Those of you who work for organizations that have July 1 fiscal years know about this time of June. After 11.5 months of frugality, of writing on both sides of post-it notes and stealing pens from the bank drive through, you spend the last two weeks of June trying to spend the last dregs of your budget. See, you don't want to leave any money in there since it doesn't get rolled over into next year, and you certainly don't want the bean counters to think that you don't need it and therefore give you less the next year, so you give yourself permission to purchase things that you'd never buy in October.
I've been living in a man's office since January. I inherited a cracked burgundy leather wing-back chair (which was merely on loan) and some navy and tan buffalo-checked curtains. So I've slowly been trying to feminize my office in the past few months. It began with replacing the plain navy lamp with a purple one. One of the empty nails now contains a Kandinsky print. But my office still lacked personality. I felt like I was merely a temporary resident there.
Until today. Today I spent the afternoon shopping for office stuff. And yeah, office furniture isn't too fun, but it was cool to get to pick out chairs that actually match and have some style. Plus I got a brand new desk chair with lumbar support. I also purchased a decent shower curtain to replace the maroon liner that's covering my teal green bathtub.
Hey, I spend more time in my office than I do at my house. It should at least be stylish, right?
2 comments:
You knew me and Lonnie were coming your way for WEEKS, and you wait until AFTER we see your office to give it some style? Gee thanks. Glad to know you were trying to impress us. : )
I'll send you some pics of the new office. Or you'll just have to come back for another visit.
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