This past weekend I attended my a benefit auction for my son's school, of course kilted.

I matched my Stillwater Saffron with cream shirt and hose, muted tie, black shoes, belt and sporran, silver kllt-pin (form my wedding) and flashes made of saffron colored felt. I'm sure I am going to get requests for pictures, but I don't have any- may soon.

In an earlier post, I said I didn't think the saffron would work for anything formal/semi-formal. Wow was I wrong. Once I dressed it up, it looked great.

But not why I'm posting. A girl in my son's class has parents from Scotland, and I have to admit I was a bit nervous showing up in a kilt. They were no problem, said it looked nice and no further discussion. However, the girl's aunt, who was over from Scotland for a visit, was there, and had quite a bit to say.

Let me preface this by saying she was completely pleasant and good-natured at all times.

For starters, there was a cash bar, and I would guess the bartender had gotten a fair amount of her cash before I arrived. When we were introduced, she said- "I see you're wearing a skirt." I didn't really know how to respond. I let out a feeble laugh and she followed up with, "we get a kick out of all these American 'utilikilts' in Scotland- if it's not wool and tartan- we call it a skirt." I protested and let her know it was wool and showed her there was a tartan pattern in the weave, and she rolled her eyes and let it die there. We ended up hanging out most of the evening and the few times it came up (mostly from others asking her what she thought) she was complimentary and called it a kilt.

I got lots of compliments, and had quite a few very nice conversations. All in all it was a great evening. Just a bit uncomfortable for a while.