Desperate times!

I have gotten into clothing funks before and I find that I presently am in one. It is usually starts because I have found pair of jeans or black trousers I like. If I find the perfect pair (or close enough) then I wear them until they are falling a part! Sad I know. There have been rare occasions when I have found an even more perfect pair, but this is very very rare. This rare moment perpetuates the clothing funk I fall into, which equates to a desperate painful search for jeans.

I have been wearing a pair of jeans from Old Navy for the last year, which I hate. I mean they are alright, but very far from perfect. These jeans came out of desperation from the previous perfect pair dying after a short and wonderful stint. I loved those jeans, they were long enough, the color was dark and faded, and the fit made me feel beautiful every time I wore them, but they only last about three weeks! I am not kidding either. I was so sad. It was one rainy day in Belfast when my perfect pair of jeans tragically tore in two different places. I took them back to The Gap and they refunded me my money, even though all I wanted was an exchange. The sales rep. told me there was a defect in that particular style of jean and they had been discontinued. She also said many people had the same problem with them and almost all of the employees had returned their's as well. This made me feel better (sort of), but this is what began a long and painful process of finding new jeans.

I found a temporary fix pair of jeans and then gave up my search, because it seemed every store I had gone to was revamping their jeans and bringing their new styles out in the fall. I waited and was disappointed to find the new styles were shorter in the length then before and they just didn't work. I have begun to hate my temporary pair and searched all over for new ones, but have not found much. The other kicker is I have also been holding out on buying jeans until I loose some weight. I have to say this has not been a priority over the last few crazy and stressful months.

Today, my mom and I were in a store shopping and she tells me, "your jeans are sagging!" I tell her I know, which leads into me telling her this very same story. Not even four hours later things turned tragic when my jeans did not make it through an afternoon of gardening! I was sad, but also grateful that they are forcing me to do one of three things: one, to wear only skirts and dresses! Two, to go out and find a new perfect pair. Or three, loose the extra weight that has been keeping me warm this winter, but has not helped me find the right fit! What is a girl to do? I have complained to The Gap and they sent me an apology and some suggestions on what fit to try to match my previous three week favorite pair! These suggestions did not bring anything I wanted to buy my way, so the search is still on and so is exercising and eating healthier, but until then it is skirts for now!

Oh, and Claire if you are reading this... I now understand why you didn't like to wash your jeans!