I don't do casual....but I paid my $20.

I will not submit you to another WIW with a stripped Mariner T, though that is what I wore today!

Our office has a long standing fundraiser. For $20 a month ( or $4 day-of) you can dress down on Friday and wear jeans. I don t think I ever wore pants the first 10 years, and when my job changed, I still dressed for a serious office vibe. (During some Myers-Briggs training, the moderator asked what an INTJ looked like, and 3 people chirped up 'Carla'. I was wearing a wrap dress and blazer jacket. Everyone else was in sweat shirts and jeans!)

Well, I've been a cubicle gopher for a baker's dozen years, and I wear pants as well as dresses, but I'm down to 3 blazers, and with retirement on the horizon, the test for new purchases is: will it transition to my retirement lifestyle?

But I digress.

I've had s charmed life, so I donate to the charity every month, even though I 'don't' do casual. It is a good cause. I'll wear cropped cords, with a sweater or cardi, but I'm just as likely to wear a wrap dress on Friday.

Well, today I wore very dark skinny jeans, my fav Mariner -T, black Chelsea boots, and a big black and white wool pashmina style shawl, a gift from MIL from many years ago ( it was wrapped around the BBC P&P DVD set.)

I'm going to water-board with chicken soup, and maybe get rid of this awful cold.

PS: looking forward to the movie poster challenge next week! I have a surprise. I got something from a Fabber and I think I'll wear it next week.

#1 what DH brought back when he went out to get lemons for toddies.

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12 years ago

hedgiehog

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Runcarla, you made me laugh at the end of a long Friday! I completely get not doing casual at work. Sometimes my office is allowed to wear jeans on Fridays and I don't participate. Some people thought I didn't own jeans, some thought I was snobby......when they got to know me they realised I just have a hard time with casual! Put me in a suit anyday.
Hope you're feeling better soon and tell DH he was sweet to get the lovely flowers. Enjoy the toddies and happy weekend.

Nicole D

Awwww. Sounds like you have a lovely DH and a very thoughtful MIL to boot. Casual Friday sounds like a good way to explore a dressed down look that could help you transition into retirement when the time comes. Outfit sounds great, I will just have to imagine you wearing it while you gargle with chicken broth!

Jjsloane

I also dress more than my average officemate - it's just my thing. I do wear jeans on Fridays, but always a work appropriate fit and dark wash with a blazer and heeled shoes.

How sweet of your DH. Toddies are the best for colds - my grandfather swore by them and my mom passed it down to us. Sleep well and wake up feeling better!

Beth Ann

Sweet DH! Hope your back to your normal energy soon! I INTJ, eh? I married one of those, and I'm an ENFP (buahahaha). Meyers-Briggs testers can type me at the introduction. Curiously, my husband is extremely casual in dress. Bet you rocked your skinnies!

DonnaF

Hmmm, interesting (from a fellow INTJ). So you can identify M-B types by dressing style?

Carla

It's not that simple, but apparently we like uniforms (or clothing capsules that work like uniforms), black, and trench coats. Due to not liking to be touched (by strangers) we might send out a a message with our clothes.

I think my message is classic, and reserved, though DH volunteered 'prissy' ( nice guy!). I think some of the man repeller looks do this, as does goth and and style taken to an extreme. Some of the high fashionistas like Kate Banchette and Tilda Swinton come to mind as well.

But, you gotta' take it all with a grain of salt.

I'm going to take what NicoleD posted to heart, and see if I can gradually ease into casual Fridays as practice for stylish retirement. That's a great idea.

Suz

(website)

Carla, I'm so sorry you are sick. But what gorgeous flowers. And what a funny story.

When I got to this bit: (During some Myers-Briggs training, the moderator asked what an INTJ looked like, and 3 people chirped up 'Carla'. I was wearing a wrap dress and blazer jacket. Everyone else was in sweat shirts and jeans!)

I had to laugh -- do you know that a huge number of us on this forum are INTJs or INFJs or ENFJs? It's a shocking proportion.

Fruitful

Suz, I did not know that! Very interesting. Thread?

Liz A.

I'm also an INTJ, and I'll take sweats over work clothes any day. However, I will say that I am a SERIOUS perfectionist when it comes to my clothing (only a certain shape of sweatpants will do).

Firecracker (Sharan)

I forget what I am in Meyers-Briggs. I'm an E something, though. Nicole's suggestion is such a great one!
I had to read this post for the title. I can relate, in a way: I don't do costumes for work, say on Halloween or any other day that someone decides is a good day to dress up as something we're not. Really dislike that idea!
But where I work, we have a little unwritten agreement with the manager that we can break the no-jeans rule on Sundays. So jeans are practically required that day, right? And I do wear them, always with something that I made--which is my little unwritten rule for myself when dressing for work. I find it conducive to selling sewing machines.
Hmmmm, all this attention to rules. . . I wonder where that puts me on M-B?

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