All right, friends over 30 (or maybe just younger). I recently had to buy new jeans, an event I hope to not repeat for a long time. For the past I-don't-know-how-many years, I have bought jeans at the Gap. They are usually reliable, and are not terribly expensive. Last time I went, I mentioned to the clerk that I hate that extra fabric in the back that gaps wide open when I sit down or bend over, my two most common poses with small children. The teenage clerk said that it happened because I had big hips and that I should try the "curvy" jeans. Dismissing her comment as adolescent ramblings, I bought the curvy fit and have been quite happy...until I wore through the knee (from picking up that lost shoe with the baby on my other hip) last month. This time, I tried on EVERY pair of jeans at the Gap, with Anna and Daisy crawling from one dressing room to another (good thing nobody shops at the Gap anymore - wait, maybe that should have been my first sign). After giving it all I had, I gave up, defeated.
So a few weeks ago, I wandered into Buckle, feeling for all the world like I absolutely did NOT belong there, and sure that everyone knew it. But determined to find a good pair of jeans, I swallowed my pride and got a dressing room. The size 0 clerk started handing me jeans over the door and one of them was a pair of GUESS jeans! Now I don't know about you, but I hadn't seen GUESS since 8th Grade. The first thing I did was look at the back pocket, but there was NO LITTLE TRIANGLE. I tried them on anyway and came out to talk to the clerk. She said that they looked great (a gross exaggeration, I assure you) and I told her that I didn't think I could spend almost $100 on GUESS jeans when there was no little triangle on the back pocket and no little zippers at the ankles. She totally didn't get it, and I was wishing for an old friend to have been there with me to laugh our heads off. Instead I just stood there feeling stupid and old.
And yes, I did find jeans and they don't have any logos on the back pocket. Isn't that what 30-somethings are supposed to wear?
4 comments:
:) So funny! I love it!
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Ok, friend! I'll laugh with you...though I would've love to be there to watch your restless girls while you tried on the Guess jeans! Too funny. By the way, there's no way you have "wide hips," skinny-mini! I love Buckle. It's about the only place I can find jeans in extra-long, though we may not share that problem;-) Enjoy your fashionable, if expensive jeans and bend over all you want without your backside hanging out! Love you...
This is a great post! I'm personally terrified of shopping for jeans, I think I'll have to get therapy first. And if someone told you that you have wide hips, they'll most likely just send me straight to the super-plus size department. Yikes.
And I would have laughed out loud at your Guess jeans joke! Hilarious!
I love your blog! And I enjoy your ramblings. I also just recently purchased jeans from Buckle and felt silly in the store. But they are my favorite jeans. And if you are anything like I remember in school than you are not even close to curvy. Are you still running in the freezing weather?
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