Attire Choices

WHEREAS, this conference center's climate is, in my father's inimitable idiom, as cold as a witch's tit;

and
WHEREAS, there are lots of other attendees running around in jeans and button-down shirts;

and
WHEREAS, I can't feel my feet any more;

and
WHEREAS, I still look pretty sporty in a nice blouse & paired jacket, even if I am wearing denim on the bottom half;

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that I reserve the option of wearing jeans for the rest of the conference. Not to mention shoes that permit socks.

oh also

I was ready to "network" at lunch, where they were herding everyone into a hall and seating them randomly at tables. Naturally, therefore, I was sandwiched between impenetrable walls of non-English-speakers.