Casual Dress Still Requires Pants

So most people that know me even remotely well should understand the title of this post. One of my few, yet biggest, pet-peaves about the way other people dress is sweatpants. I'm not even going to begin discussing any form of pajamas! Short of being on your way to or from the gym or participating in an athletic endeavor, there is hardly an occasion that makes wearing sweatpants in public acceptable. I am also considering college campuses to be a grey area because this pet-peave of mine pertains to adults and I'm not sure what college students are yet. Regardless, all I'm saying is that people should wear pants if they intend to leave their home!

Casual activities and casual dress can be both attractive and whats the other word I'm thinking of...casual! A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I participated in an extremely casual activity...

...bowling!

We both chose to wear, as we most often do, the most classically casual of all apparel, jeans. I am wearing a pair of Seven jeans, a Brooks Brothers boys button-down and tie, and my earrings were made by Tom's aunt out of salvaged antique jewelry parts. Tom is wearing Diesel jeans and an American Apparel flannel. We are both sporting some amazing shoes that the bowling alley was generous enough to lend to us. Here are more snap shots that were taken by both of us...

      

      

Wasn't that bowling alley fantastic! Tom tried to prepare me for it, but I was still shocked at how awesome the decor was! Mostly I was obsessed with the rug. Somehow, we both managed to dress in a similar color palette to the bowling alley. Weird! 

Back to the point...the moral of this story is that we had a fun, relaxing evening at a casual venue while managing to wear real pants!