Trading My Ashes for Jones New York

I start my new job soon. I am totally stoked. Stoked is my favorite word lately. I think I am going to start a word list. Not so much a word of the day, or word of the month. It will be random word time. I missed last week's haiku and now it's Thursday. Oh the pressure!

Anyways, back to me. What? It's my blog. lol

I start the new job tomorrow. I am going in today to see what time I start, get some training material and all that jazz. I am super stoked because this seems like a professional setting, I no longer have to take the bus to get to work, and I think I get a complimentary cell and plan that is covered by the company (saves me a total of $225 a month). Stoked. The other thing I am totally looking forward to is not working with mean people. I have met my co-workers and they are very supportive. They bounce sales off each other, take turns when people come in. Also, they really promote from within and believe strongly in training. I also believe strongly in training and any company that does not invest in training of some kind probably won't last or will have lower performance than a comparable company that does.

I have gotten a new haircut and color. The haircut is the shortest it has been in a long time, just above my shoulders! But it looks good and is easy to manage. The hairdresser showed me how to backcomb to get it to lay where it should. Also, since I have a round face, the hairdresser cut a lot of layers into my hair to give it height on top and give the appearance of elongating my face. It was a free haircut from the Welcome Wagon and I am definitely going to stick with this hairdresser for a while. Next time, we are putting blonde and copper streaks in. Ganice at Partings (pronounced Ja-neice). I highly recommend! I would not have even thought of this style myself so I am pretty grateful for her. I also got a couple of new, used blazers from an old friend/co-worker. We used to be the same size until she lost a bunch of weight, which turns out great for me! She has a very similar build to me, so the jackets taper in at the waist and flair out at the stomach, hiding my fat. It's all about accentuating the good, hiding the not so good. She used to work for some big office in Calgary, and had lots of money so these are quality clothes (Liz Claiborne, Jones New York). I am totally stoked to not just have to wear a uniform everyday but actually be blessed with such nice clothes. Trading my ashes for beauty has been coming to mind lately (Isaiah 61:3).