Day 6 of Paul

Today was a pretty low key day (which, apparently, is the only kind of day I have).  Meh, whatever.  Today's big goals included: trip to the barber, hang out with a friend, grade.  And, other than the barber and needing to grab some coffee, I did not shop!  I know, this shouldn't really be surprising but a trip through the stores with said friend obviously presents me with many an opportunity for consumption.  I actually turned down two records I was interested as well as a vintage, 70s, western shirt in a lovely chambray with contrasting orange stitching because one part of the fit wasn't good.  Do note, a mild annoyance with fit was, historically, not something that would dissuade me from purchasing clothing if I liked the concept enough.  Today, I said no because it wasn't perfect.  This is good news for both my closet and my wallet.

It might seem odd that I just mentioned that I considered purchasing a clothing item during this experiment.  The primary reason this even occurred was because finding vintage clothing in my size is difficult as all hell, unless I'm down for rockin' the muu-muu.  And while it's comfortable (I have considered wearing one around the house on extra hot days), it doesn't really work for my day-to-day life.  As such, when I'm presented with vintage in my size, it's hard to turn down because I don't see it that often.

Anyway, enough with my day of restraint and on to my day of clothing.  I wanted comfort and a get-up-and-go look on the clothing, classed up with the additional components.  I pulled out the 501s, the athletic grey t-shirt*, and the black cardigan.  I topped it off with the oxblood penny loafers and the briefcase since I was only carrying books in case I had downtime in which to read/reread (Purity and Danger and The Power Elite if anyone is interested).  Well, now you can see them all.  Hopefully these photos are better then the prior ones, I even moved a mirror around to see if that would help.

Today was a classy-comfortable day.


* I initially had on the beige polo but after the barber my collar was wet so I changed shirts into the athletic grey t-shirt that you see here.