Check local thrift stores if low on cash. If you have none to spend at all, I'm not sure there is a whole lot you can do unless you have some girl friends closets to rob.
As far as what women wear in certain seasons? Depends on where you live and the climate. Here we wear 3/4 length sleeves and jeans or skirts with tights. Lots of women wear boots to keep their feet worn. Also there are lots of cute coats but only some really look cute on me. You will just have to observe what people are wearing to know what's appropriate for your climate + how hot/cold blooded you are. I don't dress nearly as "wrapped up" as some women do for that reason.
And it's actually "the 2.8%" given the nominal unemployment rate is 5%. This "crap" started to skyrocket in the summer of 2008 and had shot up from 5% to 7.8% (and climbing) by the time Obama took office, mainly due to the past administration doing nothing as the country was melting down. It's now down to the rate it was when Obama inherited this mess and dropping monthly.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000I feel for people who are unemployed and suffering because of this but lets be honest who caused this crisis and not ignore the facts of history here. Lashing out at Obama isn't placing blame on who actually caused these problems to occur.
And you do have to realize the part of your difficulty in obtaining employment could be from your recent transition. That isn't fair but is another fact we can't ignore. I know my employment opportunities are much more limited than they were before.
