After finally deciding to bite the bullet and spend the money, I ordered a khaki Amerikilt just after Christmas ... that hasn't arrived yet, but I expect it will shortly. In the meantime, I also ordered an Utilikilt Survival... that was ordered last Friday and in my mail on Monday morning. Talk about speedy shipping!

After seeing how it fit on me (pretty darn well, but an inch less in the waist wouldn't hurt), I wandered around my bunkroom for a bit, then decided to face the world head on and headed for the mall and work.

Lunch and some shopping at the mall, and while I noticed a few double-takes and a couple strange looks, the only comment I got was a "nice kilt!" from a lady I happened past.

Then it was to work, and an afternoon of fairly good-natured ribbing. So far so good.

Wore it again today, and again the ribbing at work, but a trooper stopped in and mentioned that their pipe band members told him they'd wear kilts all the time if they could... that rather quieted the ribbing in a hurry.

So far so good, and I'm debating how much of my tax refund is going to be buying kilts... :-D