Tie-A-Thon: An Introduction

When I was in High School, I only had one necktie. It was a skinny little black tie, and I (correctly) thought that it was cool. I only occasionally found myself in a situation where I had to wear it, but when I did, I (correctly) thought that I looked "hip." Later, in my 3rd year of college, I found myself working a job that required that I always be wearing a tie. For the two years that I had that job, I owned 3 ties (Pineapple, solid red, and a solid gray.)

And now, after working my current job for almost three years, I have so many ties that I really have no idea how many I actually have. Restated - and this is for Sarah and her potty mouth - I have a poop-load of ties. Over the last three years, ties have come to the occupy the role previously held by t-shirts. I used to love finding and wearing cool t-shirts. Well, no more. Don't let "them" fool you, once you get a real job you spend more time in a dress shirt and tie than you do in a comfortable t-shirt. Hence my current situation: up to my neck in ties.

Anyways, my coworkers have noticed that I have an, uh, assortment of ties, and have logically challenged me to wear a different tie, everyday, consecutively. If nothing else, I figure this will be a good way to find out how many ties I have, and to rediscover ones that have been buried.

I am arbitrarily establishing the basic rules as being:
1. Once a tie is worn, it must remain unworn until this farce is over.
2. Incidentally acquired ties (either thrifted or gifts) can be worn. What I mean by "incidentally" is that, if I am out thrift shopping, and if I see a tie that I would normally purchase, I am going to get it, and I am then going to wear it during this streak. What I will not do, is run out and buy ties simply to prolong this streak.
3. Ties worn will be left at work, to prevent confusion, mistakes, and cheating. My coworkers do not trust me.
4. I will wear ties everyday that I work, including Saturdays and "casual" Fridays, because "casual" Fridays are a buncha crap anyways.
5. I will try to blog weekly about the ties worn.
6. It ain't over until I run out of ties.

I urge readers to guess what day and month they think this epic-tie-wearing-extravaganza will end. To the winner I will give my least favorite tie.