professional dress

4 days until my 6 a.m. flight to the NYC.

Just thinking about how early I'm going to have to awake makes me cringe. That and the thought of trying to somehow look alive and worth hiring by the time I actually make it to the city some 9 hours later.

I decided I finally had to bite the bullet and try on my potential interview outfits this evening. Putting on a suit still makes me feel like I'm 6 again and playing dress up with a princess dress- except it's much less glamorous.

All that to say, it's not remotely close to what I wear on an every day basis. I never wear high heels. I try to avoid having to wear panty hose. And the shoulder pads in suit jackets that are meant to make normally proportioned people look balanced out? They just serve to completely throw short females' proportions completely out of whack. I own one button down shirt, I hate how it fits and I think I've worn it once in three years.

Maybe suits are less for the benefit of the interviewers and more for the interviewee. Maybe putting on a suit will magically make me talk more eloquently, respond more professionally and appear like I'm going to be granted a degree in seven weeks.

Does a suit and a pair of black pumps make it a reality?