My Wife (The Domestic Goddess) has relentlessly commented on the out-of-fashion state of my favorite jeans; the 10 year old Eddie Bauers that I am addicted to. So I went to Nordstroms at Phipps in Atlanta to update my jeans and become a little more fashion concious.

I splurged and bought a couple of pairs of jeans that cost more than most of the slacks I wear to work and to occasions where I add a jacket and tie. I work at a steel warehouse, fab shop, and scrap yard so I do not like to wear expensive pants to work, but I need to wear something better than jeans for meetings and lunch at the City Club.

So now I have jeans that are too expensive to wear to work. I wear my dress slacks to work and change into my jeans at home so I won’t mess them up.

I am confused.