Interview Attire

I really should be prepping for my interview in two hours, instead I'm blogging about interview attire.

As I'm prepping for my interview, I decided to figure out what I'm going to wear. First impressions are important and what you wear is just as much a part of your first impression as what you say is. If you show up looking like a disheveled mess, they might not care what you have to say. And if you show up looking like a million bucks, they might dismiss the fact that what you might not have something important to say.

I had my interview outfit all put together in my mind. Then I put it on and it is about the most drab outfit that I could have put together. It seriously was not going to cut the mustard today. So then I put on two more sweaters and those just weren't working. Then I put on a different pair of pants and button down shirt. I still don't like that, so I go back to the original pants.

Part of the outfit problem is that I'm currently carrying around those extra holiday lbs. Okay, let's not lie, those extra lbs aren't just from the holidays. They're from my laziness and from my desire to eat half a bag of chips instead of only one serving. So, naturally, the pants and shirts and sweaters don't exactly fit like they once did.

Now that I'm about four shirts and two pairs of pants in, I think I've found the outfit. So I go up to the bathroom to look in that mirror and discover that I am "Minnesota white". Not only can I not find an outfit that I like, but now I'm being dragged down by the fact that I am ridiculously pasty, 8 lbs heavier, my hair isn't cooperating, and I'm starting to stress about things that are stupid.

So here I am, blogging out my frustrations in an effort to calm the nerves and let the outfit problems work themselves out. As long as I don't wear jeans and a hooded sweatshirt, I'll be fine. The company I'm interviewing with is pretty casual, so my dress pants and sweater will be more than dressy for the interview. Hopefully all goes well and they look past the outfit and go straight to the fact that I'm more than qualified to work for them.

Fingers crossed that my personality and qualifications razzle and dazzle them!