When: Originally worn on Friday, January 7th, 2010 (but the pics were taken on Sunday, the 9th)
Where: Work (for like 30 minutes before I got super sick and had to go back home)
What: sweater ($10 No Relation Vintage), corduroys ($20 Uniqlo), belt ($20 Michael Kors via TJ Maxx), shoes (Chanel via eBay), sunglasses (Forever 21), necklace (H&M)
After spending 2 days at home in bed with the flu, I got cabin fever and decided to venture into the office last Friday. Big mistake! I was really in no shape to leave the house. But being the stubborn woman that I am, I decided to give it a go anyway. Interspersed within today’s outfit pics is a play-by-play of how my morning went.
- 6:15am My alarm clock goes off, and I wake up to find that I’m dripping in sweat even though the bedroom is a comfortable 70 degrees.
- 6:30am Still groggy from the NyQuil I took the night before, I finally manage to stumble out of bed to get showered and ready.
- 7:15am I lamely attempt to apply makeup to coverup a red, chafed nose and dark under-eye circles. After deciding I look even worse, I proceed to wash off the makeup and just go au naturel
- 7:25am I should really leave now to catch the 7:30 bus, but I can’t find my keys.
- 7:32am I still can’t find my keys, and I look outside my window just in time to catch a glimpse of the 7:30 bus pulling away.
- 7:38am With no keys in sight, I decide to leave without them and hopefully catch the 7:40 bus. Only after the door clicks shut behind me, do I realize that my wallet is inside the apartment.
- 7:39am In denial that this could really be happening, I dump all of the contents of my purse onto the hallway floor and frantically dig through them, hoping to find my wallet.
- 7:41am Slightly dizzy from sinus pressure, I give up and resign myself to the fact that I will have to survive on $3 all day. I also cry a little inside.
- 7:42am I get outside just in time to see the 7:40 bus pull off. I mumble a few not-so-ladylike phrases under my breath and struggle to breathe out of one nostril.
- 7:50am I get on the super duper late bus.
- 7:52am The woman next to me moves to another seat, but not before giving me a dirty look as I sneeze uncontrollably.
- 7:56am I get to the subway station and pray that by some miracle I can actually get a seat on the train…
- 7:59am The train arrives, and the only open seat is next to a homeless man. I decide he needs his space and attempt to sleep while standing.
- 8:45am I arrive at work 15 minutes late with a purse full of used tissues.
- 9:35am After sneezing my way through our morning meeting, my head is pounding and my co-workers are keeping their distance from me like I have the plague. I can’t really blame them, so I decide to just go home and beg my doorman to let me into my apartment without charging me the $20 lock-out fee.
- 11:00am I am back in bed… where I should have stayed in the first place.
