A rather strained subject

Ooops, I need to lose some weight - or at least some waist, I haven't got a lot of weight to lose - if I'm going to squeeze into forty-year-old concert clothes by the 26th of May...

I can still get into them... just ... but it's putting a bit of strain on the zip, especially when I sit down to play. Sadly I haven't actually required formal black-and-whites for rather a long time!