Pants. What is up? It's no secret that I have never been someone on the cutting edge of fashion. (Hoodie and tennis shoes? Yes please!) And I am having a hard time thinking that anything in the stores right now is cute (Helllloooooo! The 80's called to remind you how ridiculous you looked then and that neon certainly isn't doing you any favors 30 years later!!!) but the pants are causing me some major issues. I have yet to embrace the skinny jean and until recently have always been able to find something flattering but I have been on the hunt for a cute pair of jeans for quite some time and have been less than impressed. Now, I will be the first to admit that jeans are not where I spend my money. But I feel like I should be able to find a decent pair of jeans for fifty bucks. I mean, I always did before 2011. My best fitting pair of jeans is from college. Tight in all the right places but with enough room to breath and not reveal my pulse. I don't feel like that is too much to ask. I would still wear them everyday if I hadn't turned them into my painting pants. Little did I know the predicament I would be in today.
The problem is the cut. I'm what they call "short waisted". I'm also short legged which is apparently not a good combo when you're looking for jeans. Especially when the style is "Long & Lean". Now I'm starting to feel like they're rubbing it in. I got a new pair of jeans labeled "mid rise". Really? If they were any higher I wouldn't need a bra! What happened to a nice comfy pair of low rise that would sit right on my hips? Do they not make those anymore? I feel like a granny hiking my pants up past my belly button. Next thing you know I'm going to be tucking my shirt in!!
And that's not the only problem I'm having. Since I now have to pull my pants three fourths of the way up my torso it is causing all sorts of problems. Either it squeezes my twin skin (it's a real thing. Google it. Or not, if you don't want nightmares) into a muffin top or they are so baggy in the seat and legs that I look like I'm wearing Hammer pants. Neither look is particularly attractive.
I feel like I'm a fairly average sized person but this pants issue is starting to give me a complex! In high school, much to my father's dismay, I would cut the waist band out of my pants so that they fit where I wanted them too. I would do that now but unfortunately, I'm about to be 33, the mother of two and a kindergarten teacher. I feel like the window of appropriateness for that option slammed shut about a decade ago.
So I continue my quest, but in the meantime, if you notice me wearing what look like my husbands jeans, don't judge.
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