Come January when my team is back in the office and we’re all attempting to recover from our Christmas 15 and the budget blues and we’re struggling against the urge to settle in for a long winters nap, we do the only thing that makes sense: we have a white elephant regift exchange.

This year I wound a picture frame and a Nike hat that Mike’s sister had given him (price tags still attached), but there was a bonus: my boss’ picture in the frame. So I came back to my desk after the rounds with flashlights and maple napkin holders and action figures and tickets to local tourist stops and set my boss on my credenza.

But that wasn’t good enough. Oh no. Kelly and I decided we should start making outfits for him.

Sometimes Photoshop is involved, sometimes it’s not…and maybe one day I’ll share his entire wardrobe with you, but for now, I share with you the outfit I came home to after Texas.

What can I say. I’m paying it forward, yo.