extra purple

I had to go to work today on my day off for a meeting so obviously I had to treat myself to some tea...and maybe a few other things that I definitely didn't need to spend money on.  I don't know what you call the people who make the tea (I want to say teamasters) but one of the girls always gets SO excited when I come in and order an iced lavender dreams because she can make it extra purple for me.

Today when I came in she was happy to announce that she had finally discovered just how many lavender blossoms to put in to achieve the perfect shade of purple.  I have to say, the purpleness does make it extra delicious.  I have been telling her that I'm going to bring Jonathan in whenever he comes down so she can make one for him and that he will be even more excited about it than she is.

In other news, they sent us our uniforms at work and let me tell you, the sent some fancy stuff.  The blazer alone cost more than my rent.  There's a part of me that's scared to even wear it but I did try it on today and it felt so good to be ensconced in luxury.  I will try and take a picture tomorrow for show and tell.

purple gingham = A+

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So the store officially opened today which was some weird wild stuff.  We were actually still steaming and folding when the first customers randomly wandered in and the head honchos said, "I guess this means we're open" so we kind of hit the ground running.

I had but mere moments to pick out my clothes for my first day so I went with the little voice in my head (it sounds like Jonathan) that said, 'go for the purple gingham' and apparently it was the right decision.  Everybody I encountered for the rest of the day seemed extremely pleased to see me in my purple gingham shirt.

I only got to work a few hours with the store being open, I'm kind of excited to go back tomorrow and try it for real for reals.  It's cool that our store has been much anticipated in the area because it makes it easy to help the customers.  When the clothes are cute and the customers know it the selling becomes easy.  I much prefer that to trying to convince tourists to buy a generic cashmere sweater.

Plus now that the store is open it means the corporate people are going back to nyc where they came from.  I actually liked having them around because it reminded me of why I left ny in the first place.  People in the city are kind of jerks.  You can take the jerk out of the city but you can't take the city out of the jerk...or something like that.

Anyways, now that the store is open it also means that I will be on a more normal schedule.  I don't have to be in tomorrow until 12.  Luxury!  I look forward to sleeping in tomorrow, and by sleeping in I mean sleeping until 7 when that rude cat will decide I need to wake up.

I can't wait.

i love these flowers

These are my favorite flowers in my brothers yard. They are so pretty and purple, and they bloom every morning and then fall off by midday so by the end of the day it's just an unassuming bush again. I like it because it makes me feel like it's my reward for being up early in the morning, I get to enjoy more time with these nice purple flowers!