Friday, March 14, 2008:Most of the time I solve the riddle of what I am going to wear the night before, knowing my propensity to waste mountains of time in the morning. Well, Thursday night fell apart on me so I found myself with the shot clock running down Friday morning in front of dwindling options on the tie rack and a desire not to do something simple - these two parts of the equation don't really pencil out to punctuality. During my whirlwind first H&M experience I had purchased a solid purple/mauve tie that went well with a graph check shirt that I until recently owned (it's spring evacuation here at 222B). At some point that tie got a snag in it, and if you've ever had a snag is a tie, you know as well as I do that it is a disastrous feeling as they basically ruin the tie - anyways, I had the occasion then to NEED a tie. The replacement was found at Target and it is by their house brand Merona. I bought it in time to wear to the memorial service of Frank Bates, a man that I greatly admired and Katherine's grandfather.
Finding myself back in front of my closet, I scanned across my shirt spectrum and suddenly I saw something that looked the appropriate level of spring - a shirt with green and purple vertical stripes. I grab a the Merona tie, but also a green tie and laid them across the shirt. I was disappointed instantly with the green one but hesitant with the purple one still. Knowing that the best part of this game was the consequence free experimentation, I decided it was OK
that I looked redder than usual and threw on the shirt and tie with my gray suit from Banana, snapped a photo and was out the door. The compliments I received throughout the day proved that genius comes from being pressed for time.I also wanted to highlight Dennis' selection today. Awfully patriotic, and I appreciate that on a Friday.

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