All things new..

I have an announcement - I (Jen) started a new job this week! (nope, not as a mom, but hopefully that will be sometime soon (relative) too.) I now work for a large internet retail company in their marketing department. Pretty sweet, huh? Here are several reasons why I'm a fan:

• I pretty much shop all day without actually buying anything. I pretend as if I'm a customer and think of how, as the customer, I would want the items sorted, categorized, organized, etc.. Then I make the changes, and waalahh... the changes appear the next day
• The "stores" I've been assigned are Bedding, Health & Beauty, Baby, and Crafts & Hobbies. Doesn't that sound like so much fun? Deke thought it was a little too girly. He wanted me to do Sports. I had to remind him, that I am infact a girl, and those things are exciting to me. It's just a tad more interesting than, say, natural gas (here's looking at you BP).
• Everyone has an 8 hour work day which includes an hour break for lunch, so technically you're really only working for 7 hours
• You can listen to your ipod all day if wanted (if I had an Ipod, but still... )
• I don't feel like people are looking over my back all day long
• Employee discounts and free shipping always! Wahoo!
• I actually feel like an important part of the company - Changes I make/do directly affect how millions of people globally are viewing the site. Scary, but at the same time exhilarating.
• I can still wear jeans to work. Very important.
• 2 words: Sample Sale. This actually happened my first day on the job. They bring in a ton of samples they've received and then mark them down atleast 90% off market price. If we want the item, we put our name on the list and if they draw your name for that particular item, it's yours.
• Hot chocolate and Apple Cider in the kitchen. We're talking the real thing too - none of this sugar free stuff

So, yup. I'm already enjoying my job. In fact, I think I won't actually dread going back to work come every Monday morning. What a novel idea!

Here's to new beginnings!