And I am one of those people.
I heard from a friend the other night that Target had a bunch of jeans on sale for $5. FIVE dollars for new jeans?? I’m in!
I needed a few things at the store the other day, so I figured I’d kill two birds with one stone and head to Target. I searched the clearance racks until I found the {HUGE} section of $5 jeans. Score! They even had my size!
I headed into the dressing room with 4 pair of jeans on my arm. The label said “skinny jeans” but I figured that I’d be ok as long as they were my size.
I was so wrong.
Some people are not built for skinny jeans. And I am currently one of those people.
I am exercising regularly, and yet I cannot seem to shake the extra weight gathering in my mid-section. Maybe I should blame blogging (and Twitter and Facebook) for the fact that none of my old-faithful jeans fit me. Or maybe it’s the fact that I have passed onto the other side of my mid-thirties. Maybe I should just blame these.
Any way you look at it, I’ll be steering clear of skinny jeans and leaving them for my teenage daughter. Where they belong.
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I love skinny jeans, but as many have said before – long shirts or tunics make the world of difference. My legs are my asset yet my midsection is my downfall. So I say emphasize your strengths and hide your weaknesses. Okay, maybe we should strengthen our weaknesses, I just prefer to hide them. It’s easier that way.
Some days, I think mine are okay…others not so much!
And, I blame my kids for the mid-section.
HA! Yes the skinny jeans I bought do not fit me, but I figured – maybe someday they WILL! Hey for $5. I do not have the “skinny jean” build either. Who does? 7-foot-tall super models? Because I think the term “skinny jeans” is somewhat of a misnomer. They do not make one look skinnier. I think that sneaky marketing ploy was deliberate.
Ugh. I’m so with you. I’m sure boot cut are considered “out” but that’s my jeans of choice. No low rise either after 3 C-secs. My belly needs to be contained! :) Uh oh. I just realized I could totally be in SNL’s “Mom Jeans” spoof!
i can’t even get them over my knees UGH
Honey, I’m on the hill going to 30 yet and I do not look good in skinny jeans! I’m not sure most people do.
I am so there! I love me some skinny jeans, but I’m like Robin and have to wear tunics, or long sweaters, and high boots. Hopefully I don’t look like I’m trying too hard…
I feel ya, I have no hips or booty. Skinny jeans are ug-a-ly on me. I have 2 brands that are good enough but I really should invest in a tailor.
Skinny jeans have *never* looked good on me. I’m very wide-hipped, something no amount of diet/exercise will ever cure (it was there even during my super-skinny teen years), and I end up looking like an odd V shape from the waist down.
Though for $5, the tunic/boot idea might work…and that’s totally in fashion now!
Yes, please–go run and get some!! It was a shame to put all of those jeans back on the rack. I really, really wanted to take advantage of the deal. I hope you can find them at your Target. The deal has been confirmed at two Targets.
I used to think I’d be a really fashionable mom, but I fear I’m leaning more and more towards the “Grandma clothes.” LOL
My 14 year old looks great in them. I adore your description of skinny jeans looking like sausage casing. LOL!!
Yes, I’d love to have that problem, too. My issue is (mostly) my thighs. And my shapely calves (something I used to love) make skinny jeans uncomfortable even when the waist, bum are fit. LOL
Skinny jeans are FIVE DOLLARS? Guess I know where I’m going tomorrow! (I can rock the skinny jean, as long as I have on a tunic top and knee high boots. The 8 inches of exposed jeans is acceptable. Also, I have no pride).
Well, I am right there with you girly, no skinny jeans here..LOL
I finished all the chocolate. Maybe that’s my problem. ;)
No–I LOVED your tweet. So true!! LOL
My preteen daughters look adorable in skinny jeans, but they look like a denim sausage casing on me.
This hit home for me as well…skinny jeans on me make my midsection look like a pumpkin walking around on stilts ;) The only plus side is they make my calfs look slim lol My 8 year old can’t wear them though because she is too skinny and they bunch all wrong, oh to have a problem like that…
You are the funniest! (and I am a non-skinny jean suitable Mama as well!)
Have a great—and chocolate rich—weekend!
ooops, hope my Twitter lycra comment was not offensive, it was not meant to be!
you never can tell!
Do you think its a right of passage as we hand things from our closets to our daughter’s?
It sure is happening a lot around here :)