Congratulations on the PC I'm sure it will see you through many events, as for the rouche tie, I have tried it, in fact I have several of them, however I think that having a bow tie would help as well, as there will be events where you may want to go with one or the other. What Jamie says is true it is very important to look and feel elegant and dashing, I would say feeling elegant is more important, one comes from the other if you feel dashing and elegant you will look dashing and elegant, you can not underestimate the effect attitude has on how you look.