urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
Showing posts with label unemployed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unemployed. Show all posts
Saturday, April 17, 2010
How To Not Spend Money
It's basically impossible to not spend any money when you are unemployed in NYC, in case you are a thief. I try to limit the spending to food and bills (which there are about 10 of including phone, mortgage, maintenance, COBRA, electric, gas, etc.). Unemployment pays about half of what my actual salary was so obviously I'm now having to spend beyond my means. That said, I decided to go out with a friend the other day to do a little shopping. Thanks to my tax ret
urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Another Day
Another day in the life of the unemployed in New York City. Saw my husband get up and go make his dreams come true today while I lay in bed. He's more than half way through culinary school and working an internship at a highly-regarded Brooklyn restaurant. I, on the other hand, woke up, made an omelette, watched the TODAY show, checked my email, sent thank you notes to some places I've interviewed with, and then decided to start a blog. It's only 11 am so I guess you could say that's somewhat productive so far. My plans for later today... read a book maybe or design some jewelry that I keep putting off doing. Shameless plug: Check out my jewelry at www.jmbauer78.etsy.com.
So how did I become unemployed and what was I doing you ask? I was working as a sr. marketing manager at a travel magazine for over 2 years when the company decided that a few layoffs would help the company. I still don't understand this thinking but I'm taking what I've learned and moving on. It's now been 1 month and 10 work days since the day of the big storm (figuratively and literally). I really enjoy writing and have been thinking about starting a blog for a while now and for some unknown reason decided that today was the day. I hope you all enjoy it, and please feel free to leave your comments and share your stories.
So how did I become unemployed and what was I doing you ask? I was working as a sr. marketing manager at a travel magazine for over 2 years when the company decided that a few layoffs would help the company. I still don't understand this thinking but I'm taking what I've learned and moving on. It's now been 1 month and 10 work days since the day of the big storm (figuratively and literally). I really enjoy writing and have been thinking about starting a blog for a while now and for some unknown reason decided that today was the day. I hope you all enjoy it, and please feel free to leave your comments and share your stories.
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