Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

Labor Day weekend is here. I am off on Monday and I so wish for a vacation….just go somewhere out of the cities. A Branson vacation will make me happy! :) I know some day I will make it there. This 3-day Labor Day holiday, I will be hanging around here. DB and I thinking of a movie, which is….AVATAR in 3D! :) I know, I know, we have already seen it, but we really like this movie. To what I read, this rerun of AVATAR as extra features. The MN State Fair is here too and the last day falls on Labor Day, September 6. I might just take the Metro Transit to get there and gobble up some good old artery clogging fair food on Sunday. Will see how the days go….my days are very unpredictable now.

Last Saturday Nadine and I went to the mall. After I picked up my samples and a short chat with the lady at the beauty counter, Nadine and I headed to Nordstrom. She bought what she wanted and soon after I told her I’m going to the cheaper Nordstrom! It is the Nordstrom Rack where the clothes are sold at super cheap prices. I saw couple of sweaters but only bought one style but in three different colors!  I so want to get some pants but I could not find one that fits me.  Oh well, there’s still other department stores to check out next week.

And after the mall, Nadine wanted to go to Lowes out in Shakopee. She wants to check out Moen kitchen faucet for her kitchen. She said Mike was suppose to do it but she took the duty of finding one that suits her like on herself. I know why because I knowing her, her hubby will get the complete opposite of what she wants.  So  yeah, she found and bought the faucet she desired and we headed to Grizzly’s for late lunch.  Great weekend that, again, went by super fast.

I was looking through my wardrobe last weekend before I went out to Macy’s.  All I have in my closet are tees and more tees.  I counted how many blouses I owned and sad to say only 3 blouses that are decent looking.  Since I started with this company I have drastically changed my dressing style.   At my previous company 12 plus years ago, I had to dress up for work – dress pants, blouses, shirts, skirts and dress shoes.  No jeans, capris, khakis, tees, tennis or anything that resembles comfort like scrubs!  The ex-boss was very adamant that jeans and tees does not look good in their company on Fridays.  Even jeans pair with a good buy sweater is not a go.  Yes, I had to dress up 5 days a week.

When I got to the present company, I didn’t have to dress up because of the scope of my work – working in a dusty file room all by my lonesome.  I don’t have to meet no clients or customers.  If I have to it’s once in a blue moon.  The temp worker who I replaced said her boss said she could wear anything casual as along it’s not shorts or sleeveless.   She said she even came in once in her uniform scrubs after her early morning vet tech job and her boss was alright with it.  As long as it’s clean, that’s all it matters.  She said the scrubs were the best clothing ever invented.  I can’t agree more with her.  Morever, you don’t have to worry about what to wear for work every day, that’s a big plus right there!! :)

I actually bought a pair of women’s scrubs many years ago just to wear it at home for days when I have no where to go just being a couch potato.  Whenever I go to the vet, the vet techs are always dressed in colorful scrubs and some even wore printed scrubs.   One of my future job to work in a vet office so I can wear scrubs and don’t have to fuss with what to wear daily.  So yes, my wardrobe has changed tremendously since 1998.

The boss took me out for lunch this afternoon. We had planned to go to one of the restaurants by Lake Minnetonka. She had asked me if it’s ok to have lunch there….I was like “Yes, mam!” Anything to have a meal by one of those nice fancy restaurants that I never go to. Her reason to go to that particular restaurant that is famous for its lobsters was to get a gift certificate for our former boss.

Well, unfortunately that restaurant does not open for lunch. So she and I landed at Big Bowl in The Galleria. It was a good lunch and we chatted about everything except very little about work. The boss is good about separating work and leisure. This lunch is just for fun, nothing fancy. During these lunches we always talk about our families. Her daughter is around my age and I have met and was one of her customers when she was doing her skincare stuff. However, the girl now is looking into a sales job that she thinks will give her more flexibility working from home.  The boss’ daughter is one heck of a smart kid and a good negotiator!  I hope she will get that sales job she is interviewing for. 

The boss said we will do this again next month.  She said she wants to do this kind of lunch every month if possible which is music to my ears!  When our former boss was still with us, she and I had always wanted him to take us out for lunch, not just work and work, but that boss was just not up to it.  We think it’s a man thing – not all man though, to make it clear.  Now that our former boss is retired, just she and I, so she is doing the calls.  It’s really very nice of her and I should grateful for her and what she has done to go all gungho to keep my job.

This weekend I am going to the big mall to pick up some makeup samples. DB quickly chipped in if I can do some shopping for him, to buy some clothes for him. I said why not since I’m going to Macy’s plus every single time I’m there I have to walk through the women’s and men’s even though I am not buying any. I know I need a wardrobe update for fall and winter with sweaters and long sleeve shirts/blouses, I think I will wait till next month when fall is actually here. There might be some big sales later!!  DB is not into sweaters at where he is working. He said he wants some good old T-shirts, nothing fancy, plain colors. He’s simple that way. So, yeah, this will give me a chance to shop! :)