The stages of dressing nice for once

1. Bargaining. You look in the mirror one last time before leaving the house going, "OK. You look fine. Don't change, don't change. It just looks weird because you don't usually get all dressed up like this...OK, if you don't put on the necklace will you not change?"

2. Denial. You get to work, like in the mirror and think, "Oh, God. I look like a hard up hooker from some hard-boiled B noir. I'm the chick Mike Hammer smacks around."

3. Doubt. People compliment you that you look nice. Maybe you don't look so bad after all as you intially thought, or maybe they're just being nice?

4. Dread. You realize if people actually like how you look...maybe you have to start dressing like this all the time to keep up expectations.