I have a meeting with a potential new client later today, so I dressed a little more carefully than usual this morning. Dress, heels, etc. The outfit was looking slightly blah, so I pulled out a leopard print silk scarf and fiddled around with that for a while. Then I took it off and put it back in the wardrobe, because the word 'cougar' suddenly popped into my head.
And now I'm cranky about it. How is it that a tiny bit of animal print - that used to be chic in small doses - now makes me worry that I'll be perceived as some sort of desperate 'older' woman? I know it's entirely in my head, but it would have bothered me all day if I'd worn it.
Should I have worn it anyway or should I save it for times when I'm not trying to make a positive first impression? People who know me wouldn't give two figs if I wore red satin and leather pants (which, rest assured, I haven't done since the mid 90s).
