As I pull up to the first store on my list, I debate on even going in for another attempt at denim comfort. Should I give up before I even begin today? My eyes roam to the neighboring stores and linger at a nearby craft haven and even an office supply store. I'd much rather be going in search of a cute little notebook.
Be prepared, I'm about to share a deep dark secret that many women would never speak of. I HATE shopping for clothes! Yes, you read that right. Don't mistake clothes with boots however. Boots I can mostly certainly count on for a smile and contented sigh. As for pants of any kind, I give up! Maybe it's the fact that it's so difficult for me to find a pair that doesn't accent my butt crack and post pregnancy stomach stretch marks. I'm tiny, but I'm not a teenager!
How many people can simply point, click, and pay for an online clothing item without a thought that it might not fit? Sure, there are some. For me it's nearly impossible. Especially when it comes to a good pair of pants. Most extraordinary petite people can't walk into a store, pull jeans from a shelf, and have an instant favorite piece to their ensemble. We must try it on. It's the way our world works. With this fact staring me in the face, I find it unbearably frustrating to find most stores choose to sell their "short" or "petite" items online only. For those stores that actually do carry short and petite styles, please stop putting the smallest sizes on the top shelves! Give this short girl a break!
Shelf after shelf, rack after rack, failure after failure. I search through petite, women, and junior sections in a desperate hope of finding one brand's style of jeans that was made for little ole' me. Snagging the solo pair found that seems like it may be a reasonable fit, I head to the dressing room. Quickly trying the pair on, and even more rapidly deciding they are not mean to for me, I change back into my current favorite pair. I look sadly at the comfortable denim that has begun the ventilation process and wish the brand continued to produce the same style and fit that I have worn out over the years. Then I hold my head high, okay slightly drooping, and determine that today will yet again be another epic fail in the saga of this short girl's search for jeans.
Next stop (for another day- one can only take so much torture): A petite store with potential... and a larger price tag than I'm used to.
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Keeping up is not my forte lately. While the items on my to do list are piling up, I continue to have a hard time following & commenting on blogs. Contact with my message board mom friends is sporadic at best. I'm fearful it will only get worse as the holidays continue their approach. Alas, I do my best.
Apologies to those I haven't been keeping up with.
