DISCLAIMER: this may be way too much information for some of you, so reader beware....
RULE # 1 on a business trip - reliable pantyhose!!!!!!!!!!!
I must share my pantyhose woes...I love my DIM pantyhose, the sheerness, the softness, they make me feel womanly....but not when the are rolling down my mid section!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday was day 2 of my fiasco with the pantyhose, I obviously need to look into more support at the top or need to rethink which size I am buying. They always feel good, but the moment I pair it with some under armour it is like wearing vaseline on a slide.
I was all dressed up, looked half decent, the dress, the jacket, the heels. As I proceeded to walk through the hotel lobby towards my first meetings I felt the roll starting. I remained calm and continued to have conversations with my male colleagues ensuring that they were not aware of the sllipage that was occurring just steps away from them. Only women can appreciate the challenges that we face in trying to be treated seriously while are pantyhose are quickly descending the faster we walk between conference rooms. Then the unthinkable crossed my mind, I was going to have to climb the majestic stairs to the main symposium atrium while hundreds of other delegates would be behind as well as looking up from the lobby. Here I was in the grandiose Chateau Frontenac hotel smiling, saying all the right things ( I hope), yet risking that pantyhose could soon cross the dress borderline - yikes!!!!
I needed an exit strategy as quickly as possible, a brief excuse to run to the bathroom before the next session, rip off the pantyhose and go with the nude leg.
RULE #2 Always ensure that legs are prepared to be nude no matter what the season, due to pantyhose nightmares...., surprisingly I was alright in this department, I had deep moisturized in the morning and had warded off the dry alligator look.
RULE #3 which should really be Rune # 2 but obviously I only realized afterwards is when you engage in your exit strategy if you are the one of the unlucky ladies that this happens to, make sure that you secure whatever you still can of your stockings with a discreet hand that will go unnoticed by others who think you strange for just holding the side of your hip as you wobble to the washroom. This will ensure that the stockings have not crossed the finish line before you do. My experience was that the DIM pantyhose were so luxurious that they just slid off without noticing, that if the washroom were any further they would be at my knees, not a pretty site!!!!!!!!
Lessons learned ??? I will wear a pant suit tomorrow, save myself the hassles and wear sensible trouser hose that will not hinder my agility amongst the movers and shakers of the biotech world.
No comments:
Post a Comment