Professional Me.

My name is Sara Louise, and I struggle with my professional persona. This has been the bane of my life ever since I had my first professional job at the ripe ol' age of 24. I look and act much younger than I am. You would never match my resume with my appearance or choice of words. I am loud, funny, silly and talk like I should be on a snowboard- not in a board room. It's been a real pain in ass.

Yep, it's a work outfit. Tightest Jeans. Ever.

It's not that I don't know what to do. Or how to do it. To be honest, I have made good money while bucking the system and the extra cash or responsibility was never worth the extra effort. I am honestly really good at what I do and my quality of work made my former bosses willing to overlook my quirks. Because of that, I was too lazy to bother sorting it out.

I never had to have a job before. What I mean by that is that I have worked to support myself. My lifestyle. I had no reason beyond wanting to travel or a new handbag to work harder. And the inconvenience of working so hard at my professional self never was more important than the financial gain. But, now the hours I spend at work will pay for Skyler's education, her wedding, and her first car. My paycheck gives her opportunities so I am ready to kick unholy ass on the job.

With just two weeks until my new job starts I am focused with laser presicion on my work wardrobe and demeanor. If I don't get the impression right out of the gate it will be an uphill battle the rest of the time I am there. I am aware going in that I have more experience than any of my peers and my new manager already views me as a team leader. And, for the first time ever, I want to look like it.

At work while in PDX. You'd trust me with 20 Million USD, yeah?

Today I made my largest single purchase of clothing ever. I am actually sweating after hitting the "confirm order" button. In my bag of 17 items was a proper suit! A real suit! I bought it in grey because when my Grandma Scott wore a suit to trade shows it was always grey.

For the first time in my career, I will hang up my Harajuku Lovers Tees and save 'em for Sundays. My work wear will be actual work wear. I am excited about this new step. And, personally I think that a LV agenda would be the perfect compliment to my pencil skirts and cardies. Because, somethings (thank God) will never change.