Sunday News: This week’s recap

Throughout this past week, I found three really interesting stories that I wanted to blog about.

1. Judge being put down: This past week, a police dog by the name Judge was put down after being found terminally ill.  The German Shepherd was starting to have trouble walking and had to be helped in and out of vehicles.  Judge was saluted by a line of police officers as he was walked into the clinic to be put down.  This was such a heartbreaking story to hear about and it broke my heart because I hate seeing animals in so much pain, let alone seeing them put down.  I’ve luckily never had to put any animals down, but I have seen a few of my pets get really sick and it’s hard to watch.  It was so sweet of the officers to give him full honors too.  I’m sure he deserved it!  RIP, Judge!  Check out the story here.
2. Kim K.-Malfoy: I’m not completely sure why, but Kim K. decided to cut and dye her hair, which led to Tom Felton, aka Draco Malfoy, to hilariously tweet this: which then linked to this wonderful photo: God bless the Internet, and those creative and patient enough to create something so fantastic with Photoshop.  I applaud you.
3. Black and Blue: Salvation Army located in South Africa released an amazing new billboard illustrating the effects of domestic violence using the famous black and blue/gold and white dress.  The ad reads: “Why is it so hard to see black and blue? The only illusion is if you think it was her choice. One in 6 women are victims of abuse. Stop abuse against women.”  If that’s not powerful, I don’t know what is.  Huge props to Salvation Army using this dress to spread awareness to an important issue in today’s society.  This ad has received mostly positive results, so one can only hope that it’ll make a difference and we as a society will point out abuse and not ignore it.

Needless to say, it was an interesting week in the news and I can’t wait to see what happens throughout this next week!

Friendly Friday: The shopping trip

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”

– Marilyn Monroe

A week ago, when I received my first job offer and I accepted it, I was elated.  I couldn’t believe I would start making money and be working in an office every day with normal hours and even wearing cute business casual clothes every day!

And that’s when I hit a brick wall.  I had no idea what I would wear every day because of my limited closet filled with only semi appropriate attire for a law firm.  I’ve always complained about not having dress clothes (I’m trying to get better with complaining!), but my parents don’t have any extra money to spare and I sure don’t have any money either.  So this was definitely frustrating for me because I didn’t have any idea what to do.

Luckily, my boyfriend got into contact with his mom’s friend.  She often donates old clothes that she doesn’t want/those that don’t fit her to Goodwill, so when my boyfriend told her about my new job, she was happy to pick a few things out from her closet she would’ve given away anyway, just to see if they would fit.  Luckily when I went over earlier this week, they did!  Or most of them, anyway.

I was already excited for my new wardrobe!! But then my friend (and author) Tessa offered to take me to Salvation Army on Wednesday because it’s half off and that’s where she buys all of her clothes.  She also said it would be HER TREAT, because so many people who are in my position don’t have a lot of nice clothes to wear so they need someone to sort of help them a little bit.  She was in this situation when she got her first job, and given a bunch of variables in my life, she figured I would probably need the help, too.  So anything I found that I liked she would be willing to buy for me. Luckily I just kept an open mind and I ended up finding so many things! Dresses, suit jackets, nice blouses, and plenty of pencil skirts, not to mention SIX pairs of shoes!  Now I have a huge variety of things to wear and I have absolutely no idea what I’ll be wearing on my first day at work (which is such a nice thing because I always stuck to the same basic five outfits week after week at my internship just two summers ago).

Anyway, thank you so much Tessa for buying me clothes from the Salvation Army so now I have a great work wardrobe to start off with and that I can keep until I save up some money and have the ability to buy my own work clothes!  I’m definitely thankful that I have people like her and my boyfriend’s mom’s friend who are so selfless and are willing to help a poor college student find perfect clothes for work. 🙂