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Last night I did my final packing for my upcoming cruise, but it was not with out, despite my best laid plans, a few stressful moments. A few "posts" back, I mentioned that I had made up a detailed packing list for my upcoming cruise and did a "Test" pack to make sure I would come in under weight. However, I had a few last minute issues that put me under a bit of a panic.

First, last week, I did a “try on and see what fits” with my son, and besides just a few recently purchased dress shirts and a few t-shirts, very little fit him. Most of his pants were a little small too, and worst of all his tuxedo pants were tight in the waist. I figured we could move the button over or put an elastic loop in the tux pants, but I knew I needed to get him at least a few new things and quick. I made my way to the local resale shop in the hopes of finding some thing nice for the cruise. I really lucked out as they had plenty of designer and name brand shirts for just $3. I also found 3 pairs of dress pants or docker type pants for him. Best of all of those good things, I found a pair of tuxedo pants. So for less than $65 I got him a whole new wardrobe for the cruise and he’s …