Pinch Me - I May Be Dreaming

Dave and I went shopping on Sunday. It was his idea (not completely unusual), and shopping didn't include Home Depot this time :). But it did include jean shopping (he needs a new pair and I do too. My favorite pair ripped and I had a GAP certificate for new jeans - where my favorite pair was from). So off we went. Although I have a gift certificate, it doesn't mean that I will find what I am looking for.

I hate jean shopping. I despise it. I usually start with a positive attitude, then by the end of the shopping experience I am in tears.
Reasons for the tears:

• Last year's style (that I bought) was discontinued
• The style I like is sold out
• The store is closed
• I gained weight, or as I like to the think - the size chart just got revamped (a size 6 is now a size 12)

We started out a Eddie Bauer. Dave found a pair he liked and I scanned the shelves. You never know what you can find. Over in the corner, I see a stack of jeans with the title "Natural - comes up a little higher in the butt, and lower in the front" - Okay, maybe that's not exactly what it said, but that's basically it. Whenever I try on jeans, I have to wear a belt because they totally stick out on my butt. The cuts are a little too low rise for me, so that's what happens. I don't want to wear "Grandma" jeans just so I don't have to wear a belt.
So I grabbed the jeans off the shelf, preparing myself for the inevitable; that they won't fit. I slip the jeans on, and the butt seems ok, but the real determining factor is how it fits once I zip them up. Slowly I zip and I can't believe my eyes! The jeans do not come up to my chest. The top of the jeans sit below my navel - really? Is this happening? Then I turn around to look at my butt. I am sure that the jeans have to be leaving a huge gap. But NO! The top of the jeans are actually touching my skin! I am amazed. This can't be true! I sit in them, squat in them, and then turn around again. This has never happened that I have liked the first pair of jeans that I have tried on. NEVER. So, I bought two pair.
Then we went to GAP, and wouldn't you know it, the jeans that I love weren't there in my size. Go figure. So I bought a bunch of cute shirts :)
PS) To my new Blog Buddies: Keep reading and replying! I've been peeking at yours for months now :)