I'm now tempted to buy this llama cookie cutter.

Hm, business casual for a weekend party. Lame, first of all. Who wants to wear work-type clothes on the weekend? Make it either casual-casual so I can break out my geeky t-shirt collection, or go dressy so I can wear that cute little red dress I bought for the Harlequin party two years ago and haven't had an occasion for since, sheesh, people.

Keeping in mind that my office is so casual-casual that the majority of us wear jeans and it doesn't even have to be Blue Friday for it to be OK to show up in Seahawks gear, I'd probably wear nice pants, but with a shinier top and blingier accessories than I'd wear in daytime.

JZ - my one annual work party is officially business casual so people who don't want to get dressed up don't have to, but people generally do. Corset it up! No one is going to reprimand you for being too festive.

In general I think "business casual" is a lower limit, not an upper.

Heh. I just can't deal with extra caffeine. But I really like coffee!

This is exactly why I am transitioning to decaf! I'm actually out of regular coffee this morning, maybe I will try jumping straight to full decaf - if I get the telltale withdrawal headache I'll go buy more leaded.

Timelies all!

As it turned out, only one of the classes was cancelled last week, so we only had one class today. Still have to try to reschedule the other one.

Well, the CMO will be there, so it's not just a regular weekend party.

But, really, either the dress code should have been stated with the original invitation, or not at all. Barely the day before is just not on.

That sounds like someone asked and whoever was in charge wanted to not place expectations too high. Wear what you want.

I'll have to work on a stern and steely gaze to accompany the statement, "Of COURSE this is business casual. Please note that it's an underbust corset."

A stern and steely gaze sounds like the perfect accessory for any work party.

So, help? Natterers who actually go out into the world and interact with business-y people in business-y ways, what would you wear to a business casual party?

I'd totally wear something that looks like a 1940s suit and pretend I was Rosalind Russell.

Despite predictions for a nasty winters mix tomorrow, I have evidence spring will come. I've witnessed pigeons and doves attempting to mate. Birds sex: harbinger of spring.

I Ubered the hell out of Boston today. Seriously, I hit the sweet spot of not much weekend traffic, snow cut back enough so that streets were more maneuverable, and cold enough weather that everybody wanted a ride.