STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kari · Dooney & Bourke

pitty party...you're all invited

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me! I'm having a bad life!! :(

Specifically today is crappy because not only did my son wake up about 5 times last night, but my estranged husbands (i have a restraining order against him) friends and family like to leave nasty messages on my phone at all hours, so that's what I got to wake up to. :(

Kel · Coach

Lets see, my day is crappy because I have to take a really hard final that no matter how much I study i get the same grade, even though I know the information (stupid tricky test)

I have to call my ex- roommate for money she owes me which i have been putting off

Kari like you I also start school (again: I have like a week off) and I am not motivated AT ALL. I am just totally burnt out with school, but like you this is also my last year, so that is stress within itself.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

nothing big, but i don't want to go to work tonight. it starts 3 12 hour shifts in a row i think the rain here is making me in a lazy, achey, bad mood!

Misty · Dooney & Bourke

hey Kari! weird that you posted today; i almost called you last night to say hey (got a new phone and was entering #s into address book). sorry you are having a crappy day; i'm feeling ya on most of those issues. i am having a crappy as well. so, i'm joining in the pity party. and now there are four of us. . .

mine is mostly financial: 1) we kept my daughter at her same daycare/school so that she would have a constant in her life since the divorce brought so much change. school starts next week, so i have to pay the enrollment fee plus next month's tuition by Sept. 1. i have to dip into my savings yet again. also found out tuition is going up next year another 1k. 2) have to get a new insurance policy by the end of the month so that will go up since it will be a single instead of multi-car policy. 3) i'm going to have to trade in my car for one with a lower payment bec. my credit sucks and they won't lower what i currently pay (hell, i could be driving a new H3 for same amount!!). 4) had to buy a new cell phone bec. i lost my old one a week and a half ago, so there was another $200 i don't have. 5) i was planning to try and take a few classes this sem. but can't afford it now. oh yeah, and i also have killer cramps and lower back pain and am tired bec. my 5 yr.old woke up about 5 times with nightmares from her dad letting her watch "Gremlins". poor little one.

this single-mom/one income business is hard, but i'm adjusting. i give mad props to all who do it. single dads too. ok, i'm done venting too, and i feel better. thanks.

Kari · Dooney & Bourke

Misty wrote:

hey Kari! weird that you posted today; i almost called you last night to say hey (got a new phone and was entering #s into address book).

Hey Misty - I always think about calling you when I scroll through my phone as well. I guess I need to get your new number. Email me at khwthrn0805@msn.com. I'd like to catch up with you.

Luv2Shop · Kate Spade

Wow, my problems don't seem as bad now that I read all of yours. But I will vent anyway because it feels damn good!
I have a cold and feel like crap, plus it's raining and chilly outside so I have been freezing in my flip flops all day.
When I get home from work I would love to get into my warm bed and sleep, but I have to go to one of those candle parties tonight because it's hubbys side of the family and if I don't go everyone will complain. So I have to race home from work (1 and 1/2 hour commute) not eat dinner and go to this stupid party that I can't afford to buy anything at anyway and probably listen to my MIL complain all night (all she does if you have read some of my past posts).

-- Edited by Luv2Shop at 13:31, 2005-08-11

blubirde · Chanel

I don't really have anything to bitch about but I fully support pity parties in all their shapes and forms so I'm here to join the glory.

And, like Clairee says in Steel Magnolias (I'm sure she quoted someone but I don't know who), "if you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me."

Cortney1982 · Chanel

If I don't get a new job soon, I'm going to be raging mad!

bumblebee · Coach

ok, that's all.

-- Edited by bumblebee at 18:49, 2005-08-11

Metric · Gucci

I...um...have a "friend" who hasn't gotten it on with her boyfriend in over a month.

I feel bad for everybody. Especially leah leanna, that must be so scary!

kenzie · Chanel

Awww...{{{{hugs}}}} to everyone! leah_leanna, that's so scary!

here's my pity party:

I hate my job more than words could possibly express. I'm sick of having jobs I hate and I'd better find a 'career' and not a 'job' pretty damn soon or I'm going to go stark raving mad!

I was sick today (but at least I didn't have to go to work)

I have no idea how I'm going to pay my bills when I move. My rent is going way up and my income is practically zilch (I have to budget to buy gas!) b/c of the aforementioned shit-ass job that is the bain of my existance.

Seriously, everything I have to complain about stems from my crapass job. I'm going to be eating canned tuna and Ramen until I can find a better job.

