Posted by: L
Women spend four times as long making sure they look sharp for work at the beginning of the week than they do by the end, according to a survey of 1000 customers of British retail chain Debenhams. Men also let their attention to appearance slide as they week wears on, but over all spend much less time sprucing themselves up, from 28 minutes on Mondays to 11 minutes by Wednesday.
I found this neat tid-bit from our upstairs neighbor and wanted to share:
Pretty on Monday, Pretty Grim by Friday
76 minutes average British women spend on grooming to get ready for work on Mondays.
19 minutes average British women spend on grooming to get ready for work on Fridays.
76 minutes average British women spend on grooming to get ready for work on Mondays.
19 minutes average British women spend on grooming to get ready for work on Fridays.
Women spend four times as long making sure they look sharp for work at the beginning of the week than they do by the end, according to a survey of 1000 customers of British retail chain Debenhams. Men also let their attention to appearance slide as they week wears on, but over all spend much less time sprucing themselves up, from 28 minutes on Mondays to 11 minutes by Wednesday.
{Globe & Mail, Life Section, June 8, 2010}
Right now, I'm loafing around (11:30, Sunday night), thinking: I really need Mondays off, too, and Fridays. Even though I took four naps slept the weekend away really relaxed this weekend, work has a funny way of sneaking up on you, just when you're settling in, getting used to being with the people that mean the most to you and doing things that make you happy (instead of, you know, staring blankly at Excel for eight hours, running to meetings, and returning e-mails and phone calls). (Insert Snooki "Waaa" here.)
Even though the stats reported are from another country, I don't think there's much difference over here than there?
I do know that I shall not be spending the 76 minutes getting ready for tomorrow, though. Maybe 30, or 40 if you include one hit of the snooze button of the alarm, broken down as follows:
- 20 minutes: slide out of bed, shower, dry off, comb hair, if needed (tomorrow isn't a "wash hair" day!), lotions, hair product routine;
- 10 minutes: put on clothes, quick make-up routine (thanks to not having client meetings any more, the routine can be quick: bronzer, blush, mascara);
- 5 minutes: search for food, wonder why the choices are few and far between, vow to make lunches the night before, grab juice, fruit, fruit crisps, change of shoes;
- 5-10 minutes: grumbling, cursing and wondering why there is not a single Starbucks in the town I work in or on the way to work. (Addition? Yes.)
- Run out the door.
And the epilogue? Spend the next 1.5-2.5 hours in traffic; text girlfriends; sneak into desk.
How about you, Readers: how much time will you spend getting ready for work in the morning? Does your routine slide as the week ends? Chime in!
