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We have been looking for Mr. Cardigan’s suit for months. MONTHS, I tell you. We have an extremely specific idea of exactly what we want, and apparently not many people make it. Our criteria is:

• Need a vest & pants
• Charcoal
• NO PINSTRIPES
• 5 button vest

Almost every gray suit that we found had pinstripes. Weird, right? Either that or it was like a million dollars. We checked Kohl’s, Macy’s, Target (they actually have a great one, but the pants aren’t available anymore), Men’s Warehouse, JCPenney, and about a million other stores. Of course, Mr. Cardigan isn’t very motivated to look – he keeps telling me “We have so much time!” And then I remind him that “so much time” is actually only 5 months and going by FAST! So, since he has this illusion of having forever, I was the only one really doing any looking. He went to the stores with me, but he was never really motivated to look hard or to buy.

For example, on our first suit shopping expedition, we went to Kohl’s and found a pretty perfect one. It was great, and just what we were looking for. He said that we would just keep it in mind and buy it when the wedding got closer. About a month later I went to look at it and it was gone. Awesome. So, I told him that the next time we found anything we would buy it RIGHT THEN. And then we didn’t find anything for months. Finally, a few weeks ago I told him that I’m done looking – it’s his turn, and I gave him a month to find it. ‘Cause he works better when he has a deadline.

He agreed to finding it himself, but that night I decided to check one more place. Express. They’re a bit out of our budget, but BM Audrey had a coupon that could make it work if we could find one. So, I decided to just check it out really quickly. And guess what? They had the perfect suit. And it was on sale! AND the coupon Audrey had could be used on sale items. So, the next day we dragged Mr. Cardigan and Kyle (Audrey’s husband and one of our groomsmen) to Express to check it out. They loved them, so we ordered them that day.

They came in a few days ago and, y’all… they’re perfect. They’re a really great quality, the perfect color, and they look GREAT on the guys!

Mr. Cardigan’s suit! Finally!!!

We’re both thrilled that we managed to find something so perfect. Now, all we have to do is get shirts for the groomsmen, find some ties, and get their shoes!

Did you have anything that you were looking for that took you FOREVER to find?!