If nothing else this move of work location has forced me to improve my wardrobe.  At the old location we didn’t have many customers or other visitors around, so we tended to be a bit rough at the edges (why dress up if you’re working on code or taking conference calls?).  In particular, I have a liking for loud shirts that are not meant to be tucked in.  Correlated with this is my extreme dislike for tucking in my shirt.  I hate it because it feels so constricting (not to mention the difficulty in concealed carry with a tucked-in shirt when I’m not at work¹). 

The new location has a lot of customers around because they come here for classes.  We have been told to adhere to a “business casual” dress code (which also means no blue jeans).  I’ve spent over $300 in the past few weeks buying new clothes.  On the positive side, though, is that I’ve discovered that I can now buy shirts and pants at Kohls.  Their sale prices certainly beat those at Casual Male.

¹  I looked at those “Pager Pal” holsters at the gun show this weekend.  The guy at the table let me try one on (along with a dummy Glock).  The problem is that while I’ve lost quite a bit of weight, I’m still not shaped right to carry with the Pager Pal.  It created a noticeable bulge in the front of my pants that I was able to identify as a gun.  I’m not sure if the Kimber would have done the same thing, but I didn’t want to take the chance.  Concealed means concealed…