So That I Remember

I have lots of wonderful news to share, it all happened yesterday!

So, a while back, I saw on RFD a deal from Banana Republic. They were having 40% off all regular priced items. I remember the clothes from BR to be pretty good quality, and I needed a new interview suit because my old one...well, it had no matching pants :( I got it a while ago at Zara, and it's a nice suit jacket, but it's kind of long and I was too cheap at the time to buy the pants that went along with it. Such a bad decision, I was wearing mismatched suits ever since.

Anyhoo, the sale was for the 16th and 17th. I didn't want to go on the 16th because I was already going downtown on the 17th to see the Sound of Music musical (which was pretty awesome), and I thought all the good clothes would be gone already, as everybody in the forums had lamented.

So yesterday, I get there, and I had a couple of errands to run first. I was standing in line at CIBC, when all of a sudden I get a call. It's not a number I recognize, and I'd been getting a few "wrong number" calls recently, and a lady asked for "Charlie", and I curtly replied "You've got the wrong number" and hung up. 2 seconds later, same number called "Is this [my name]?"

AND I WAS LIKE....OH SHIT NO. Same lady, same voice.

She goes on to tell me they want me to come in to an interview!!

Yay!!! FINALLY! My God, it's like...the drought is over. The job is .... (lol) investment banking (once they get you in, you can never get out), but whatever, the MONNNAAYYYY

And all of this, on the DAY that I went to presumptuously shop for interview clothes. It's fate. It's coincidence. It's...serendipity.

So I skip away in happiness, have a great conversation with the teller, skip down Bay Street, waltz into Eaton's Centre, and proceed to buy the awesomest suit of all time in BR for 40% off. It fits PERFECTLY. It looks great and the quality is fantastic. I'm so happy with my purchase, I don't even care that it costs pretty much a PS3 lol. It's an investment!

Now, the studying for a banking interview begins. Thank God I have old interview notes.

It feels like I've hyped it up so much now, but if I don't get the job, it's not a big deal. Gotta be realistic and keep my head out of the clouds. There's so many people vying for jobs that I have to work extra hard to impress.

PHEW. One though. One. What was my reward again? :D