We hope you enjoy a well-deserved day (or two) off from work and have many things to be thankful for this year!

Love,

WG1 and WG2

Today has been painfully slow. WG2 is too busy training the new her and cleaning out her desk to talk to me about the lack of Gossip Girl last night or Speidi’s recent wedding or the reasons why I want to see Twilight 100 more times. So, I’m here, at my desk, with only the internet to entertain me. It’s the perfect time for a “What I Do While I’m Bored at Work” post.

• Typically on Tuesdays I’m hungover on pizza and Gossip Girl. One of the first things I do in the morning is head over to NYMag.com and find their recap of Monday night’s episode. Written by New Yorkers and Gossip Girl lovers, Jessica Pressler and Chris Rovzar, it is the best TV recap I’ve ever read. Jessica and Chris give and take away points for the realness and fakeness of the show. For your reading pleasure, here is last week’s recap of the Thanksgiving episode.

• Since moving over the marketing department, it’s become more acceptable to listen to music while I work (I have had to answer my boss’s phone in ages). Rather than waste my precious iTouch’s battery at work, I listen to Pandora. Type in your favorite artist and Pandora will play that artist and artists with a similar sound for as long as you like, for free! I high recommend trying Lady Gaga radio. Pandora doesn’t have rights to her music yet, but the artists that sound like her are fan-freakin-tastic.

• My mother is most likely finished with her holiday shopping. My brother, sister and I, on the other hand, are usually at Target on Christmas Eve trying not to kill one another while trying to shop for everyone on our list. This year, I vow not to make that trip. Thanks to Gifts.com that may actually happen. The best part? There is a super fun personality profiler. Answer questions about someone on your list and receive great gift suggestions. Or do it for yourself and see which personality you are. I got hipster and while I’m so not a hipster, at least by New York standards, I loved most of the gift suggestions.

I spent the majority of last week making a to-do list for training the new “me”. Fine, ok, I spent about half a day making the list and most of the rest of the time reading this, and this, and this (what!? I like reading blogs so sue me). 

So today was the newbie’s first day. And what a day it was.

First of all, that document I made for the newbie’s training was 5 pages long. I am unfortunately not exaggerating. It is only Monday and we have just gotten onto page 2. Which made me realize that I didn’t think I did much at my company until I made this training sheet. Events all year long, numerous newsletters, agendas, scheduling meetings, answering phones, not to mention the other 400 things I do. Whew. A mouthful. I mean really, how did I manage to do all that and be on Gchat all day? And read blogs? And be addicted to Perez? Yea, I don’t get it either.

The amount I manage to get done is apparently overwhelming. And I could see that in the newbie’s face as 6 o’clock rolled around and we were still focusing on how to throw an office party. I guess I’m really making sure she knows everything. It’s all in the details and unfortunately for me most of those details are up in my brain. And I really wish that we could take my brain and filter all those minute details into her brain. Don’t you just wish life was that easy? 

This training day not only made me realize that I had a lot of work to do on a daily basis, but it also got me worried. In just a week I will be starting my new job in Chicago. And I think it has finally hit me. I’m leaving. I’m outta here. See ya! 

And I’m scared. In a few days, I will be the newbie in a new town, in a new city, in a new job with new responsibilities. I’ll be learning the ropes from a girl who knows it all. I will be devoid of knowledge and I won’t have any work friends. It’s scary! 

But mixed in somewhere with all those butterflies is the excitement. I’m so ready to be the newbie. 

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It is my last full week of work at my current company. How great is it to actually say that! There are a lot of things that I’m going to miss about my job (aka some of the people and the girl at Cosi who knows my breakfast order by heart), but some things I won’t miss are The New Kid and the latest thing he does that peeves me off to no end. His new favorite thing is to use my trash can for his trash. 

I know, I know it’s quirky. And I know that I shouldn’t hate him for needing to throw out some paper or his morning coffee. But it does. It kills me. It really kills me that he can’t use his own trash can. 

I sit in a corner cubicle so my trash can is one that is readily available to everyone. Throughout the day I notice it accumulating more and more trash throughout the day. A piece of paper here, a paper clip here, a soda can, a half-eaten bagel. But then there are the times that people throw out something smelly and that really bothers me. See, I have a sensitive sense of smell. WG1 can attest to this. When we lived together, I had to run out of the room whenever she made tuna. It made me gag. 

Bananas have the same effect on me. I can’t stand their smell (not to mention it really makes me laugh when people eat them in public – it just looks so lewd!). So when The New Kid threw out a banana in my garbage can a few weeks back, I wanted to punch him in the face. He has his own! Why use mine? 

I know I will never get over this quirk. It’s just something I’m not good at. That little thing called sharing. My friend, Pam, and I were talking about it on Gchat the other day (while we should have been working – whoops) about how we just aren’t good sharers. We don’t like sharing food. We don’t like sharing books. And I’m sure Pam would agree that sharing a garbage can is hard work. 

Obviously this is something I need to work on. But one thing I refuse to work on…liking The New Kid. 

My younger sister sent me an email a few minutes before midnight yesterday. Bless her college bedtime. This is what she wrote:

“[my friends and i] were just discussing your blog
and we decided we like when there are pictures, youtube videos, links, etc
we also like the blogs titled: “while i was procrastinating at work today, i found…”
k, loveeee ya!”

It got me thinking. WG2 and I often discuss, and sometimes fight about, what we think you like about Working Girl. What posts you enjoy and comment on. Whether or not we should write more informative posts about interviews, resumes, bosses, etc. We pretty much base our arguments on your comments. But I know, I sometimes read a post on a blog, have my own thoughts and do not post a comment.

So, we’re asking for your feedback. What do you like? What don’t you like? Do we complain too much? Should we complain more? (Because I totally can if you want!) How do you feel about features like Ask Working Girl, Meeting Notes, Working Girl Wears or contributor posts?

Oh and Sister, I’ll write a “while i was procrastinating at work, i found…” post soon!

In my last post, I regaled you with my giant dilemma. A dilemma, I admit, that doesn’t seem so bad from an outsider’s point of view. I had just found out that I had gotten into Northwestern’s journalism graduate program after being on the wait list for three months.

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• See ya People!: Time Inc. is making more layoffs due to the bad economy. According to Gawker, People Magazine asked editorial staffers to volunteer for 18 buyouts. If, by December 1st, 18 employees don’t take the buyouts People will conduct involuntary layoffs.

• Rich Girl: We believe a Working Girl can accomplish almost anything…with hard work and dedication, of course. However Sheree of The Real Housewives of Atlanta believes you just need to be rich. On Tuesday’s episode, Sheree hired designers to create She by Sheree. The outcome? A glitzy (any by glitzy, I mean tacky) party to show her designs without any designs! Maybe you should your own elbow grease into next time, Sheree.

• Working Girl Asks: Lately WG2 and I have been cutting back on shopping and take-out to save some money. We want to know, how has the economic crisis begun affecting you?

• CUTENESS!: During a long day’s work, we all need a little cheering up. Something to make us smile. That’s were the puppies come in. I’ve watched them every day this week. Even when they are napping, I’m fixated. Enjoy:

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This evening, around our dinner table (and by table I mean counter), my roommates and I discussed the things we loved to do as kids. The conversation began with Disney World then made it’s was to dolls and finally to the pretend games we just to play. 

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