Blake starts his new job this Monday and we realized he has absolutely no business clothes. Of course he has a suit for interviews but never anything 'fancy'. Being the great mom that my mother-in-law (Kellie) is, she offered to take Blake out shopping for a whole new wardrobe. Blake asked if we wanted to come with and instantly I said YES! Remind all of you he rarely shops for himself, and I knew he was picky if I were to buy him clothes, but I figured it was because we have different taste in apparel. His closet is the tiniest I have ever seen, let me tell you... But again I thought it was all due to him being a guy. Anyways... We met for lunch before hand at Islands (one of our favorites) and eventually ended up across the street at our mall.
Let the shopping begin! First we tried JC Penny and (of course) they rearranged everything! Which made the business section look so small. I had NO idea how difficult it was to buy a nice shirt. The different measurements for everything, thank goodness his mom was there! Kellie and I picked what we thought would look great on him and he wouldn't even try on these colors. Okay, we didn't pick out purple or pink, they were in the "normal" range of colors. Nope, he wouldn't have it. After a couple tries with a few blouses I was starting to realize this isn't going to be a quick shopping spree. Kellie suggested we head to Sears to see what options they had. After a good hour later he finally found a style he liked! He ended up with a couple shirts from there and even two pairs of pants! Phewww!
Blake wanted to try JC Penny again now that he knew what he liked. As we were walking back to the original section we looked prior we saw a whole another section for business wear. (Shoot me now)... At least at this point he knew what kind of colors and style he was going for. Which ended up being less painful than the beginning. Shoes! We can't forget about shoes! Luckily JC Penny has a great shoe selection for reasonably priced (so I think). OMG... The selection was too much for me. They had traditional, modern, or in-between style and multiple colors. I'm so glad we convinced him to stay away from brown for now and play it safe with plain black. He ended up loving this pair that was in-between a traditional and modern look. While he was trying on the shoes Olivia was starting to lose it too. Holy cow this guy is picky! After almost 7 years of marriage I had no idea! So a little over 3 hours later our shopping trip was a success!
Altogether Blake got 5 pairs of pants, 6 blouses, dress socks, belt, undershirts, shoes and I think that is all. He is beyond set for his new journey in the workforce. I'm so happy for him, he really truly deserve this after all of his hard work. And a big shout out to my mother-in-law for helping us out! I can only say enough how blessed we are!
So guess what I am doing today?.... You guessed it... Laundry and ironing. Yay me!
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