[speaker001:] uh the the only work I do outside the home is I am an Avon representative
[speaker002:] oh okay
[speaker001:] and I sell Stanley products
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh so I I don't really I don't really dress up a whole lot do you work outside
[speaker002:] she can well I I work um I'm a CPA and I do contract work
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh
[speaker002:] and so and I work with another CPA who just started his own practice and I work with him a couple days a week and so when I go to his office or to other clients' offices then I'll dress up
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] but otherwise it's great being at home in jeans or shorts or whatever so that that makes it pretty nice it
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] it's kind of weird because before I used to work you know full time and and uh it seemed like I was wearing a suit every day just about
[speaker001:] well you'd have to dress differently when you're working every day I think yeah
[speaker002:] right right and so it's uh some of my suits I haven't put on for quite a while so it
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh it's kind of a nice to relax a little bit yeah
[speaker002:] it's it's very nice I
[speaker001:] yeah well my my dress up I live out in the country also so what I wear depends on the weather
[speaker002:] uh-huh sure
[speaker001:] uh so I really I know a lot of the Avon representatives are portrayed as being very dressed up but I mostly dress
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I try to dress nice but for convenience because when the weather's bad when I go into the home I take off my shoes
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] which I try to wear something easy to take off you know and put on and I don't too often take off my coat even so
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] uh I really don't have to dress up like you you would like if you're in an office or something
[speaker002:] yeah yeah well I imagine that where you live uh you're in warm clothing quite a bit of the year
[speaker001:] uh well not actually because we really only have maybe three four months of I'd say warm weather
[speaker002:] not really oh is that right
[speaker001:] yeah and the rest is uh gets into the cooler weather
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh-huh course they keep saying the weather's gonna change or we're gonna have more Florida type weather up here so I don't know but for now
[speaker002:] uh-huh so y'all are waiting for that
[speaker001:] um-hum but even for now we have a lot of ice and snow in the wintertime and uh cold weather and that type of thing now my daughter works all the time so she dresses
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] it I think you know you have to spend more money on your clothing and that because you do have to have the appearance a good appearance to do a good job
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] where you work
[speaker002:] yeah well down here it's sunny most of the time and uh
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] usually warm I mean we've had a few cool days uh this month but not anything I'm sure compared to what you've had so far so I mean people are still wearing shorts and
[speaker001:] um um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh usually around Halloween it starts getting cooler so you start you know breaking out a coat
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum right yeah
[speaker002:] at that time but that that lasts you know for a few months
[speaker001:] did you find you wore uh slacks when you were working full time or did you did did they wear more dresses and skirts
[speaker002:] no no never wore slacks it was
[speaker001:] no slacks
[speaker002:] I think it was one of those things where it's not like someone came out and said you can't wear them it was one of those understood things that you just you know either wore you know a dress or
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh not even a dressy slack a dressy suit slack suit even if it's all
[speaker002:] not no not not with what I did um most people didn't sometimes like the secretaries might
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] but even then you didn't see them wearing slacks too much and I really you know there's some nice pantsuits out and and I wouldn't have minded minded you know wearing those especially when it gets pretty cold
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum hm um-hum um-hum I know my daughter mostly I don't think she ever wears slacks slacks to work but I didn't know if the trend changes you know if uh
[speaker002:] but um uh-huh you know I think it's one of those things where it's not viewed upon as being professional I guess they expect women to be in skirts or dresses
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh look more like a woman huh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] yeah that's right and it's the men that make the rules
[speaker001:] uh well then you you you know why they make them then that way
[speaker002:] but no we usually you know skirt and skirt and blouse or suit or dress is is what you see down here so it's nice with me working at home because I can wear pants
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] no one no one can see me unless I'm you know gonna
[speaker001:] yeah but yet you need to keep up an appearance for your husband too though at home but that's I I believe
[speaker002:] yeah yeah but I'm not gonna put a skirt on just for him
[speaker001:] oh you don't think you will huh well you'll be excused because considering everything huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] yeah I think that the main issue at home is being comfortable in your clothing
[speaker001:] yeah but I I look at homemaking as a job also uh being a homemaker and I I think sometimes we lose sight of that
[speaker002:] right yeah
[speaker001:] uh by the fact that we don't sometimes watch our dress