I’m not one to wear a tie.  I just don’t like them.  Yesterday I had to wear a tie to work.  It felt like it choked me. My other dilemma with wearing a tie is that I don’t have a great eye for pairing up clothing.  I just don’t care.  So I have one “tie outfit.”  I don’t think people at work have caught on yet, there’s been three or four times this year already where I’ve had to “dress nice” and “tie up.”  All wearing the same outfit.

My second dilemma for dressing up comes from having lost weight in the last couple years.  My two years in Cleveland have been in jobs that were more informal.  I have khakis, but they a little big on me.  My button down shirts though, they are from two+ years ago when I was 30 pounds heavier (35 now).  That’s a decent chunk of weight.  I bought two suits three years ago.  They really need to be taken in to be hemmed.  As far as shirts, I have some that are so big on me they just look ridiculous.

Also the 5 pounds I’ve lost in the last two months has left my belt useless.  I’m on the smallest hole.  That means I have this giant belt end flapping around just hitting stuff.  To this end I spent $80 on clothes yesterday.  Two pairs of paints, and two decent button down shirts that look decent on me.  However I couldn’t find a belt for someone that didn’t start at 32 for the waist (which is what I am now).  I’ll also keep ties at work for when “the big boss” stops by to throw on.  I’m sure none of them will match, but at least I’ll have a tie on.  That’s all that matters right.

See.  I can be respectable a little, when I want, when I care to.  Its not often.