I have come to the sad realization that I have THE most boring work wardrobe possible.  I seem to have a bad habit of finding a shirt or sweater that I like and buying it in three colors which results in me wearing the same clothes everyday but in different colors.  I’m like a cartoon character – the illustrator got too lazy to draw me different outfits, so I have the same red tube top dress every single day.  This has to be remedied or my coworkers will wonder if I ever clean my clothes since I seem to be wearing them all the time.  Can someone please nominate me for What Not to Wear so that I can get $5000 to spend on a new wardrobe – I’m in desperate need of this.

In other news, I have become a coffee drinker.  In the last six years (4 years of work, 2 of B-school) I have drank maybe 30 cups of coffee (and probably 30 more in the 21 years prior to this).  I don’t really like the taste of coffee; I’m not a huge fan of the caffeine kick I get which eventually leads to a caffeine crash; and I know it would become an addiction if I started.  Essentially I use coffee to stay awake and finish late night work as opposed to most people who use coffee to wake up and start their day.

Now, in my last three weeks of work (Oh my God, has it only been three weeks?), I have had a cup (or two) of coffee a day.  A DAY!  Yes, to the majority of you this is completely normal and actually on the low side.  But for a non-coffee drinker, this is excessive and habit-forming and also must be stopped.  But I have noticed the benefits of this beverage – I’m more alert in the morning and it helps me focus on the task at hand.  On the other hand, if I don’t have my morning cup of coffee, say by 9 am, I get sleepy and lethargic which is very BAD!  I can not be dependent on this drink, I simply can’t!  Also, when I used to drink coffee in the past, I would get really jittery – my hands would shake, my heart would beat a bit faster, and I would just feel as if I was on overdrive.  Now, all those effects are gone and I just feel alert which admittedly is good.  But I don’t want to depend on this external stimuli to make myself alert and work better.  Oh, and I have dreams of Dunkin Donuts…dreams.  Mmmm, the delicious taste and aroma of their French Vanilla with the perfect combination of cream and sugar.  Mmmm, D Donuts…. Ugh, this must stop!  Well at least I'm not spending $4 on a cup of coffee like at some places.