I went to Old Navy over the weekend. Mostly because I was annoyed that I had a full shopping cart on the website and the coupon code they were toting didn't work, so then I was stuck with no discount code. There was no reason why it shouldn't have worked. None. It wouldn't even say "could not be applied", which is what it always does if the items aren't applicable for that particular code.
That's a high level of annoyance because I wasn't spending more than necessary and I wasn't wasting more time fiddling with it. I drove the 9 miles to Old Navy instead.
The downside was that the checkout line wrapped around the store, there are also no coupon codes there, and the selection isn't as wide. Colors and sizes for things I'd seen online just weren't available.
But I also didn't have to wait two weeks for a delivery. (Old Navy/Gap is shockingly slow.)
Anyway, I grabbed these cargo joggers for $20. They were half off so that seemed reasonable.
I've noticed that many people I work with wear such pants with a decent-looking shirt, a pair of slip-on sneakers, and call it an outfit.
Dress codes are incredibly relaxed this year; I mentioned last week that there is this fictional teacher holiday that is worshipped and celebrated in a way I'll never understand: jeans day.
Fridays are always jeans day for teachers, to begin with. Now it also seems to occur multiple days in a row, every other week or so. It's absolutely treated as a reward. To me, it's punishment because I look like the oddball, not in jeans.
Anyway, the pants are a worthwhile $20 spent because they give me something that's not leggings and not jeans and not the skinny-pant style for warm days.
We have had some extreme wind this week so they were more than helpful during the 40 minutes I spend standing outside at recess daily...they are true windbreaker material, guys. Like, windbreaker without the lining so they're not heavy.
Speaking of recess and the midwest, I had to snap a picture last week when I realized I'd carried my heavy coat outside, switched it for my sweater, and carried my sweater through recess.
