Day 31 - Casual Friday

For those of you who observe Casual Friday every (i.e. my husband, my sister-in-law, college students, etc.) getting to wear jeans on Friday is an every day occurrence.  For people like me, who have to wear dress clothes every day to the office, a jeans day on Friday, and the occasional Thursday, is a small victory in my work week.  Then there are the people who don't even get a casual Friday!  Or, a casual Friday means no suit, but still a pair of slacks and a button down.  Goo.

Jeans Days mean everything to me.  I know I have written about jeans day on Facebook before and it sounds like everyone out there agrees.  The day just feels different when you come to work in jeans.  I start my morning off with a little less stress.  Finding the right work outfit everyday is daunting.  There are so many things that, women especially, must take into consideration.  First off, the temperature.  Even though it may gorgeous outside and the weather most certainly calls for an adorable sundress and strappy sandals, the office building thinks otherwise.  80 degrees outside definitely mean 50 degrees inside.  I understand the need for A/C, and I am very grateful for it, but I don't want to have to wear a winter parka May through September, and a tube top October through April.  I wish there was a way that they could maintain homeostasis all year round.

In my old job, the next thing I would have to take into consideration was whether or not I would be crawling on the floor.  Yes, this is in fact something that would cross my mind.  In my last job, I conducted a lot of training sessions.  With training sessions come projectors, and laptops, and power cords, etc.  All of those things must be plugged into an adapter, which of course was under the table.  I had to crawl around all the time to get those things hooked up.  I certainly couldn't show up to work in a skirt knowing I would be doing those things.  Something so silly to have to think about, but it definitely came up a lot.  Don't want to be caught in a compromising situation that's for sure.

Jeans are easy!  You can match pretty much any top you have with a pair of jeans - and chances are you have multiple pairs of jeans to choose from, so that helps too.  The hardest decision on jeans day is to whether to wear heels or not.  I wear heels on Fridays if I still have a presentation, or if I just want to feel put together.  I will wear flats if the day is going to consist of reports and conference calls.  I do not think Casual Friday is a reason for people to forget how to dress.  I think there are people out there that think casual Friday is an excuse to come to work disheveled and unkempt.  Then there are also those people who think casual Friday is just a stop on the way to the bar after work and dress for such occasions.  Find a happy median between those two, and head to the office.  Casual Fridays rule!