Day 16: And so the week begins

Yesterday was a relative cakewalk compared to today and tomorrow...just two long endless days in a row (Tonight is endlessly fun, because it's trivia night, preceded by Taco Bell...don't judge me! Tomorrow is endlessly less-than-fun because it's repair my car night and go to school event night. Eck.) On top of that crazy, it's the day I split between my two internship sites, which just feels like I'm cramming two days into one.

So, today we're dressing to cover the bases:

Cardigan because the high school is freezing, but since my office at the college is sweltering, we'll just discard it when I arrive this afternoon. I'll also be grabbing my jacket because rain is threatening.

If I can make it through this week, I can make it through anything. :)

Day 15: Muggy City

Today, I left the house wearing this:

But it was hot and muggy, and my office is in a corner with no available windows to open, so before long my hair was up and my button-up shirt was off, leaving the outfit with just a black tee on top. Still work-appropriate, but I tried so hard to rock the stripy shirt today. It just wasn't comfortable, in the end.

We've passed the two-week mark. So far so good!

Day 14: Retail Job

I work a retail job. The dress code is really casual. Thank God.

Jeans are legit as long as they are jeans from this particular store. Cool. I can't really wear jeans the rest of the week, so I'm kinda stoked to be able to wear them today.

I realized this morning that while I was putting this post together, I talk a lot about how it's a "casual" day. Well, see, I live in Vermont. Here in Vermont, everything is casual. Sometimes I ask customers at my retail job, "Well, what's the dress code at your work place?" if they're looking specifically for work clothes. "Well, you know, it's Vermont," they reply, which is code for "khakis are business attire here." And it's true. In my last full-time place of employment, we had several nice awards dinners, and my truly awesome male work colleagues tended to wear suits with sandals. Yep...we're hippies here. And I kinda like it.

Becky Day 13

Sorry I'm a little late on yesterday's post. It was kind of a busy day!

When I woke up yesterday, a predicted AM thunderstorm had dissipated, so Andy and I decided to go hiking, which was a bit muggy, but really nice. After that, I had to get ready or church yesterday afternoon, as I had to lector (do the readings) at Mass. Hence, slightly dressy Saturday outfit:

I know I've been recycling this sweater a lot, but the beauty is that I'm getting to wear it to different places, so hopefully the outside observers aren't catching on :)

Becky Day 12: Polka!

Not the dance. The dot!

I have a complaint about the challenge. My first complaint, I think. I wish I had more underwear. Because I go to the gym in the middle of the afternoon. This leads to sweaty-ness and...yeah. I wish I had more underwear.

Other than that, the challenge is rolling right along! So far, I don't feel as if I've been too limited in my choices, and I don't think anyone's looking at me funny. Which is awesome. It also makes me think really seriously about getting rid of some clothes post-challenge. There are definitely some things I want to keep, but there are some other things I've had in my drawers for a long time, the kinds of things that often elicit the thought, "Well, I'll wear them sometime." Or "I might need that! For something!" But I don't need it. And I may or may not wear it. But I also probably won't miss it. (But I might...and there's still a little anxiety about that).

Anyhow, off to the weekend, and another laundry attempt tomorrow!

Caroline: Day 11

Pretty casual today. T-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes. It's been so hot here recently. It was in the 90s today and the same is expected for tomorrow. Unfortunately, my dorm has no a/c and band is outside. My main concern is being as cool as possible right now. I'm seriously considering sleeping in the computer lab; I'm pretty sure it's air conditioned there. And it's open 24/7. It's legit.

Tomorrow will be Hank suit day for the pep rally. I'll try to take a picture. Then Saturday is game day! Go Irish! Beat Bulls!

Becky Day 11: Feel-good Thursday

Thursday mornings are rough...it's just the day when the week starts to catch up with me. My alarm feels like it goes off 5 minutes after I've gone to bed, and I'm just exhausted. Today, I decided to make it better by treating myself to yoga this morning (just a bit of light stretching, but it feels nicer than the toning stuff I sometimes do in the AM). I also ate strawberry frosted shredded wheat, which is delectable. And I unpacked the mushy and less-than-appetizing rice and vegetable leftovers I had packed for lunch today, and repacked the fixin's for a peanut/banana English muffin. That's a much more decadent Thursday lunch, with just a smack of protein to get me through the afternoon without falling asleep on my clients!

I also decided to treat myself to looking adorable:

Items worn:

Black work pants

Teal button-up "peasant" shirt (not really peasant...but it's not really a traditional button-up, either!)

Black cardigan

Black socks

Black slip-on Mary Janes