At the end of July I got a new job at UPS. Its a great job. I get paid pretty well, great benefits and get a great work out every night for three to four hours. Consiquently, I am in the best shape I've been in for the better part of five years. The problem with this is I have lost 15-20 pounds since last winter and now none of my pants fit. Because of my recent Anna-Nicole trimspa transformation I have been shopping with Anne for a new pair of jeans that fit. Finding a pair has not been easy.
We were been trying to replace the one pair of jeans i do have that she likes. They were Levi brand...apparently frowned up on by the Nordsrom shopping, name-brand community. The most I had ever spent on a pair of jeans was 40 bucks at American Eagle. I was willing to put down a few bucks on a good pair of jeans if it fit right. So we started looking. We looked at stores like Buckle, Banana Republic, Nordstrom, Gap, American Eagle and found little that looked very good. I tried on really expensive jeans like Sevens and Citizen of Humanity, but nothing fit right. Now those jeans are a size too big. The jeans I tried on ranged from 60-120 bucks a pop.
I tried on all sorts of types of jeans. Slim fit, streight leg, tight fit, boot cut and relaxed. I learned a lot from trying them on, but none of the jeans "looked good" according to Anne. I would try on a pair, walk out of my dressing room and she'd look at me and say, "those are ok..."
"Those are ok..." is roughly translated to, "yuk, you look terrible." At first when she said, "those are ok," I responded, "Sweet! we found 'em let's buy them!"
No such luck. shopping is a bit more complicated than this.
We were at Macy's and we decided to try on a pair of Levi brand Jeans. 30 bucks...fit like a glove.
I am cursed to buying cheap jeans for the rest of my life.... and I couldn't be happier. Only if Anne was blessed with this same curse...
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