If you want to get ahead.....

 Get a Hat! I bought two balls of King Cole Raffia in Fireglow and a 3mm hook. Just enough to make this hat, I was aiming for the stylish shape H.M The Queen wears, a bucket style, but I think I prefer it with the brim turned up. We used to wear hats like this in the 1980s.I think it might need starching, or something. Not sure how to do that.