that remind me of them (like a picture of a new Ben and Jerry’s flavor that I know a friend would really like), just to say a quick hello and thinking about you

      – Set Skype or Gchat video dates. I do this with an international friend because it’s cheaper than phone calls, but it’s also just nice to be able to see the person, and that way you talk about some details that might not be “important” enough to talk about on the phone if you have limited time (like a new haircut, apartment decorations, etc.)

    • MelD

      I have a few long-distance friends with whom I can chat on the phone, but for the most part, I find talking on the phone with friends to be incredibly difficult. I usually talk to friends on the phone only if I need advice about a specific situation or have really great news. The reality is that some people just aren’t good with talking on the phone, and I think it can really hurt the friendship if you find yourself in forced, regular chats with friends who are better communicating in other ways. I have friends with whom I have had long distance friendships for 12-13 years and we’ve managed to stay close despite having few conversations.

      I think it is important to have good friends to talk to when you’re sad. I often just send quick text messages if I have a freakout moment and then if the other person has time s/he can call or otherwise it’s just a really short supportive comment via text. When you have a bit more time available, you can send a more detailed email of what’s going on.

    • meg

      I have a slightly different approach with my long distance friends – we have given each other mutual permission to chat even when it’s only for 5 minutes when we’re in the car running to the store (or whatever). No guilt for just saying “hi, tell me about X” and then running. I rarely have time for the long conversation and was feeling guilt if I didn’t talk to someone for a while and then had to get off soon, so this was a good way to stay in touch and not worry about length. more frequent conversation is better sometimes, anyhow.

      • Lynnet

        I do this, too. It’s helped me remain close to my best friend from elementary school through a number of different moves for both of us.

    • Lynnet

      My husband and I are really close friends with another couple, and every couple of weeks we set up a time for a skype video chat. It makes such a huge difference being able to see each other. We basically just treat it like we’re all going out for a beer, except we’re having the beers 3000 miles apart. I also like it being the four of us, so if we need to run to the bathroom, or get hungry and want to grab something from the fridge there is someone else to carry on the conversation while you’re not talking.

    • Janie

      Twitter! I have several close friend that I’m just too busy to see more than once a month or so (they are in the same boat), so we all have twitter accounts. We set the privacy level as protected, so only people we approve can see our tweets and we keep our real names far from the accounts. We tweet the little things in our lives – boss said I did a great job on an assignment, I hate all this rain, tried an awesome new place for lunch, what do you think of these shoes. This helps us feel part of each other’s everyday lives. We see each other when we can, and can skip ahead to the good stuff without the awkwardness.

    • AN

      My best friend lives in NYC and I’m literally at the other end of the world in Asia. We’ve had a couple ups and downs due to lack of contact at the right moments( when we could have used a shoulder to cry on) but we’ve been ok for the most part. It’s just taking the time to drop an email or call every 2 weeks or so etc. No one knows me like she does. Honestly. And we can still pick up the threads easily regardless of when we last spoke. Touch wood.

  9. Jewelry Shopping

    I’m browsing the Nordies sale online… any idea why there doesn’t seem to be any David Yurman jewelry on their website? I’m finding their fragrances, but no jewelry :(

  10. EPLawyer

    Oh this is pretty. I think the detailing on the neckline is okay for smaller chested women. I also LOVE that is cotton first then all those other things.

  11. Oh the Huge Manatees!

    Reposting from yest –

    Hey Corporettes,

    Please help me! I think my legal life may be over and I don’t know what to do! My internship for the summer has just called and said due to their funding being cut, they are folding. I now have no summer job. I’m in the North East/New England area. I am calling around looking for an internship.

    Can anyone think of where best to call might be? Anywhere still available? Should I try to find somewhere in a less popular area? I’m freaking out here!
    Also – I can work for free and don’t care what it is. Does anyone know anywhere legal which is hiring or might need an intern?

    • kellyn

      Call/write etc to the courts– we always take a few law students every summer! And it’s not too late!

      Good luck ;)

    • MelD

      A lot of government offices haven’t been able to hire for years. I know in my hometown, the State Attorney and PD’s offices are happy to take on unpaid interns. Our state courts are going to be facing layoffs soon as well, so they may want a little extra help too. Try out your local legal aid as well.

    • kz

      My school’s job board has had several postings in the past few weeks of places still looking for interns for the summer. So it’s definitely not too late!

      • kz

        I just checked pslawnet.org and it looks like there are a good number of listings there, as well (I think public interest organizations tend to hire later than firms anyway). For example, the New York EPA office just posted a 2011 summer intern position. Not exactly New England, but pretty close!

