Getting started.

After years of rolling my eyes at my father's constant suggestions, I am actually searching for a law school to call my own. [wow, I can't believe I'm saying that!] I'll take a road trip south next week to take a look at a few places which intrigue me, and I went to my first open house the other day. It was a disaster, but more on that later.

As I've said before, I'm most excited about all the new outfits I get to wear. Is that bad? I'm a planner. I love planning things like that. Lord knows nothing else will be in my control during this process, so I think it makes sense that I'm fixated upon making the best impression possible. 

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of money right now. I didn't have a super lucrative job to begin with, and I just learned that that job will be ending by the end of March. I don't know what exactly I'll do after that.

So, although I went on a little shopping spree on Tuesday, that shopping spree consisted of trips to Target's clearance section and a couple of thrift stores. I came away with a skirt, two dresses, a pair of dressy ankle pants, three sweaters, a top, and a long coat from Target, and a Banana Republic cashmere blend cardigan, an Ann Taylor angora sweater, two pairs of dress pants, two dresses, another cardigan, and a pair of heels from the thrift stores. The total for everything was $107.14! Cheapest item: a pair of eggplant-colored Ann Taylor dress pants for $2.49. Biggest splurge: this coat, for $17.98.

I ended up wearing one of the dresses from Target with the thrift store heels to the law school open house that evening. Apparently I don't speak law school yet because when I read 'open house' I thought that indicated a more casual evening. I assumed I could arrive whenever and leave when I wanted. 

Nope. I showed up an hour late. Fortunately, it was during an intermission where food was being served, so I was able to slip in without making a scene. Unfortunately, the first person I spoke to when I entered was, unbeknownst to me, the dean of the entire law school. He asked me about my undergraduate career and I brilliantly told him that I had only gone to college to play ball and had selected the easiest majors possible. When I got home, I realized my false eyelashes may or may not have been hanging off my face. 

Thankfully, I don't think that law school was for me, so I'm going to use the whole experience as practice for the next one I go to. Now I know how to dress, when to show up, and what kind of questions to ask.

As I mentioned earlier, I'll be taking a road trip next week to visit a few schools. If I can afford hotels along the way with internet, I'll post regularly. When I was in high school, I only made one college visit, so this is a totally new experience for me. I'm open to suggestions on how to dress and what to bring on next week's visits if anyone has any!