I need a new car. My old wreck is so embarassing and I feel like I need a team of horses to pull it up a even the slightest incline. It's going to die soon and then I'll be sol b/c sh*t pay from sh*t job isn't enough to make car payments. I seriously lay awake at night and worry about my financial situation. I've never been this strapped for cash and I don't know what to do with myself!

Arg. I'm done. I don't know if that made me feel better or worse. Grrr.

rlutz · Chanel

oh, i like the pity party...I def need to vent...I have worked every night this week until 9pm and I am soooo tired....the power went out at work today for about 3 hours, no computer, no air conditioning....My boss is an ass and I a sick of catering to his needs and such...I just got a hospital bill from whne I got sick a few months back and I am not sure how I am going to pay it(I did not have insurance at that time)...

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

BrazenCanadian wrote:

~that must be so scary!

Thanks BC. Yeah, when it first happened it was pretty scary...but now it's been going on since November...now it is just irritating.

alb · Marc Jacobs

I hope everyone's having a better day today, at least it's Friday. Unfortunately I have to start work on Monday after 3 mos of mat. leave so this is my last day of freedom--yikes!

rlutz · Chanel

new day, new crap....

when I left for work my window were all fogged up (from the outside)...as I drove they only got worse...I was on teh highway and I could not see out of any of the windows and I almost rammed into the guard raid...I pulled over and called the car dealer...he said to bring it in, but they are about an hour away from where I was, half way between work and home...so I had to find another Honda dealer and bring it in to be looked it...as I sat in the waiting room, my boss called five times to see whne I was going to get to the office....ahhhh

poptart · Coach

This is kinda lame, but I am honestly so bored. I have had nothing to do at work all day today, and I literally am dying of boredom.

honey · Gucci

where to start...

i'm so overwhelmed at work right now it's not funny. i've been working overtime, but it just sucks all my free time away, and i feel so drained. plus my boss was like "can you take more" and like a dodo i said yes. not that i'm scared to say no, but since everyone in my dept. is swamped saying no, won't make a bit of difference, and new stuff will find it's way on my desk. usually when i'm at lunch and don't have the option. sat. will be the 3rd sat in a row that i've had to go to work to get stuff done. i'm getting overtime, but the thrill is gone. honestly i don't know how people routinely work more than 8 hours a day.

i'm supposed to be studying for the gmat. of course when i made up my mind earlier this summer to do, i felt like i had oodles of free time, since most of my friends were m.i.a. of course, now that i have to really focus, everyone's back and wants to hang out. and i have trouble prioritizing, so i'm like of course i'll go out.

it's soooooo ridiculously hot outside. i realized i hate the heat. when i come home i don't want to do anything but lay in front of the air conditioner. i can't keep living my life like this.

i'm really bored at work. my plan is to go to b-school next fall, but i don't really have a backup. and not to sound like a snot (so please forgive me if i do) b-school is only worth it to me if i get into a top tier school. otherwise i just don't want to incur the debt. now i've got the added pressure of not just trying to get in, but get into a good school. so i have to do really well on the gmat, and think of ways to make myself a better candidate -- which i don't want to do.

almost all my vacation days this year will be spent visiting my family in atl. not that i don't love them, but i seriously dislike atl also it's a necessity that i go, b/c my dad is sick (nothing serious but it's important that i be there.) as it is 1/2 my days are gone, and not only have i not had a real vacation, i haven't even had a real day to myself. the last "day off" i had, i spent waiting for the stupid phone company to fix my phone.

and the icing on the cake... i ordered this gorgeous catherine malandrino sweater from goclothing at a super discount ($56 from $300+) and ups lost the package. goclothing gave me the money back, but i'm sad, b/c i really wanted that sweater, and of course i can't find it again.

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

i feel so awful right now and it's my own fault. i've been playing catch up at work all week but i actually thought i could not work tomorrow and it wouldn't be a big deal but as of right now i have to face the fact that no way will i be able to drive to vegas (8 hours round trip), hang out w/ aj and still make it back in time to meet my deadlines.

aj, i am just so sorry and so disappointed about missing you in vegas tomorrow. i'm sending you a pm and calling you right now. i feel like such a bad stylethread friend right now! i've had to flake on salsa w/ lilykind and crystal like three times now and they're always so sweet and understanding and i just feel so bad! there are just not enough hours in the day!

halleybird · Hermes

-School starts on Monday...I am SO not looking forward to the workload and the drama!

-There's a group of teachers/coaches at my school who don't like me at all, and they act like catty 12-year-old girls instead of 30-40 year-old men.

-It is so freaking hot and humid! I am not used to humidity and I hate it.

-I need to clean my house & make dinner, but I am too tired.

hmm....that's all for now.