I was in desperate need of new jeans, so I talked my hubby into coming to the mall with me to pick out some new ones.

What a harrowing experience that was!

First, I went into a store I have never been in before that looked like they had cute jeans. Off the bat, the manager sees me looking at the jeans and asks me what size I am. I told him, and he shows me where all those sizes are in the piles. I looked up at the mannequins, and back down to the jeans in disbelief. HOW could a mannequin have PANTY LINES???

The jeans were just THAT tight.

SO I ask the guy “Are ALL these jeans tight fitting like that?”

He answered me in his swarthy Milan accent: “Yes honey! Everyone wants to look sexy these days, you know?”

I was like “Uh, no I can’t be looking like that. The kids in my youth group and stuff… I can’t have these on!”

He asks “What you mean? Why not?”

I got a little louder so he could hear me, since I was kind of mumbling the first time… “My girls at church in my youth group need to see a better model than this. I can’t show up in these tight jeans trying to look sexy. We teach them modesty. Thank you anyway” and I left to go recount the story to my husband who was in the food court with our son.

I eventually found myself a pair of not-as-tight-as-those-jeans jeans to be worn with longer shirts to cover the posterior. I also found a nice pair that fit like the ones I already had on. They make the sizes all crazy now and out of 3 of the same size jeans only 2 fit, and one of those just barely. If I was any other person, my self-esteem would have been hurt.

I also got myself some much needed undershirts and overshirts …4 for like 16 bucks. Got myself a cute blue hoodie to go with the blue shirt that I got that goes with my birthday sneakers (which I never showed you!!!)

and a pretty dressy shirt. ALL that for about $45 bucks. I love bargain shopping when I can find things that fit nicely and don’t show off all my goodies to the world!