I am headed out of town Sunday afternoon for a quick trip to California. I needed shirt and tie for one of the day, so I stopped by Kohls this evening to pick up the necessary attire.
It only took me a couple of minutes to realize that I severely lack any ability to match any color or style of clothing. Seriously, how the hell am I supposed to put an outfit together. Am I supposed to match the tie to the trousers or to the socks. How do I match the tie to the shirt?
Why can’t I just dress all in one color? I bet even I could pick out black slacks, a black shirt and a black tie. Now wouldn’t that be much easier?
It would for me. I could always visit the children’s section and match up my colors from the Garanimals section, except the tie throws me all off.
Ties should at least come with a small card that shows what basic colors the damn things go with.
Shortly after Cathy and I got married, we had the opportunity to stay in a hotel and attend a conference without the kids. I forgot to pack appropriate attire for the evening reception so with 30 minutes to spare, I raced into Pigeon Forge and walked into a fancy clothing store, skipped browsing, went straight to a sales person and said, "I need a full outfit and I only have 30 minutes." He quized me a couple of seconds and directed me to the dressing room then brought me slacks, socks, a belt, and a shirt (maybe a jacket). It looked great! I put my white tennis shoes back on and he directed me to the correct shoe store. I stepped into the shoe store and spoke to the first salesperson I found, "Want to make the quickest, easiest sale of your life?" He took one look at my attire, and white tennis shoes, then handed me one pair of shoes. I tried them on and they instantly became my favorite pair of dress shoes.
I wish I could shop that way all the time.
When we were dating I did something similar. I went into Parisian and told the sales person I wanted to buy the outfit the mannequin was wearing. I like looking good; I hate clothes shopping.
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