What I wear to work is pretty standard. I usually wear a collared shirt tucked into pants: either jeans, khakis or slacks. Depending on my mood I’ll use my black belt or my brown belt. My black belt is dressier, but when I wear it now I have to tighten it all the way to the last hole. Sometimes that’s still too loose. The brown belt is more casual and wider. I use either my brown or black leather shoes. The brown ones are derbies, while the black ones are oxfords. I have to leather jackets that I use on top of it all–one black and one brown. The black feels a little big now, but lighter than the brown one that fits like a suit jacket. Anyway, all of that gives me enough permutations to change things up often enough. Frankly, I don’t think I look sloppy. Most of the time I look casual enough without looking like a slob, which is where I should be.
So, this morning out of the blue I saw my blazer in the closet and figured that I’d wear that instead of my leather jackets. I mean, that blazer doesn’t get enough use. I paid good money for it so I better find more opportunities to use it. It was an interesting choice of a day to use it though. A storm system hovering overhead turned from snow to rain. I learned that my blazer does a good job of repelling water. During the lunch hour I was walking back from a restaurant in the pouring rain. The jacket didn’t seem to retain a large amount of moisture. I actually enjoyed using it today, and really I think I need to use it more often. Thing is, it tends to draw odd reactions. Other than comments about me looking dressed up, the second most popular comment was a question of whether I had an interview today. Whaaa? Sure, it’s a given that it must look a little more weird for me to be dressed a little more formally, but does it have to mean that I had an interview? It wouldn’t really be worth noting except for the fact that multiple people asked me. What, a guy can’t dress up to look good without a good reason? What a sad sad sad commentary that is. Maybe if I start dressing like that on a more regular basis no one will notice if actually have an interview. Interesting plan.
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