Back in Black!!!

I actually was in black today and a lot lately since I have been back in DC after my four-month sojourn in Oregon--not because I am in mourning, but because I have to wear a suit again. Oh what a joy it was to be able to get a little crazy with my professional wear. Now it's back to the grindstone with a new job in our nation's capital. Once again, a lot of exciting interagency meetings, which all require the suit. I need to find a suit in a different color. There must be some other cool ones.

Oh and on my way to work today on the bus, with new handbag in tote, I had an epiphany: use something old to protect the new. Why? To solve an age old problem-- preventing my thermal coffee mug from tipping over and spilling all over my new bag. Yes, I could carry my mug in my hand the whole ride to work, but sometimes I just have to hang on for dear life and need both hands to prevent myself from hitting the windshield. They may say that those coffee mugs are leakproof, but don't believe them. There are one or two models out there that are, but most of those, after you drop them once or wash them twenty times just don't seal quite the same again. If you find a good one, let me know.

So here is the solution and I will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes: put a clean, empty, quart-sized yogurt container in your bag, (if it doens't fit then your bag is too small and you probably couldn't put your coffee in your bag, even if you wanted to). In the morning after you make your delicous soy latte of plain silk and Stumptown Coffee, seal your lid and insert in empty quart container, put all other necessary things in bag (wallet, sunglasses case, keys, etc) that will take up the rest of the bottom of the bag so as to stabilize the yogurt container and thus your cup, then proceed to your WMATA bus stop/Metro station at ease, knowing your new bag is protected and your black suit will not have latte stains before you get to your important meeting with OMB. Now you are back in black.