The benefits of procrastination

Last December I bought a new suit, new shirts, pants, etc. I had every intention of throwing away all the stuff in my closet that no longer fit. However, tomorrow always seemed like a better day than yesterday, so I didn't do it.

Now having lost a considerable amount of weight and needing to lose a lot more, I'm counting the benefits of procrastination. Because of my lack of action, I also don't have to buy a new wardrobe. I have one...or two...and they are good ones.

Luckily, I don't have any leisure suits or striped, bell bottom pants and flared silk shirts from the 1970s, but I do have clothes that I doubt meet the fashion standards of today.

For shoes, let's start with the classic black wing tips. Going north, we have argyle socks. Then there are suit pants and suit coats of different colors and styles going back 25 years. Let's face it, suits wear like iron.

I have a variety of dress shirts starting with white and moving all the way to cream. Actually, I also have a shirt the color of every arc in a rainbow. But I've been limited to white and cream because those have fit. Now they all fit...except for the big ones.

Where this weight loss really hurts is in the jackets and coats. Because all of my outerwear have been up-sized over the years and the old ones wore out, I'm currently stuck between a rock and hard place. My big green puffy winter coat -- that I've had since the boys were in high school -- kicked the bucket a week or so ago when the zipper blew out. I know they were in high school because I was taking them to school one morning when the zipper blew out on my big puffy blue coat.

However, the good news here is that Spring is expected to arrive in North Dakota some time in the next month. So I won't need coats and jackets for a couple of months and maybe by next fall, I'll have a better idea of what size I should buy.

Now the best news is that my belts are also looking way too big. However, I don't know yet what size belt to buy, so again, to be on the safe side, I'm comfortable walking around with my pants down to my knees until I settle on a size.

Turns out, I'm finally fashionable with the low hanging pants and clear view of my boxer shorts.