So you make it all the way to work only to realize on your first trip to the bathroom that you have deodorant all over your shirt. That invisible solid crap is a LIE.

Turn yourself right around and get to the nearest drug store. Purchase a the first pair of pantyhose you see. Open, and bunch them up into a tight little ball, or pull the stocking taught over your knuckles. Then rub that stain like there’s no tomorrow. It gets deodorant off of clothing every time without weird damp patches or little balls of paper towel. Ditto for most other surface stains.  And, it’s something I have on hand far more often that a shout wipe or a tide pen.

And while you’re at the drug store, pick up some safety pins, fashion tape and a couple band aids. Then you’re fashion emergency kit is complete.

When you call the gym to sign up for the 7pm spinning class first thing when you get to work, and are informed that you are the sixth person on the waiting list, well, its tempting to flip out on the sarcastic front desk guy who informs you that it IS the day after a holiday. And when your gym has been blatantly overselling membership for the past six months. But why waste all that energy (and risk never being put on the spinning list again by snarky guy) when it’s really not the end of the world?

Instead, use it as a pass to get out of work 15 minutes early to make the 6:30pm yoga class you’ve been meaning to try.  Take in some fresh air with a run outside with a new playlist that will keep you as pumped up as the tunes in spinning. Convince that sassy desk boy to put you on the list for next week, since you are so unjustly excluded. Flirt with that cute personal trainer you always see, and convince him to teach you how to use some new machines, like the rowing machine. With everyone in spinning class, you’ll have your pick.

Or just skip it, and try again tomorrow.