Showing posts with label Nine-to-Five. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nine-to-Five. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Work Hard and Be Nice to People



Work hard and be nice to people. That's my personal philosophy when it comes to happiness in the workplace.

You can only control YOU.

You decide whether it's going to be a good day, or bad.

You decide how you'll react to stress--or a difficult person.

After all, we're often at our jobs more waking hours than with our family. So work hard and be nice to people. Everyone, myself included, needs a little reminder once in a while.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Nine to Five Fashion

I'm constantly looking for work wardrobe inspiration, like so many other women, so here are a few outfits I've recently worn to work.







Can you spot the adorable tuxedo cat in this photo?



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

White elephants in the room

Today was my company's annual Christmas lunch. It's held at a local country club and we're served a nice meal, Christmas music plays, people laugh and of course, exchange gifts.

We start with a "normal" gift exchange with unisex gifts like gift cards, bottles of wine, etc. When we're through, everyone participates in a "White Elephant" exchange. The things people bring never cease to amaze me. I ended up going home with two Star Wars coffee table books. The husband was pretty happy about them.

Afterward, two other PR girls and myself jetted quickly to Starbucks for some afternoon fuel. I ordered an Americano and it was perfection!

On Tuesdays, Scott, who works from home, commutes to his company's physical office, which means getting up at 4 a.m. I could sleep in, but come on, it's so hard to get up and motivated when you have a person still sleeping soundly in bed. I really feel for him. So, I get up when he gets up. It actually allows me to get a few things checked off my to-do list before I even head out the door. The commute also means he gets home late.

Tonight I made a homemade Bolognese sauce with spinach fettuccini. I'll post the recipe for the sauce on Simple. Chic. Savory soon. It was phenomenal!

My bed is calling my name, now, so I'm signing off. Tomorrow is Wednesday--mid-week!

Monday, December 19, 2011

'Twas Casino Night Before Christmas

Friday was our company Christmas Party. The theme was "'Twas Casino Night Before Christmas." The Millers had a fabulous time, shown here via photo evidence:




















































The party was fantastic--appetizers, drinks, meal, blackjack, dancing, photo booth (obviously), and a raffle. We won a crisp $50. Which I may need, after falling on my way to the car--soberly--after tripping on a huge landscaping rock. It was dark! I really marred up a pair of my favorite shoes. A sacrifice to the party Gods, I guess.

On our way back home (my company put us all up in a hotel for the night) Saturday morning, we had breakfast and coffee; did a little shopping; and stopped at the Brass Armadillo, a huge antique mall. There was so much to look at. I ended up coming home with a white ceramic horse statue, a vintage painting, an old Polish cigar flag and Scott bought a vintage martial arts movie poster for his friend.

It was a great way to kick-off the last weekend before Christmas. And now it's Monday and CHRISTMAS WEEK! I'm looking forward to the week and hope yours is "merry and bright," too.