Shopping for jeans!
If that statement doesn’t bring up loathing, disgust and dread to both you and your wallet, then you are a man…you’ve worn the same size forever, can buy the same jeans at Sears, Wal-mart, or JC Penny and can even find them on sale. You’ve never worried if your jeans made your butt look fat. You have always probably been able to wear any of your jeans and sit down without pinching anything.
Shopping for jeans is a trying experience for woman. If it is not, well then you probably do not read this blog, I’ve never met you (or anyone like you).
The last time I was in ‘the city’, My Loving Spouse said, “Sweetie, don’t rush home, go get yourself some jeans while you are near the mall.” We go through a lot of jeans here, so this was a thoughtful suggestion. It almost sounded…easy…ha! I went to one major (large) store and they did not even have ONE pair of jeans in a long/tall…pant size. (Plenty of petites…oh, don’t get me started!) At major store number two, I found only three to even try on…all different styles, but the only ones in long…the only ones they had…only one pair really works…the others make me sweat, where uhmmm, excuse me one should not sweat! Suffice it to say…shopping for jeans…stinks, wearing ‘bad’ jeans stinks worse.
Today I was feeling brave. I needed jeans! Ones that were looooong enough gosh darn-it, didn’t pinch or make me sweat. I had my wallet and I was going in. Into town…(no freeway)…no mall, parking was easy at my favorite store (where I’d decided to try shopping for jeans). There was plenty of parking near the front door, so I chose a spot near the wheel barrows. I entered The Hardware Store/ Feed & Seed, went past the ropes, nuts & bolts, stopped briefly at the dog treats, glanced at the work gloves, did not get distracted by the boots or hats and went directly to the wall of jeans….$10 off all women’s jeans, oh be still my heart.
It turns out, that the Hardware/Feed & Seed is a plethora of jean choices for women (at least 14 kinds)…boot cut, low-rise, really low-rise (I don’t think so), booty up (yes, really), long and extra long. The Feed & Seed knows something the malls don’t….not everyone is short. They have looooooong jeans. I even tried on a pair that were too long, I didn’t know that was even possible…it was a sweet moment.
Good bye city mall,
Hello country mall.
The Hardware/Feed & Seed where they have everything I need.
Okay not everything,
they don’t have bras or chocolate….
Nothing wrong with being short! Best comment I ever heard was a lady coming out of the cubicle and asking her husband “does my fat look like an arse in these?”
The Feed & Seed is a wonderful store, I can forgive them for not selling bras and chocolate!
I feel your pain regarding finding jeans long enough! I end up trying on styles in the store, then writing down all the info I can and going to the store website to see if they offer the same thing in longs. Guess I will have to continue doing that since we don’t have a Feed & Seed down here.
Just another reason to come visit.