i've got pep

today was the opening ceremonies for the winter olympics, and as the official clothier for the canadian olympic team, we had a pep rally at work. we all had to wear olympic clothing, even though some people didn't, and we get to wear it to work throughout the olympics.

we watched the parade of nations and watched team canada march with our clothes. it was a big secret as to what they were going to wear, so it was cool to see it finally. the jacket and the pants are athlete-exclusive, so you can't buy them in the store, but the hat, gloves, sweater, and boots are available in the store. now i can't wait to see what they're going to wear on the podium. we have so much olympic merchandise, and such a wide variety, the opening ceremonies almost didn't do us justice because you can only see the jacket. i also found it funny that the czech republic followed canada in the parade, and had almost the same uniform.

roots is the official clothier for the US team. the hats they wore in the opening ceremonies are basically the ones they did for canada a few years ago, the poor boy caps. so unimaginative, tsk tsk. of course i have to tow the company line and support my own company and country.

something cool that we did was give the canadian team extra articles of olympic clothing. it's common for athletes to trade pieces of their uniform with other countries, so we gave them extra so they can keep their uniforms and still trade to get others. maybe roots did that too, but i'll pretend we were the first to think of it.

i was wearing the same jacket and t-shirt as our CEO today. great minds think alike. my new job title should be CEO in-training. my olympic clothing count: 2 t-shirts, jacket, scarf, a zip-up yoga jacket, and a keychain. the jacket and the scarf were gifts, i didn't go as olympic-crazy as it seems. (although i probably would have bought them myself anyways).

so everyone, the olympics are from feb 10-26. watch it on tv. cheer for canada. see the clothes. go buy the clothes.