Boss Fail exercising his Thumbs of Oppression.

See Charlie's status. Then mine. Then Boss Fail's.
He EARNS his fancy nicknames.


And yes, Charlie still has the graffiti'd sweetie as his IM image.

Ambush!

We were all rather crazed yesterday–the last workday before the launch of our brand update in the wee hours of this morning. Boss Fail decided Charlie needed to start the day with a heart attack ("Let's make sure that doofus is PAYING ATTENTION today damnit!") so he ambushed him with both barrels. Much pointing and laughing. And it worked because Charlie did work unusually hard all the day long.

Shoe Play: Answers

Richard.
Toes scuffed from his motorcycle shifter.
"I would NEVER wear pointy shoes. Feh."



Boss Fail.
Toes scuffed from kicking everyone around all day long.
"These are hot. You wish you had a pair."



Johan.
Toes not scuffed, because they are socks.
"Real men wear mandals in the office."



Charlie (of course).
Toes scuffed from shuffling up to the salad bar.
"Real dancers always wear white socks with black shoes. Haven't you seen Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face? Or the king of pop himself, Michael Jackson. Shooot."

Très à propos

Charlie sent me this link, a funny kid trick, and it's EXACTLY how his ensemble hit me!

kaBAMMO

Stop hurting me Cholly!

First, here's what he's hurting me with:


Taken separately, they're both perfectly acceptable: a striped sweater in a flattering shade of navy, and a graphic hoodie in milk chocolate brown (Chuck's better in dark chocolate, but let's not quibble). Together, HEINOUS.

I don't think the picture does justice to the horror. Try to imagine it life-size. And it's not just me–the whole office is just reeling this morning.

The terrible thing is that he did this to me deliberately. He sat there giggling in his cube waiting for me to come around the corner so he could BIFF!! sock me in the eye with this. Behold the unholy glee:

Shoe Play Monday

Boss held Staff in the bullpen this morning. Here are the footwear sported by the men in our team—see if you can put names to the shoes! Boss Fail, Johan, Richard, and of course Charlie are featured.





And here are the pistachios we were munching on. Delicious colors.

Plinkles and Pho Phriday

[Sigh]:

and NOM NOM NOM:

Good shirt and great shoes

Richard: sporting a dusty blue button-down with white top-stitching and shoulder tabs... all topped off with his signature look of deep, cynical suspicion. LOVE.



Ella: chilling in her skull-and-crossbone baby pink loafers from Auntie Kristin. XOXO!

Charlie's back!

With plinkles in full force. Check these babies out–they're good enough to be on a schoolgirl's uniform skirt!


Also: Loving these colors found in the gutter and on my desk.

Oh right, this blog is about "fashion"

Charlie is on PTO today, we can only imagine what his everyday apparel could be, given his interpretation of business casual attire.

Here's Boss Fail with Syd, aka Boss Win. As demonstrated before, Syd always seems to wear complementary candy colors whenever Boss Fail wears his pretty shirts.

Enjoy! Tomorrow we're back to Charlie.

More from Friday

Boss Fail changed his IM to this:


So of course I had to update mine, too:


Perhaps this will be a more peaceful week. But I doubt it.

Oh yeah, almost forgot: this was BF's reaction to my new IM graphic. He ran out of words (as boys will do, way sooner than girls) and had to resort to non-verbal communication.

FEE FI FO Friday

Lookit how HUGE Charlie is! He really is a monster–you can see just how big by the reference point of my dainty little feet.


Charlie is wearing the worst colors ever: dull red plus black, gray, and absolutely the wrong shade of denim blue. Boss Fail agrees, It Is Terrible.

Feast your eyes

Behold! Charlie's wrinkle-free jeans!

These are NEW and presumably haven't been washed yet, hence the absence of the wrinkle valleys. Charlie rates an 8 today: wrinkle-free top and bottom, and great color jeans in a darker wash than usual. Points have been deducted for the inevitable white socks with salad-bar black loafers, and a shirt color that does not favor his complexion.

Well done sir!

Translation

Oh no you DIDN'T!

Oh yes he did. Behold Charlie's mad Paint skillz.


Fear not. He will be punished.