    • Anon

      Call your school’s Career Services Office. They should have last minute job opportunities to discuss with you, particularly if you’re willing to work for free.

      • Janie

        Seconded. They might also have direct contacts they can call. Also, be honest and open about what happened to you – as an employer I would probably be wondering why someone doesn’t have a job yet.

        Good luck!

    • Eponine

      See if your law school career services offices knows if any of your professors are still looking for a research assistant. And really, call the career services office no matter what. They’ll be able to help you much more than anonymous posters on a message board who don’t even know what legal market you’re in will.

  12. Living abroad

    Threadjack!

    My husband is considering job offers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Dubai. Any Corporettes with experience in these two locales? They both sound great to visit, but I’m not sure I want to live there for 3-5 years. :/

    TIA!

    • Nonny

      I have no significant experience with Dubai, but KL is a great city and I would have no hesitation with living there. You can live pretty well in a place like KL or Bangkok on an expat salary – sometimes a salary package even includes separate housing allowance, schooling allowance for children, etc. It is definitely different than living in North America (which is what makes it fun) but you will find there is a strong expat community – everyone has gone through the same thing so they know what it is like to move abroad and are very supportive. Malaysia is a very ethnically diverse country and a fascinating and lovely place, and KL itself is a really interesting city and quite central for exploration (within Malaysia and elsewhere).

      For what it’s worth, I think the climate is better in KL than Dubai – Dubai is outlandishly hot and dry, but KL is a very lush, green city and people do actually walk/run/whatever outside. The expat community is also not as segregated in KL – I understand in Dubai, expats tend to live in compounds together and it is not very easy to get to know local people. However, in KL there is not the same sort of enforced segregation, which in my view is a big plus.

      Finally, English is widely spoken in Malaysia and it is easy to live/do business/travel there from the get-go.

      My two cents! Good luck with your decision.

      • Cat

        One of my relatives lived in Abu Dhabi for a year. As Nonny mentioned, he lived in a community with his coworkers also doing a stint abroad, and really didn’t get to know the broader area, culture, people, etc as a result of the isolation. I am not sure whether that is because of (or a result of) homesickness, though — the more he tried to replicate some of “home,” the less he was satisfied… vicious circle and for quite some time after returning to the States he was bizarrely patriotic.

      • Living abroad

        Thanks for the info on KL. It seems like there is more readily-available information on the expat experience in Dubai, as opposed to KL, so your details are very helpful!

        • Nonny

          Just to follow up on what Cat said, in my experience there is a real danger in trying to replicate “home”. Of course as an expat, you want a safe place where you feel comfortable, but there are limits – if you don’t open yourself up to new things, why bother going? I have run into a lot of expats with this attitude and it frustrates me to no end.

          Interestingly, I found that as a result of living abroad I have become more patriotic too – I think it is because when you are a foreigner, you become very aware of how other people view your country and spend a lot of time thinking about how to describe it and how to correct stereotypes. As well, you end up comparing the good/bad things in your host country and your home country. So you come to understand what makes your home country special.

          Anyway, Living Abroad, have fun with the decision. It is scary to move abroad but it is a real adventure and I think always worth it.

    • Anon

      I know KL much better than Dubai. I’ve lived / worked in KL and have a lot of relatives there. For Dubai, I spent several weekends over the course of several months while on a project in Kuwait. However, that was four years ago and Dubai might have changed significantly over that time.
      Expat life: I second the view that non-Middle Eastern expats tend to be more segregated in Dubai than KL, partly because KL has a much longer history of having expats, many of whom have made KL home and also because Malaysia is more culturally mixed than Dubai.
      Weather: Unless you’re away during the summers in Dubai, it’s hot!
      Things to do: There is probably a broader range of activities you can do in KL than in Dubai. Similarities include good restaurants and nightlife (nighlight in Dubai has fewer options given only hotels can serve alcohol). Dubai expat life appears to be more narrowly focused around shopping / sightseeing (Sex and the City II hit all the sterotypes). KL has plenty of beaches, humid hiking and is close to countries with cultures more different than Malaysia’s
      Safety: Do you research as I might be dated, but I will say I felt safer walking around alone in Dubai than in KL.
      Economic Life: Dubai economic life is more narrowly centered around finance and oil and gas, vs. Malaysia.

      • SF Bay Associate

        That is one of the most horrifying things I have ever read. It also makes me so grateful to be in a democratic country with a robust legal system (not that such things don’t happen here, too, but at least it’s illegal). Thank you for sharing.

