Sunday Style: Work from Home
20 Mar 2008 | Filed Under: Sunday Style
Greetings from my manic world, a planet so very insane I have virtually no idea what day of the week it is anymore. Given this fun fact, I’ve decided that since any day could be a Sunday, I’m going to roll out a Sunday Style just because I damn well feel like it.
Today’s topic: the joys of working from home. While any number of people are inclined to bitch and moan about the challenges of churning out designs, code and copy from a lonely turret, I myself am a fan of the self-imposed den of uninspired isolation.
While I’ve worked in some very nice professional spaces in my time, I don’t care how big the corner office may be, how expansive the view, or how fast you can get an intern to bring you a half fat double shot fair trade extra foam latte - you still cannot wear bunny slippers to the office. This fact, coupled with the annoying presence of other humans and the doubly irritating lack of cigarettes, makes working at home a complete and total winner for me.
Unfortunately, I am no longer allowed to wear the fabulous bunny slippers outside of the house. This leaves me with a fundamental question of what I can roll out of bed and wear that will allow me to comfortably sit on my arse for 12 hours a day and still have a husband at the end of the night.
- Yoga pants. I don’t care if they are so three years ago. They are comfortable, and while they don’t have monkeys stamped on the booty like my favourite pyjamas, they also don’t make my husband threaten to divorce me on the grounds of irreconcilable humiliation when I walk the dog in them.
- Monkey knickers. In 12 colours. My personal protest against not being able to wear monkey pyjamas all day long. Unfortunately
I can no longer find them onlinethey do not ship to Ireland, and no, you cannot have mine - don’t be disgusting. - Fake Uggs. Because bare feet and bunny slippers are apparently unacceptable attire for short public outings. In the summer I wear flip flops; in the winter I wear €20 red BearPaws from TK Maxx that make me look like a cross between an elf and an Eskimo. This is still better than divorce, and way cheaper than £130 for Uggs, too.
- A good support bra. Because let’s face it: nobody lounging around in monkey pants is going to willingly choose to endure the discomfort of an underwire. Having said this, nobody wants navel-gazing boobies, either. The best solution is to wrestle the twins into the lingerie equivalent of a hammock. Depending on the demands of your rack, this can be either cute and cozy or something entirely industrial strength.
And there you have it: more information about the underwear and daily attire of your friendly neighbourhood web designer than you ever really needed to know.
elly parker says:
Victoria’s Secret also do a range of non-underwired bras. I use them since I travel so much and they obviously don’t set off the metal detectors. Available up to 40DD:
Thursday, 20 March, 2008, 11:08 amMary Nolan says:
You can buy all sorts of monkey patterned stuff from Paul Frank (incl monkey undies!) but the online store only ships to the US - http://shop.paulfrank.com/
There is a Paul Frank store in London but none that I know of in Ireland yet.
Thursday, 20 March, 2008, 11:13 amDarragh says:
given my “stalker” status I’m not sure if I should comment on this, but feck it, I will… what an insight!!
Thursday, 20 March, 2008, 11:54 amSabrina Dent says:
Elly, I am not a huge VS fan because I have sizing issues with them - although I did have a fun evening in a dressing room there with a friend one summer, causing the entire store to think we were a couple and the cashier to wish us “a really good night” with a huge wink.
Mary those are AWESOME MONKEY PANTS! Thank you thank you!
Darragh, all the insight you could want about my arse, where it sits and what goes on it? My pleasure. As the husband will tell you, I am boundary impaired :)
Thursday, 20 March, 2008, 12:09 pmDarren says:
Is this what you’re looking for? I feel a bit dirty now for googling for that. Hmm!
Thursday, 20 March, 2008, 3:07 pmellen says:
How about these Sabrina ;)
Friday, 21 March, 2008, 8:24 amSabrina Dent says:
Oh holy hell. HAMMER PANTS ARE NOT BACK!
Friday, 21 March, 2008, 8:43 amJonathan says:
When I was working as a consultant in Beijing I alternated between coding in my apartment and in the office. Anyhow it went from wearing tracksuit bottoms in the house to going to the office in a nice suit.
Anyhoots imagine my envy when one of the lads turned up to work for a late night meeting in his pajamas. Hilarious stuff..
Sunday, 23 March, 2008, 10:21 pmLaura says:
It IS a joy to work from home; I concur!
Wednesday, 26 March, 2008, 12:28 amMy “uniform” is usually men’s slacks and whatever cotton t-shirt i pull from the pile… why are men’s clothes always made of much more comfortable materials?
slippers are a must here in ireland aren’t they?
Jennifer says:
Hi Sabrina
I don’t get to work at home every day but when I do, it sounds like we’ve got the same uniform. Sounds like you’ve got the posh fake uggs though, I have the even cheaper fake, fake uggs from Pennys - €8. I love them though.
I find the semi-vest type sports bra can be useful for support when sprinting from the home office to the kitchen.
Wednesday, 9 April, 2008, 2:50 pmsachi Vixen says:
I agree there is nothing like rolling uptowork downstairs at say 10am, braless, no make up and mussed hair. I’m either a slob or a conformity rebel. I like to think conformity rebel myself!
Tuesday, 6 May, 2008, 1:31 pm