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February 07, 2006
The Suit
I wore a suit jacket for the third time in my life today. The first time was for a rather embarrassing interview with Goldman Sachs, in which I revealed an utter lack of knowledge of financial markets (the career center people told me to apply for the job in my senior year, I don’t know why). The second day was yesterday. I felt I needed to give my attire a slight professional boost for the conference I just attended, since I’m in a different role at work now and wouldn’t it be nice if people took me seriously? It’s pretty cool. I’m not sure it matters tremendously, but I’m very happy with the gray jacket I got and I’m psyched that I don’t look like an insurance salesperson in it. I spent three weeknights last week desperately searching for jackets and finally found two at, of all places, Macy’s. I know you know how I feel about Macy’s, but it was a last resort. And there was some kind of sale so I saved scads of money. I also, gulp, opened a Macy’s account to get an extra discount. I feel like I’ve gone over to the dark side, both from the jacket-wearing point of view and the Macy’s credit-card point of view. I’m doing things that people do when they’re pushing thirty. Just wait, soon I’ll be driving the kids around in a minivan.
Posted by csageday at February 7, 2006 03:57 PM