congrats on the new hat purchase!! I love hats and sunglasses so I am always buying those things and sometimes hubby doesn't like them but he has no style sense so i just give him the "woman stare down" and walk away. When someone else compliments me on something he didn't originally like i give the look again, lol.
Just some advice on you stitch. I am still new but just want to let you know that so much of the advice you have been given I have used to get to the point of being ready to let my hubby go. I don't like it but his actions have led me to know that I am hurting the marriage more by not having those "real" conversations with him that need to occur.
Continue to act "as-if" but get ready in the near future to follow what gucci, puppy, trent, etc. have been telling you. IF he is not home to work on the marriage then he needs to leave...(not those exact words but something like that). Like I've read and am actually believing now, DBing can go against everything that you feel comfortable with doing but it does work. good luck and have fun over the holidays :-)
Me: 28 H: 32 1st marriage 4 both 1 1/2 year married 2gether for 9 1S: 6months 1stepson: 2yo