Finally finished watching the Britannia awards. I don't know why Daniel Craig this year keeps striking me as a good choice to get hammered with. Something about his sense of humour, I guess. He just seems the right kind of blunt. Devastatingly hot doesn't hurt.

Discovered holes in the crotches of my jeans the other day. When I was out. The exact why I noticed of it isn't so important as...I haven't successfully bought a pair of jeans since Kat's babies came home. I'm clearly not prepared tight now.

Trying to work out the description of my OTJ. They're boot cut and as high rise as you can get these days without being mommy jeans. Can't be narrow through any of the butt or thigh.

These look like they might be close to what I had before: [link] and these look like they fit the textual description, but the photos look awkward. Why can't they just sort by rise as well as leg and fit?

I'm pissy because I suck royally at jeans shopping, and it irritates me to no end.

Now to go see where my muffin quest has left me...

I think good jeans fit is all about 1) the hip to waist ratio and 2) the waistband is high enough in back to not flash any butt when you sit or bend. Oh, and pocket placement needs to be right.

I don't think I've found my OTJ but fairly sure it's priced out of my range. Instead I default to reliable fit and affordable, which in my case is Levi's and Lucky Brand. But I feel like you have a smaller waist than I do ita, so not sure if a jean that fits me would fit you too.

Lucky is my OTJ. They discontinued the style I really loved (Sundown) but Sweet and Lows work for me.

ION, I am drinking pickle juice. I ate the last (tiny) pickle and it was not enough!

ION, I am drinking pickle juice. I ate the last (tiny) pickle and it was not enough!

Yay! An actual pregnant lady who craves pickle juice. Add ice cream and you're golden!

Discovered on (where else?) the internet: this quote.

"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups: the cops who investigate crimes, and the district attorneys who star in Deep Throat Part II: The Bonening." >[link]

And also: a review of a Christian textbook on world history. [link] The money quote:

"We think that “spiritual decay” is, for this textbook, something like “toxins” for fans of alternative medicine: It’s a vaguely-defined Seriously Bad Thing that they are completely sure is causing systemic damage, even though it can’t be explicitly identified, and it can only be gotten rid of by a good purge."

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I just bought jeans an hour ago. Super cheap ones from Target. I have some nice jeans and I can wear them but only with a serious muffin-top situation. I needed dark wash jeans I could wear on my business trip in a week, but that I would not need after I lose about 10 more lbs.

The three same cut jeans I have now (in two sizes, just in case) are all Lucky Brand. And they were pretty much revelatory--up until then I'd mostly been wearing boy shaped jeans, and...yeah. I still have a pair of those that I keep around as a cautionary tale in case I start to get sloppy again. I do actually curve in places, and it's best when jeans reflect that.

The style # on the label seems defunct, though. So it's best possible alternative, and I'm mostly going by the things that went wrong with the last pair of jeans I bought. Without consideration.

Other people can wear low rise jeans, so I'm thinking it's the fit on the thighs vs. waist that make the difference in what happens the minute I start to move. Too close in the thighs, not close at all in the waist, and it's remarkably tacky looking.

Somehow there is a Jenny McCarthy movie on my screen. I remember liking the idea of her for five minutes, but good lord did she ruin the party with her actual self.

Maybe she has dyscalculia, like me, JZ. I mean, not to worry, or anything, but if you keep noticing that, um, don't make her wait until she's twenty-two to figure it out. But she could just get it, too. But many highly creative people can haz it.

ita, can you try a lucky store?

Hey Kat, Franny just did another closet culling and we have another bag of lovely dresses. Mostly size 6, but there are some 4s and 5s in there as well. And I have some bags of cute trousers, boy sweaters, and I'm sure some cute dresses in 4-5 from an earlier culling. Are you interested?

My boy now outweighs his sister by almost 10 pounds, and they look the same height, but she's somehow longer than he is, so she's wearing size 8 & 10 while he's still in boys' 6s and 7s. Also when do boys' sizes start going up by 2s?