May I suggest a chin strap for your new hat (thinking like the firemen have). Seems you need to replace that hat every so often since it is safety gear for you, right? Go ahead, pamper yourself. Spring for a new safety hat and coveralls at Grainger every year or two. That way, if your pants split, no one will be the wiser. Anyway, if I can spend $240 getting color, highlights and a facial every 6 months, you definately can justify a trip to Grainger for yourself.
Its hard when we are all wound up with working, paying bills, going to docs, taking meds, making dinner, doing laundry and then getting up to do it all over again, that we HAVE to break the pattern every now and then and do SOMETHING to TAKE CARE of ourselves.