i went to the store yesterday to buy some new jeans. sounds simple enough doesn’t it? you go in, you pick out your size, if you can find them, and you pay.

but noooooooo, nothing can be that easy.

well, i thought it would be that easy, and in fact, i did just what i said above. except i made one small change, that totally messed me up.

first off, the photo is some random model from a penney’s ad. face it, you’d rather be looking at her than me…. back to my whining.

i usually pick up a pair of 501s at penney’s while i’m in the mall. but one of my friends at work, who i like to call ‘simplyme’ was bragging about how efficient a shopper she is. how she can always get super great deals by shopping around a little, and going wholesale.

ok, so i’m a retard for paying retail. i figured i’d listen up, and save myself a few bucks by following her advice.

so i went on a jeans hunting expedition that has lasted for near two weeks now. i started at target, stopped by burlington. made repeated trips to numerous stores and just could not find my size.

so i finally broke down and went to kmart. they sell wranglers. no big deal right? jeans are jeans. and let’s face it. i’m not exactly a fashion model so wranglers, levis, lee, they’re all the same to me.

or so i thought.

i bought wranglers. no i didn’t try them on. i know what size i wear. 36-34’s. so the inseam is 34″. and an inch is an inch is an inch. they should fit.

now i could understand a little play in the seat, or the legs being tighter or looser. after all, every company uses a different pattern? but the waist measurement, and the inseam. hey, an inch is an inch.

bastards.

these damn things go all the way down my foot. i washed them 4 times thinking they might shrink up some. they did a little. of course i didn’t keep the receipt.

i think i’ll just buy levis.

or take simplyme shopping with me.

and off the subject, here are a couple of things i enjoy.

the Carnival of the Vanities

and i’m 57% southern, how much yankee or southerner are you?