Coz Every Girl Crazy Bout A Sharp Dressed Man

Yes, those are ZZ Top lyrics. Sorry ;)

This is the story of my sharp dressed man starting with the suit.

I had dreams of Mr.Joey waiting for me at the alter and a snazzy grey suit. Lighter grey, not charcoal. Something like this but without the shiny lapel.

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Or like this

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But Mr. Joey already has a charcoal grey suit with faint blue stripes in his wardrobe. He had to buy it for a wedding and it's not his favorite suit -- it has pleats. He said he'd rather buy a black suit since he didn't own one already and he would get more use out it. How am I, Ms.Wear-it-Again Wedding Dress, suppose to argue with that. So we went about finding the right black suit for the big day.

We thought it would be easy but it wasn't. Why are non-pleated pants (at a reasonable price) hard to come by? We went to a few Banana Republic stores and none of them had his size. We tried Macy's and Nordstrom, but nothing in his size without pleats under $700 that looked good.

We decided that while we check in Orlando while we were there vacationing with Mr. Joey's parents. Early, very early, one morning, FFIL Joey drove us out to one of the many Orlando area outlets. He said we should look there first. We went to what felt like every store and was just about to give up when FMIL Joey suggested the Brooks Brothers outlet. I was hesitant to go in. I was sure we couldn't even afford to shop at the Brooks Brothers outlet.

All I have to say is Cha Ching! Mr. Joey found a suit he liked, in his size, without pleats and way under $700.

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At the Brooks Brothers store, the suit retails for $998. At the outlet, the regular price was about $600 but because it was a few days after Christmas, it was 50% off. Holla. On top of that we got 25% off for shopping before noon (thanks FFIL Joey) and an additional 15% off from a coupon FMIL Joey picked up at the mall's visitor center. The suit came out to less that $200! It's not the grey suit I envisioned but Mr.Joey loves it and is happy. So I'm really happy.

Did your groom end up in the suit you envisioned for him?

Next up? Underneath the suit. And no, I'm not talk about underwear! :)