Friday, February 03, 2006

Every girl goes crazy for a sharp dressed man

My husband Mike was elected to the city commission back in November 2005. After getting elected, he bought himself a black suit, many new ties and dress shirts. Last week, we went down to Toledo, OH to buy more suits. We first stopped at Westfield Franklin Park. We tried JCPenny's, Dillard's and Marshall Fields. My husband didn't see anything that really excited him and most of the suits were very expensive. After leaving the mall he wanted to stop at The Men's Warehouse.

When we walked into the door, a young man greeted us and then had a woman attend to my husband Mike. She looked at him, took a few measurements and then told him the size suit he wore. She picked one off of the rack and he tried it on, it fit perfectly. She picked out 4 suits that really looked yummy on him. When he would slip on a suit jacket, he would turn and look at me. I would tell him I liked it and he would walk down to a mirror and see how it looked. What I really wanted to tell him is he looked hot. I didn't want to say that in front of the sales associate. Finally Mike decided on 3 suits. She took us over to the dressing room and I took a seat to wait for him. While waiting, the associate asked if I wanted water. Nobody has ever asked me that while trying on clothes. I accepted. I felt like Miranda in Sex and the City when she took Steve suit shopping and she wanted to buy him one for a party she invited him to. The saleman handed her a glass of water. I'm such a loser. Anyhoo, maybe I got excited for the wrong reason. She knew he was buying a couple of suits, lets butter up the wife with glasses of water. Yeah, that must be it.

Mike came out in the first suit. He looked very good. The associate helping us said that the fit was very good, especially off the rack. Then he tried on a couple of more suits and then he decided which ones he was going to purchase. The pants needed to be hemmed, they were a little long. The taylor came over and made his chalk marks on the pant legs and then our shopping experience was over, I thought. After Mike got dressed the associate led us to a table where his suit coats were laying. The other associates at the store put together outfits for him to wear with the coats. She should us suspenders, ties, and dress shirts. I know its all about the add ons, I worked at Finish Line and Waldenbooks before. I thought the presentation was wonderful. I loved the variety of colors of the shirts and ties. It was the color pallet brought to life. I like the mixing and matching of colors. Mike decided on a tie. Then she told us to turn around. On the table behind us was a casual look. I loved everything on that table. A beautiful striped blue sportsjacket. A beautiful white dress shirt and casual jeans. Mike he wasn't too fond of the jeans. I loved them. I thought he should have got the casual look as well but he decided against it. He said it wasn't him. But I will make it him.

He said, "My birthday is coming up soon." Yes it is. I think someone might be getting something from The Men's Warehouse.

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