Messed up

[FauxLiz]

I have been having a bad week and myopic struggle through the holidays generally but with the command visit occurring I am not looking forward. But this week the last week of work before Christmas the office has a big pot luck every comes to the office all the retirees come back it is just this huge nice thing that started as a company we work with buying sub sandwiches for our lunch is now a major group potluck lunch and everyone wears their ugly Christmas sweaters.

I don’t do ugly sweater day, I don’t have the resources to spend on something that is worn once or twice add that to the fact my size hasn’t been stable the last forever and anything I have that would be remotely festive would simply be scary now. I had thought I was going to miss this my first year at this location because I leave fri morning but then they rescheduled and unglued holiday wardrobe day is tomorrow and I have nothing.

I have been trying really hard to be festive when necessary but tomorrow I am going to be busted and I don’t want others to feel like they over did because I can’t do festive for myself it is just going to be awkward

 

[joeylittle]

Can you just wrap yourself up in tinsel strings and call it a day?

I really don’t think you need to do anything - events like you are describing are more about just being there than anything else.

But if you will feel weird not doing something (clothes-wise), it’s ok to do something easy - take a christmasy tablecloth and wrap yourself up in it, or wear a Christmas tree skirt like a cape, or poke your head through some wrapping paper like it’s a poncho....

I hope this isn’t putting pressure on you to share some ideas. Honestly - you can go without doing anything at all.

 

[desiderata310]

The office where I work is also doing an "ugly sweater" competition. I don't have anything frivolous either. I like JL's ideas. now if I only had some tinsel...?

 

[Kubash16]

Mine is doing theirs today. I won’t be dressing up and honestly probably only half our people will actually participate which is okay. No sense in forcing yourself into it.

 

[FauxLiz]

I was really trying this year as it is my first in this organization and we have all been trying really hard to be lighthearted to help a co-worker whose niece committed suicide several weeks ago. I ended up just wearing this ugly plain green sweater I have that I have never figured out why I bought it in the first place