Nearly 2 months ago I splurged and spent an exorbitant amount of money (for me, at least) on a pair of jeans. The price shall remain a mystery, but let's just say that when I tried them on, I was so convinced of their awesomeness that I shed my usual penny-pinching attitude and bought them anyway.
Then came the remorse. These jeans sat on my dresser in the bag with the receipt for 2 weeks. I agonized about them, thinking of all the excuses why I shouldn't keep them; I couldn't possibly pay for crummy jeans that cost that much! But I was finally convinced by the fact that it usually takes me a good 6 months of hunting before finally finding a pair with buying. At any price. So spending a little more on 1 pair shouldn't be the end of the world, right?
Once I decided to actually put them on, I remembered that they were a good 6 inches too long. Off they went to a friend's house to be hemmed. Alas, I didn't measure very well, and we, or rather, she, since I was only good for conversation while she sewed, hemmed them a bit too long. So they returned to their place on top of my dresser until last week when my sister-in-law re-hemmed them for me.
And now that I can actually wear them with no excuse, I'm finding them a bit less amahzing than I originally thought. Did I really pay ___$ for jeans that are already exceedingly faded in certain places? And maybe I widened up a little over Thanksgiving, but I don't recall them being quite so stretched in the waist...and hemming flared pants often ruins the shape of the leg...
I suppose it's what I deserve. Next time I'll stick with a cheap pair. At least I'm only out 20$ if I decide I don't love them after all.
2 comments:
OH jeans...I feel your pain. I hate spending a lot of money on a pair and I can never find anything that fits me well (the curse of being short). Currently I have two pairs that I love (a pair of Lucky's I found at the Down East outlet and some Juicy's inherited from Brian's co-worker who had them hemmed too short). I just alternate every other day! A hole just started in one pair though and I don't know what I'm going to do!!
Wish I could help you shop and find a pair that works!
Fautie says:
Kiddo, life is way to short to agonize over a pair of jeans that may have cost a bit too much. When you spend over $3000 impulsively on a fire detection system purchased from as high pressure sales dude in your living room who installed the ugly brown devices that night, at 11:30 PM (and woke up your kids so he could put the alarms in their rooms) then you can fill bad about a excessive purchase. You do remember this don't you?!?!?!
I still feel bad about that every time I look at one of those big ugly brown alarms bells scattered through out our house.
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