[RKDinOKC]

Realized something. Don't know where or what size clothes to buy because I haven't bought clothes for myself since I was in my 20's. Mainly long pants and shirts. As trousers and shirts wore out or got holes or thin, new stuff just appeared in my closet and the old stuff disappeared. And always fit great. Especially after started wearing chinos and sports shirts as business casual after I started working in the office and not the machine shop.

After college moved back home to help Mom take care of my Dad. When she noticed clothes getting a little worn she would get me new stuff. Said it was the least she could do for me staying at home and helping with Dad instead of getting my own place. She also had been a seamstress since she was young and if she noticed something didn't fit just right, she would alter it.

When I started flying R/C planes I bought myself a pair of shorts from LL Bean and a Hawaiian shirt. Bam, I had like four pair of the same shorts and 6 Hawaiian shirts. AND found she had made the Hawaiian shirts. Soon after I complained because my work shirts didn't have labels so took a little longer to tell which was right side out when hanging them up from the dryer. Thought Mom had removed the labels. Next thing I know all my label-less shirts had a tag in the neck that said "Made Especially for You by Mom." She had started making my sports shirts.

She pretty much made sure I had clothes that fit up until a couple of years before my foot incident. When I was 180 lbs. Since my foot incident and the doc says because of the synthetic insulin I'm on, have gained 70lbs. And can't seem to shake it. Down to just one pair of chinos I found in my closet from when I was in my early 40's and almost as big as I am now. Was 230 instead of 250. So need to update my business casuals for the bigger me.

Problem is don't know where to shop for pant's and shirts, and don't have any idea what sizes I need.

Since I was told to get a hair cut and not wear shorts to work am tempted to go get fitted for a nice suit. The only times I've been on campus at work in the last 8 years is for drug tests. One should look their best when taking a pee for their job, right?