How often do you wear...

Jill1228 · #1 09-22-2004, 07:11 PM

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How often do you wear ... ?

1) Our letters?

2) Our colors?

3) Your pin?

astroAPhi · #2 09-22-2004, 11:26 PM

I'd say I wear letters 1-2 times a week. As for our colors, I don't have a ton of silver stuff, and just a few "reddish" stuff.

I don't get to wear my badge nearly as often as I'd like.

I almost wish work was a little dressier.

oceanphi01 · #3 09-23-2004, 12:12 AM

I wear letters maybe 3-4 days a week...I have a lot of letter shirts. I don't really have anything in our colors. And I don't wear my pin as much as I should.

Yeah, I'm an alumna now but still going to class as an undergrad. My fifth year...figured I'd the newer sisters figure out how things work.

Sistermadly · #4 09-23-2004, 02:01 AM

1 - Rarely in public. Really, I only wear them during recruitment. I hate to say it, but I feel kind of silly at my age wearing letter shirts/sweatshirts, and now that I'm (finally) done with school, I think it's high time I stopped dressing like a college student. I sleep in an A Phi t-shirt, however, and I have a necklace that I wear a couple of times a month.

2 - Never. I don't think I even own anything bordeaux. I wear silver jewelry all the time though.

3 - Rarely. I only wear it at official A Phi events. I've worn it more in the last week and a half than ever before.

I'm more likely to wear subtle A Phi stuff, like the necklace I bought at convention or the bracelet MisterMadly gave me for my birthday. I also keep my Phi Bear on my desk at work, and he's wearing my new member pin.

Jill1228 · #5 09-23-2004, 02:09 AM

I have a necklace that I almost never take off. I have my time card on a lanyard. That card is used to clock in, enter and exit the building. Don't wanna pay $10 a pop if I lose it!

As far as shirts, I wear them at home mostly working out or sleeping

I don't have a lot of silver and bordeaux. I have a lot of red because that is my fave color

What SisMadly said--this past week I have worn my badge more than I ever have. My work is not a place to wear it. It stays in the badge container I have (I take off my wedding rings at night and put them in the same container)--I hate sleeping with rings...I got to have a watch on though

mooseotter · #6 09-23-2004, 02:22 PM

Speaking for an older alumna I have to admit I have gotten rid of most of the letter stuff. I did just order some sweatpants but those are mainly for around the house. Love silver jewelry and I do have a lot of maroon shirts for work. At one point my husband and I had silver and bordeaux cars--ha ha. Unfortunately 12 years ago our house was burglarized and they crummy little *&&***%% took my pin. I just got a replacement off of ebay this week, it came monday and I can't wait to wear it.

astroAPhi · #7 09-23-2004, 03:10 PM

I passed down most of my shirts... I just kept the last Bid Day shirt because I came up with the slogan, my nice bordeaux letter shirt, the rhinestone shirt from Recruitment last year, and 2 letter shirts I got made senior year (one is blue with stars on it because I'm a space geek, and the other is black with black/green ivy letters... it looks very classy).

valkyrie · #8 09-23-2004, 04:54 PM

I'm an alumna, and I wear letters around the house and sometimes to the gym, but only if I'm looking decent because I don't want to look like poop on a stick while wearing letters. I have these light blue low-rise sweats that I just ordered from sorority specialties because they were cheap and they're the most comfortable pants EVER. I don't really wear our colors, although now that I think about it, my car is sort of bordeaux and silver, so that should count.

I can't remember the last time I wore my badge. I was checking out the Masters of Design site the other day, and I really want this ring, which I'd probably wear once in a while.

Edited because I can't type!

AlphaPhiBubbles · #9 09-23-2004, 08:29 PM

I'm an active ... I'm forced to wear letters like almost every day, apart from the fact that I have an APhi necklace and black bag I use as my schoolbag says alpha phi. I only wear my pin for rituals, and colors for special events like sports or greek week (i.e. silver and bourdeux ribbon in hair...etc)

Sistermadly · #10 09-23-2004, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by valkyrie
I'm an alumna, and I wear letters around the house and sometimes to the gym, but only if I'm looking decent because I don't want to look like poop on a stick while wearing letters.

Amen, sis! And I hate to say it, but this carries over into your personal space as well -- especially your cars! The cars don't have to be brand new, but they should at least be clean inside and out!

Aphigal · #11 09-23-2004, 08:56 PM

1. our letters - I have a ratty letter sweatshirt from college that I only wear around the house. I have some cute bid day shirts and foundation t-shirts that I like to wear out and about on weekends.

2. our colors - never

3. I wear alpha phi jewelery -ie the Foundation young alum ivy leaf, a nice gold APhi pin I was given for volunteer work. I only wear my jeweled badge at meetings.

Jill1228 · #12 09-23-2004, 09:53 PM

Oops! Ya got me! That is what I was doing on Saturday evening before going out! Cleaning out the hoopty! I hate "living in my car" (35 mile commute each way)

There is one thing good about a messy car: US customs agents usually let you go right on thru!

Quote:

Originally posted by Sistermadly
Amen, sis! And I hate to say it, but this carries over into your personal space as well -- especially your cars! The cars don't have to be brand new, but they should at least be clean inside and out!

MelodyCat · #13 09-26-2004, 12:22 PM

Letters...I have a tee with Alpha Phi spelled out in rhinestones across the front that I wear a lot, and I wear my silver lavaliere pretty frequently.

Colors..well, I wear silver jewelry all the time, does that count? I've got a couple of bordeaux sweaters, and come winter I'll break those out of the back of my closet more often.

Pin...I wore it last a couple of weeks ago. I recently got one of our red dress pins, though, and I'm wearing that a lot more often than I wear my badge.

aphibeach · #14 09-28-2004, 12:04 AM

i wear my letters about once a week....i wear function shirts like 3 days a week

i wear my pin whenever we have a formal meeting or a greek event where we dress in "pin attire"

and i have our colors on now......from one of our skits a few years ago.....its a bordeaux shirt with silver writing on the front

wsulindz · #15 09-13-2005, 02:41 PM

Letters- Once or twice a week for clothing, plus I have the Tiffany style A-Phi necklace that I wear almost everyday.

Colors- My school's colors are crimson and gray, so because of the simlarity I wear my colors a lot more than I normally would.

Pin- I'm still a new member, so I have yet to be pinned.