My farewell party

My wonderful colleagues were so sweet and threw me a surprise farewell party. It's been 3 wonderful years working with my team and I'm really sad to leave them all. I promised them though that I would always come by and visit.

 My new job starts tomorrow......*anxious* This Columbus Day weekend came in handy for new work clothes because there were so many great sales going on. Gap had 30-50% off their merchandise, picked up some nice jewelry on sale at Banana Republic, JC Penny's had some nice petite fit collared shirts, and H&M had a 25% off coupon that I printed out from their direct website. Anyone else grab some great deals?

Blazin' Deals

I've been loving all my favorite retail stores even more lately. Blazers are everywhere and I've been scooping them up like crazy. H&M had some really nice black ones but I wasn't looking to spend $50 on just one. They had some other selections ranging between $30-$40, but the material was very "clingy" and you could see every lint ball on there. Gap is where I was lucky to find the last one in my size with the nice grey color.On top of that it was on clearance so I only had to fork over $40. That put a big smile on my face...although the sleeves need to be shortened a tad bit. I really hit the jackpot at Forever 21! They had so many colors, sizes and styles. I wound up with 8 or 9 in my arms.....but had to narrow it down due my excessive spending throughout the day already. The ones I picked out were originally $30 some dollars but got on sale for $21. Yes!

*I know the blazers pictured are all wrinkled... I hate how the cashiers just ball them up and through them in the bag *grudged*.... So, I'll be steaming them shortly before work.

Gap- $40

F21- $21

F21-$21

F21-$21

Gray Collared

Can I just say that I love shopping for work clothes. Today my window shopping turned more into a shopping spree. I found so many cute clothes that would work well as work attire. Last month when I had my interview I had a very hard time finding business professional clothes (at a reasonable price) and it seemed like I was hitting the wall at every store. Now I can find blazers, slacks, vests, and collared shirts around every corner.

While Forever 21 was my first stop, their blouses seemed a little thin and too sheery. H&M was next and boy, did I hit the jackpot. Although I don't have them all pictured I bought 6 collared shirts ( each at the price of $20. Not bad!) They also had nice blazers with different styles and color varieties. I picked up some rings to play into my shirts, and I managed to find some great scarves.

Here I have 2 of my 6 shirts pictured. The gray and gray stripe were a perfect look with my black suit I had purchased at The Limited. ( The other 4 colors I got were white, black, black stripped, and dark gray.) I wanted to add some color so I got these 2 rings (each for $5.95.) The earring studs were a great find and I got them on sale for 50% off at New York and Company.  

Yes to success!

Guess what????

I got the job!!

I am so excited!!

After 2 gruelling weeks of suspense and heavy anticipation, I finally got the phone call I've been long awaiting for. My official start date won't be until the second week of October, but that will buy me plenty of time to get some work outfits together.

Going shopping for new clothes is so exciting. Speaking of work clothes, I wouldn't mind having Jean's closet. Man, she has the cutest outfits and greatly puts them together where they still look business professional. I've been catching up on her blog lately for some inspirational ideas and motivating posts...... :)