Last night I was home alone with our 8 month puppy who my wife generally takes for a walk after dinner. It was a pleasant evening, somewhat cool, but not too bad. The little woman was out for drinks and a burger with girlfriends, so I baked up a frozen pizza, fed the puppy, and ate. So then it's do I kilt up or not? I live in the boonies, lots of pick-up trucks go up and down our rural road, but really, generally we don't get a lot of traffic. What the heck I figure, might as well kilt up and head out. So I don a bright red Levi's canvas shirt, tuck it into my inexpensive Black Watch acrylic kilt I picked up here at the Scottish Games a few weeks ago, pull on some heavy black socks (not hose) and black outdoor loafers, and put my sporran on, and head for the road with Buckley, the schnoodle puppy in tow.

That's about it. Trucks, cars and one REAL loud Harley went by, no honks, beeps or whistles.

Other than wearing it around the house, so far it's been a trip to Lowes and the gas station, then wearing it at a friend's party last Saturday, and then out last night just for a walk.

My inexpensive acrylic kilt is already showing signs of wear and general tattyness, so you can imagine I am looking quite forward to my new tailored semi-traditional kilt that USA Kilts is doing for me.

Slowly but surely I will build this from casual to semi-casual to dress. Everything takes time.

I hope all is well with you kilted folks. Enjoy your day!

Frank