Fashion Week for Suburban Dads

Monday:

What style-conscious dad wouldn't want to kick off Fashion Week by rocking a roomy pair of cargo pants? Speaking as a guy who owns 28 pairs (that's a grand total of 168 pockets), I can't say enough about how much simpler life became once I started wearing a filing system on my legs. And talk about versatility! When the kids were babies, I'd keep the backup diapers in my right thigh pocket, the ready-made Similac bottles in my left, the wipes in my left hip pocket, and a baggie full of nipples in my right (rubber, not real -- they were for the formula, weirdo). But remember, fashionista fathers: Once the kids get older, your pocket needs will change. That is why today, you'll find this dashing dad strutting his stuff with an entire bag of goldfish crackers comfortably concealed on my right thigh* On my left, I will be boasting a Trader Joe's juice box or two, which I will pair with an iPhone stocked with Cookie Doodle and Angry Birds apps in my left waist pocket, accessorized by a pocket-sized bribe of some kind in my right. I used to keep Fruit Roll-ups in that one to get them to do whatever I said, but they wised up over the years and realized how much that stuff sucks. Now I never leave home without a cargo pants pocketful of "fun size" candy left over from Halloween. I hand it out like dog treats to move the kids from the playground into the minivan, and from the living room into the bath. You know something? To celebrate fashion week, I think I just might toss a stale KitKat straight into the water tonight and let them jump right in and fetch it! And once they're bathed and sound asleep in bed, I think I just might change out of these cargo pants and seduce my wife by slipping into something more comfortable. Something such as...

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