Discovering Myself

So I was invited to go out last night by someone I met at a Gay Professionals Meetup Group. He was a nice guy, consultant from the UK in town on contract until August. So I said sure. I didn’t want to go home and my shirt was my “going to the park and it’s comfortable” shirt. So I walk over to this place at the base on my friend’s condo and walk in and the attendant asks if I need help. I, of course, being the “man” that I am so, no thanks I’m sure I can find something.

Well let me tell ya something. There were so many things that I would have never bought before in there that I just couldn’t figure it out. So I ask the obviously gay attendant that I really did need help. So he has no idea that I was gay in the beginning. So he asks me what I like and I told him that I want it to be comfortable and fairly conservative. None of the ridiculous patches or prints on them. I don’t really get that whole thing. He was nice and understood. He actually said that I was a challenge because I didn’t know what I wanted and didn’t care as long as it met certain criteria. So I go in to the changing room and him and his other gay employees start throwing shirts at me. I tried one on that was “tapered” which means tight as shit at the bottom in French!

So apparently my working out has yet to yield tummy results! I’m working on it bitches!

So I try on this trendy tapered shirt, a regular polo (which was a bit tight and the sleeves were a bit short), this t-shirt (I hate going out in t-shirts), and then this really thin nice short sleeve shirt. Ok, from that description of course it’s the one I bought. It was tighter that I would have bought, but all the gay guys said I looked “fierce” whatever the hell that means. haha

So I went back to the gay bookstore to show my friend Callie my purchase. She said, it looks nice without trying too hard. I agreed, I thought I looked really good.

Well, so 80 bucks and on shirt later, I was happy. *sigh* 80 bucks for a shirt! I shall be forced to cut a ho! Oh well, it was worth it. I’m excited when I lose some weight it’s clothes shopping time.

Ok, I do like to look well put together, but I’m just not into fashion.  My idea of dressed up to go out to like a club or something is jeans and a button down shirt.  But I always wear jeans and a button down shirt.  To work I wear slacks and a button down.  Business casual as it were.

I am pretty consistent with my wardrobe.  If I am just doing whatever, it’s shorts t-shirt and flip flops.

Since I’m going to the gym all the time now, I’m hoping once I get my waist size down I’ll be able to get a little bit more fashionable.

But honestly, I just don’t understand spending more than 30 bucks on jeans or whatnot.  I’ve done it, but rarely and it was for a special occasion.

The clothes does NOT make the person.  Of course you should look clean and groomed, but I don’t care if you have a $1500 dollar suit on or a $150 suit on.  It’s all name brand bullshit.

Oh well, I guess that’s my rant for the day. haha

I do like to look clean and groomed, but just do it on the cheap.  If anyone has any suggestions let me know.