    • AN

      You’ll love kl as an expat. Do the recce or look-see and you’ll understand. Great base to explore asia too. English is everywhere.

  13. Joy

    Thank you for the Nordstrom Sale recommendations! Just bought 3 dresses I am so excited about- never would have checked the website if it hadn’t been for Corporette!

    • SF Bay Associate

      Awesome! I found it really interesting that all of the markdowns that have been online since Monday didn’t show up in my Monday or Tuesday Shopittome emails, only today’s. Very stealthy, Nordstrom! And the sale count, which was at 5.4k items of women’s sale on Monday, is down to 4.9k today, the “official” start of the sale.

      Who has two thumbs and knows far too much about Nordstrom’s sale methods? This girl!

      • Legally Brunette

        It is interesting, I found that many things that I purchased on Tuesday were sold out by today, so it was a good thing that I checked out the sale earlier in the week. I guess it’s a way to attract people to the site.

        Once we all get our booty from the Nordie’s sale, I would love it if everyone gave their feedback on what worked/didn’t work.

  14. a

    This comment is all threadjack, but I wanted to say, first off, thank you to all the Corporettes who provided advice on applying for government jobs! I now have a job offer for a regulatory position at a federal agency that I’m very excited about.

    Second, if any government lawyers have any advice on this next career trajectory question, I would really appreciate hearing it: I always hoped/planned to be a government litigator, and this job involves no litigation. Otherwise, it sounds great, but I’m concerned that once I do this job for a few years, if I want to try litigation, I’ll have to start at square one and may be even worse off with a bunch of somewhat irrelevant experience in terms of landing a litigation position. Do any of you know people who have switched from regulatory work to litigation? (Or did you personally have any luck with that route?)

    Thank you very much!

  16. Curious

    Just a momentary pause to think about tornado tragedies in the Midwset, and to sympathize with those who are going through this nightmare which is still unfolding.

    Kate, it would be interesting if you would set aside a (surprise) day when everyone would describe what they are wearing right then. Such a huge country with so many diferent traditions and climates – it would be fun!

    • Anonymous

      I’ll go now: Comfy pants from a random import store and a tank top (unemployed and searching).

    • eaopm3

      I am living and working in a city about 60 miles from Joplin, Missouri, and I cannot describe how bad things are there. Please keep the area in your thoughts. It’s only going to get worse before it gets better, as all those missing have not been accounted for. If anyone here is a member of the Missouri Bar, they are asking attorneys to volunteer their time to a call center for the storm victims who have legal issues. I’ve already done a bit of pro bono for some residents, but most haven’t even had time to absorb the catastrophe, much less the ramifications.
      Thanks for bringing it up, Curious.
      (I’m wearing gray wool slacks, a belted BCBG black cardi and a cream t-shirt from Banana with pointed toe black flats.)

      • Anon

        It hit home for me when I had to interview a witness on the phone today and she told me she was currently huddled in the inner corridor of her building with the rest of its occupants because of a severe tornado warning. So scary!

    • Bunkster

      Sapphire blue Zara tee with ruched sleeves, Brooks Brothers pastel patchwork madras skirt, and nude slides with 3″ heels.

      In my Business casual office, I don’t have to be so dressed up, but my niece is winning an award today and I’m going there after work.

    • PollyD

      Seeing the pictures of Joplin, it looks like a bomb went off there. I am so sorry for all the people who have to go through this.

      Begin frivolous – gray ATL pants (Spring 2010) with a very thin white pinstripe, kelly green BR t-shirt with thin chiffon layers (same color) at the neck (last year’s BR), navy Gap 3/4 sleeve cardigan, ancient black Liz Claiborne slingbacks (~ 2 inch heel).

    • Nonny

      Breaking all the formal office rules today in my small, informal firm: Grey, black and red floral patterned, full-skirted dress; red cardigan; no stockings; black flats.

    • chicwithbrains

      I hope those hit are hanging in there.

      frivolous — bootcut jeans, long sleeved navy FF4 beta group teeshirt, and purple cole haan wedges. (I’m a programmer)

    • Anonymous

      Congrats!!! Hang in there.

      Funny story. My mother is having a hard time cashing in a savings account. The bank has screwed just about everything up and my mother can be difficult.

      So when I got a call from the bank I figured my mother was actually at the branch going nuts on some poor teller, or otherwise trying to embarrass the good family name (sarcasm).

      No, they simply offered me an interview. I feel quite relieved.

      • Laura

        If you get the job, mabye you can get you’re Mom’s deposit back!

        Good luck on the interview!!!!!!

        We will be keeping our fingers crossed for you, and mom too!

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