Avoid being the talk of the office after an unfortunate display at the holiday party -- no one wants to be that girl.
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6. Mix and mingle. If you have to be there you might as well further your career. Take this as the opportunity to schmooze with management and impress the higher-ups with your charm, intellect and kick-ass style.
7. Talking about style…wear something appropriate. Don't let the "girls" hang out and please wear underwear. The young Hollywood jet-set can get away with going commando, you can't.
9. If you follow the rules you'll be fine, but there's always the girl that didn't follow the rules and is now making out on the dance floor with the short pigeon-toed fellow from the mail room. Help get her out of there. It'll be your seasonal do-something-good-for-humanity contribution.
10. Send a note or a thank-you email to the people who planned the event. A little polite sucking up never hurt anyone. This is not revolutionary advice and the rules aren't difficult to follow but inevitably that girl will rear here wobbly head at your office party this year. She seems to show up every year -- and at every party. She probably always will. I guess she didn't get the memo.
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Ryan Jennings knows of what he writes -- and the pitfalls of over-consumption. He's one helluva bartender and the author of Entertaining with Booze (Whitecap Books, 2008). Visit www.cookingwithbooze.com for more ways to navigate this holiday season.
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