Every now and again, I get motivated to dress a little nicer
at work. Typically, I will opt for
jeans, knit or button down shirt, and running shoes. Unfortunately, my jeans are starting to look
a little beat up. Further, my running
shoes rotation is off. Usually by the
time my shoes start looking to haggard for work, I have a pair of running shoes
with about 400 miles on them that can be demoted to everyday shoes.
Rather than buying a new pair of jeans and a new pair of
running shoes, I opted to just start wearing my business casual clothes.
Since I have stepped up, I have been getting pretty lucky
with shopping. I came across some Gavin
Chinos for $9 while I was trying to use up a Banana Republic gift card from my
Mom. After wearing them the first day
with my Ecco capped toe derby shoes, I got into looking more professional. Before too long, I was cycling through my
half a dozen cotton pants and went so far as to pick up a pair of dark grey brushed
cotton pants from Costco. You can knock
Costco if you want, but I have had some good success with their clothing.
While I love my black shoes, I don’t have a pair of brown
shoes that I love. My Johnson &
Murphy plain toe derby shoes never fit quite right. Lesson learned, if it doesn’t feel great out
of the box, it never will. My American
Eagle square toe loafers are hopelessly out of style. Finally my sketchers bicycle toe derby shoes
are too casual for anything except jeans.
As I happened across a DSW coupon, I decided to go shoe shopping and
grabbed a pair of Dockers wing tip derby shoes.
I have never considered myself a wing tip guy, but these are
awesome. It is just the right amount of
flair and throw back styling I was in the mood for. I can wear them with nearly anything, but I
don’t have the confidence to wear them with jeans. They are very comfortable. Finally the price was right.
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