"Shorts, or doll clothes?"

Fall and winter found me on the hunt for jeans as the ones from the year before no longer fit. I don't enjoy shopping as much as I did in the old days, I simply don't have time. I have ALWAYS hated jean shopping, as in loathed it. I struggle to find pants to fit and have often spent weeks attempting to locate a few pairs of jeans. No fun, not even a little.

Enter the thrift store, oh happy day. It is like finding every brand of jean in one place, and they only cost 3 bucks! I lucked upon Ann Taylor, Lands End, and more this fall. The best part was that if they ended up not working as well as I liked I had only lost 3 bucks not 30 plus. I will never go back to the department store for jeans again.

Now that it is getting warmer I find myself pulling out my spring and summer clothes. Chasing a toddler all winter brought me down yet another pant size and lets just say my capri's will not be working for me this summer. Sigh. So I headed to the thrift store, 3 thrift stores later I had found one pair of capri's. So I hit the retail stores accepting that I would save my money in the fall and spend a little more in the summer.

Yet in the 7 stores I visited I found myself discouraged. When had they replaced women's shorts with something more appropriately put on my toddler. There was a shocking lack of fabric on their overpriced shorts. I did manage to find a pair of bermuda shorts at Old Navy for 25 bucks, though I didn't really like them. So the decision was made...



I treated myself to a new purse and fabric pencils. I am taking my winter jeans and performing surgery. I have said often that I wanted to pull out my sewing machine and start having some fun, so here I go. I will end up with "shorts" that actually fit a grown up, and will be much happier in the end. New purse, one pair of thrift store capri's, a little bit of time... and I completed my summer wardrobe for a mere 16 bucks and change. Yes please, and thank you.