OBEY.

I'm not the type of person that typically needs a lot of incentive to get excited.

In fact, I get pretty pumped over some of the simplest things: new skeens of yarn, cool buttons, a thrifty bracelet, poppyseed dressing, puppies... yenno. Pretty basic.

I also [and bear with me; this will eventually tie together & make sense] have horrible luck when it comes to getting things I order online. More than a handful of times now have I made online purchases and regardless of where I have it shipped [home or office], there has been some glitch each time and I either never receive it or I do... three months after the ETA 2-4 business day thing.

Welp, this was no different. After weeks of false hopes ignited by both the FedEx & UPS trucks parking outside our building every..single...day [with deliveries for the other businesses here], I got an email from a seller I'd used that the item I had purchased had been returned to sender as undeliverable as addressed.

BULL!

So.. instead of requesting a refund like any normal person would, I emailed back with a more detailed shipping address and crossed my fingers. And waited.

... and waited..
.........

AND THEN....

TGIF!!

mustard yellow. obey. beanie.
magic.

It's here!
My collection of beanies is nearly complete in the capacity of owning one in each staple color. Mustard yellow was one of the few missing links in my wardrobe, so I consulted the world wide web and combined my love of OBEY with my obsession with beanies... and ended up [finally] owning this.

Hooray!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

xo | cmd

Beanies: An Addiction

red!

I have a problem.
A beanie problem.
I'm obsessed......

Just wait til I get the yellow one I ordered.
This is my new thing..
Oh, brother.

xo | cmd 

Express Training, Day 1

It was coordinated months back that I would be headed to one of the training seminars hosted by one of the Express corporate developers up in Springfield. That was scheduled for today and tomorrow.

official office mode ;) 

Good news: I, along with 19 other staffing consultants and/or FOC's survived day 1 :)

I spent a few short hours this morning tying up loose ends at the office before I hopped on the road Springfield-bound. Apparently I had unevenly estimated the commute time; I rolled into Springfield about an hour early, so I did some light traversing of the immediate area before waiting it out for 45 minutes in the parking lot. Woot.

The training itself turned my brain to goo, but in a totally GOOD way. I know, that sounds ridiculous, but it's true. I picked up some new information and some well-needed refreshers on some processes I already use. Our corporate developer is an excellent public speaker, and the presentation itself was definitely worth the trip. Thanks again for the sendoff, M&D!

[[And I heard from Nancy during the day that our office construction went to a whole new level as the painting started today and apparently displaced everyone who's got a desk in the office. Probably a good thing that I didn't stay all day; I would've been homeless, so to speak.]]

So once the first day of training was finished, I got right down to checking into the hotel before finding my way to the mall [cuz that's what you do when you're me, on a Wednesday night in a city void of anyone or anything you know]

yeah zumiez .gif.... yeah.

panda express. yes please!

I discovered Zumiez tonight; it's kinda like Pac Sun except pretty much completely cooler. I also discovered that after a day of brain-mushing, coupled with the novel feeling of finding a unique store, I am definitely prone to semi-reckless, but absolutely impulse spending. Errrrr... YOLO, I suppose. [Truth be told that's the wildest part of my night. I know, I know: I'm outta control. Zzzz.]

Springfield didn't know what hit it, yeah? Pshhhchyeah. Hah.

Oh, and I indulged on some Panda Express tonight, too, while I was at it. I ate just about all of it and don't feel guilty at all. I do however, feel a little sluggish and full. No big deal. Haha. 

It's back to it tomorrow, bright and early.

Seeeeee you then!

xo | cmd