Finally home after a fun trip. Watson my buddy Tim’s son and my son and I split from the girls as they hung out at an outlet mall as we hit a cool music store. Both of the boys have been playing in the band for about a decade - Watson a little longer. He basically can play any instrument by ear. He plays 7 instruments already so the music store was the logical choice to start. Followed by a knife store full of cool pocket knives. Followed by an Irish pub called Waxy O Sheas. This lord will only be leaping into bed. OOTD Navy car coat RL wool charcoal zip front CT tattersall shirt Levi’s 501 in black Darn Tough trout motif merino socks Salomon Trail runners

Well the wife’s parade is in 33 days and she hasn’t bought a single bead for throws. Guess what today is, bead shopping along with other errands and a “Krewe dinner” tonight. The insanity continues….. The shirt, Ben Sherman The jeans, Daniel Cremieux The boots, Durango The Rebel, no laces! The scent, Bull's Blood 2nd Edition by Inaginary Authors The watch, Heritor The hair, by me Not seen, the brace picture taken before I put it back on. Make it a good day.

Tonight I began (at least made it more official and when and why) discussing dressing well. My dad did, but he never talked about it (kind of a typical stoic man for his era) and I probably would have ignored it. I did t say that some day they would have to dress like this or anything fear generating. Instead, I said that if and when you ever to decide, you might remember these discussions. If I’m still around, I will gladly help. As my father passed say in his 50s, I don’t want to to make presumptions that delay my conversations with them. The topic is based on one item in my outfit. As I am wearing a pink puppytooth Winchester shirt, we went with the shirt. How does it differ from a normal one, history, the “power suit” of the 80s (the whole house loves the 80s). That was it. I didn’t want it to drag on. Or so I thought that was it. My older son asked about the pattern (tiny houndstooth) and so I shared that. My younger son asked about it being pink. He actually wears a pink hoodie for his travel baseball team (just swag wear), so was curious if other guys wear pink in their suits. Blew me away that, not only did they not object, but they asked questions.