Retail Therapy

Tough week - its really hard to be as little as remotely interested and focussed at the task at hand when bored out of you're skull. And under conditions like these I tend to become a bit of a menace... needless to say I've given faculty as hard a time as I possibly could - just 'cause I can! A long time ago I mentioned that working for this firm is like a roller coaster ride and yet again that has proved to be true. Last week was close to the highlight of my career and this week is the most amazing anti-climax (especially after such a gr8 time in NY!). The only positive thing about the course is the cute Italian girl.


Today I felt a bit like a girl: emotional. Not even wearing my favourite pink shirt cheered me up. So after a long day of bad news, setbacks and frustrations I opted to substitute my run along the Fox River for a little bit of retail therapy! Sure the girls would be proud. The local outlet mall was really disappointing... Diesel had nothing but tights (size 31), Polo Ralph Lauren had no dress shirts other than Oxford collar, Armani suits don't fit me, Timberland had nothing interesting, I could have spent a $ or two at Nike but didn't, Jones New York only had femaly clothing and not the great suit I tried on in NY and so on. But: Gap offered a nice pink light weight number, Aldo allowed me to set a new personal record (bought a pair of dress shoes in 8 minutes) and Oakley offered a little surprise!

Time for a beer.