How Many Buttons?

Whenever anyone asks Mike what he's going to wear to the wedding, he doesn't want to give an answer. It's because he didn't have one. I kept saying, "Oh, don't worry about it. Picking out a tux is something we can do later." Well, later arrived. The other night I was checking my wedding to-do lists (yes, there is more than one) and realized we were overdue on the men's formal wear. Oops.

We had a little time this weekend and thought we'd go check out what they had at Men's Wearhouse. Well, an hour and a half later we had the whole deal ready to go. I had no idea there were so many subtle differences between tuxedo styles! We decided on a two button jacket with a notched collar. Mike liked the notch better than the peak. Once again, what? We also picked out a vest, pocket square, tie, shirt etc. We went with dark red as the accent color. Mike's vest has a really nice pattern too. The strange thing is, you don't actually try anything on. We put Mike in a couple over-sized jackets and tried to imagine what they would look like if they fit right. Besides that it was mostly guess work. The sales person, was really helpful, though. She put all the pieces together so we could get a better idea of what it will look like. She also took all of Mike's measurements.

This is the tux jacket, but picked a red vest and tie.

So we are set, just like that. All we have to do is pick it up in September. We also picked out tuxedos for the groomsmen and fathers. Yay!