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Friday was Paul's 57th birthday. I'd been asking him for about a month now what he wanted for his birthday present. He was non-commital. Finally, on Friday he came home early from work and sheepishly looked at me when I suggested we go out to shop for a present for him. He fessed up. He thought he needed a wardrobe overhaul. Poor guy. I was perplexed though. The man is a clotheshorse!
So we went through his closet...all of it. It was so funny watching him try to weasel out of finishing the job. He just doesn't like to think about clothes. It turns out a lot of clothes are worn out, don't fit, are dirty or in need of repair. He hasn't been bringing things to me. I can only imagine what his staff think! Sigh...
So we made a list of things that needed to be replaced. I gave another deep sigh...3 dress shirts, 3 t-shirts, 2 pairs of pants. I figured it would cost about $300CAD for him. He is tall and thin and we have to buy at specialty stores usually.
Well today we actually hit the stores. We started at the thrift store and scored right away...2 t-shirts for a total of $8CAD. Then off to a clearance centre (outlet store) and scored 2 dress shirts, a tie (came with the shirts), and a pair of dress pants for $34CAD. I'm feeling pretty pumped by all this! Later Paul dropped me off while he visited Mark's Work Wearhouse. He found the second pair of pants...not on sale...$65CAD. It's okay. He saved mega-bucks on the other stuff. He picks me up and talks about this shirt that he didn't know about...it was nice, but expensive. I insist we go back and look at it. Good thing too! By the time we rang out of the till it was 1/3 off...$50.
So Paul is only short a t-shirt now. I told him he could buy whatever he wanted. The total bill so far is $157CAD! Almost half what we'd budgeted! Yippee! Both Paul and I are pretty pleased right now. Especially since he saw the $4 thrift store t-shirt selling at Mark's Work Wearhouse for $18! And I found out something...he likes the clothes at Marks Work Wearhouse. I'll be keeping an eye on their sales from now on...
So we went through his closet...all of it. It was so funny watching him try to weasel out of finishing the job. He just doesn't like to think about clothes. It turns out a lot of clothes are worn out, don't fit, are dirty or in need of repair. He hasn't been bringing things to me. I can only imagine what his staff think! Sigh...
So we made a list of things that needed to be replaced. I gave another deep sigh...3 dress shirts, 3 t-shirts, 2 pairs of pants. I figured it would cost about $300CAD for him. He is tall and thin and we have to buy at specialty stores usually.
Well today we actually hit the stores. We started at the thrift store and scored right away...2 t-shirts for a total of $8CAD. Then off to a clearance centre (outlet store) and scored 2 dress shirts, a tie (came with the shirts), and a pair of dress pants for $34CAD. I'm feeling pretty pumped by all this! Later Paul dropped me off while he visited Mark's Work Wearhouse. He found the second pair of pants...not on sale...$65CAD. It's okay. He saved mega-bucks on the other stuff. He picks me up and talks about this shirt that he didn't know about...it was nice, but expensive. I insist we go back and look at it. Good thing too! By the time we rang out of the till it was 1/3 off...$50.
So Paul is only short a t-shirt now. I told him he could buy whatever he wanted. The total bill so far is $157CAD! Almost half what we'd budgeted! Yippee! Both Paul and I are pretty pleased right now. Especially since he saw the $4 thrift store t-shirt selling at Mark's Work Wearhouse for $18! And I found out something...he likes the clothes at Marks Work Wearhouse. I'll be keeping an eye on their sales from now on...
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