When Pants Are Required... Quickly
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| What To Do If Your Pants Fail At Work! Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher |
Sometimes at work I get a memo with a dress code for a meeting that says something like "shirt and tie". I always joke that pants must be optional...
Last week, I was wearing some 20 year old pants at work and they failed badly. I don't like to spend money on clothes, but my career is my most valuable asset, and I couldn't very well go walking around with my fly fully open all day!
I briefly considered some options to repair my pants with office supplies such as tape or staples. I saw lots of opportunities to make a bad situation worse and decided not to repair my pants with office supplies.
The next option I considered was to drive home and change pants. There were two problems with this. First, I didn't have that much time- it would take me at least an hour to drive home, change pants, and drive back. The next problem was that it would take a couple gallons of gas and put about 40 miles of extra wear and tear on my car.
So, I decided to run to the Kohl's store that was a few blocks away. I had a Kohl's coupon in my car, and Kohl's has some great clearance bargains. Kohl's was a natural choice. I slipped out of my office before anyone saw my problem pants and soon arrived at Kohl's.
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| Clearance on Clothes at Kohl's- 80% Off Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher |
The first pair of bargain pants I picked up had a waist of 40 inches and length of 30 inches. Not even close! After about 1 minute of scanning and looking for my size, I found some nice Dockers brown corduroy pants in just the right size: 34W, 34L. And they were priced at $5.80. With my coupon, the total ended up at $5.28.
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| Receipt For Emergency Pants Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher |
I wasn't planning to spend $5.28 on clothes, so this is $5.28 of extra spending, but all things considered things turned out pretty well. I could have missed an hour of work and spent money on gas for an extra trip home, or I could have used office supplies to repair my pants which may have looked ridiculous.
I wonder how long a pair of brand new Dockers corduroy pants will last?
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