Our Quest to Find a Suit...

Todd does not own a suit. Directors are the kind of guys who work behind the camera and don't need suits. Unless they go to the Oscars, and Todd has not needed a suit for that. Yet. But he did need a suit for Charlie. So, being told that we could find one at "Ben's Rental" we went off with high hopes, but without a clue. Which proved to be our downfall.

Here we are stopping at "Ben's Rental".

Now. The only reason I would even persuade my husband to get out of the car and "just go see",

at a place that has chain saws in the front windows, is because I had prior experience with odd stores in this town.

Take a look at this one....

If you can shop for a couch and get your lawn mower blades sharpened at the same time, shouldn't you be able to rent a suit at the same place that will rent you a backhoe?

So logically, Todd "went and saw" while I waited patiently (coward) in the van. I can picture that interchange. He was chuckled at by the coverall sportin', toothpick nursin' 'Roy', and then re-directed to the correct "Ben's Rental". Which turned out to be "Benn's Menswear". Apparently no one had ever made that mistake before. Go figure.

We didn't click with Benn (read, PROM). So we ended up buying a fine suit at a fancy- schmancy department store on sale. Which was exactly what we wanted. You can buy a couch there too. But no backhoes.