So, today, I officially became “one of those girls” who shopped at Aéropostale and Hollister. I figured, if I’m going to be in school in August, I don’t want to go dressed as someone who doesn’t care about their looks. Clothes don’t make the person, but they make the first impression! I also bought a nice pair of slacks and a blouse at Target, just in case I happen to need to go somewhere and look professional or go somewhere that’s casual dressy. I saw these awesome pin stripe jeans and was going to get them, and they were on sale and I didn’t get them. Frankly, it was a choice between those jeans and a new pair of sneakers for work/school. My Sketchers that I wear, even though they are almost a year old, still look alright. But I found a new pair that I was just dying to have at Bealls, and they were 30% and I have a coupon for an extra 15% off. That would make them like $20.

I also feel a little disloyal to my major because I’m already second guessing it and I haven’t even started yet! I’m thinking about switching my major to become a Registered Nurse (RN) instead of majoring in Education. If I got my Associates degree in Nursing, I would be making about five or ten thousand more a year than I would be as a Teacher and if I continued on and got my Bachelors in Nursing, I would get about fifteen thousand more a year and let’s not even get into if I kept going and became an ARNP. That’s a lot of money! And I’m not going to lie, money is a big deal to me right now because now that I don’t have to sit here and scrounge to make ends meet (don’t get me wrong, I’m still not rich but you catch my point…) and I can finally buy clothes and whatnot and still have money to send off to pay my bills - I really enjoy it and I’ve learned that it’s not as shallow as I thought it was.

If I want to be able to afford the things I want, then I’m just going to have to work a little harder at other things. I really love the patient-care aspect of being a Certified Pharmacy Technician but frankly, the pay scale sucks in a retail setting. You really have to work in a Hospital or a managed care setting in order to get the most for your title. I love the people I work with and I love the benefits but having an extra dollar or two an hour wouldn’t hurt either. Every day is something different and I do enjoy that. On one hand, I’d be making a lot of money - but on the other hand, I would have to give up a set schedule and maybe have to even work some holidays that I don’t want to (Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter to name a few) and I am really going to sit down and seriously consider getting into it.