new jeans

[johanna_hypatia]

Macy's just had an after-Christmas sale on all kinds of cool shit. Last night after cooking dinner with A., I went and got a cool pair of jeans -- Bandolino Blu if you must know -- marked down from $40, with my Macy's card it was only $17. I dropped a couple of sizes from the last pair of jeans and the new one fits really sweet. It has just an

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[starrthinks]

Blacksburg eh? I have a friend now living there.
Cool hippie town nearby called Floydd

[johanna_hypatia]

Ah, to be a hippie again, totally easygoing and carefree about style. Saves a lot of expense, that's for sure.

[jeywolf]

"She seemed to be ignoring what every woman (and man too, I hope) knows--you only buy on sale, duh."

Wow. I'll have to send you for my clothes. I didn't realize getting a pair of pants was such a complicated process ;)

[johanna_hypatia]

The only part about buying jeans that was slightly complicated: You really can't buy women's jeans without trying them on. Each make and model is so different with regard to sizing and fit in all the places on a woman's body. So I wander around the women's jeans department and sample lots of makes and models that look good to me, in at least a couple of different sizes. I try them all on and pick the best overall look and fit. If jeans don't fit perfectly, don't buy them.

Buying men's jeans is way simpler. Just know your measurements in inches, like a carpenter building a cabinet and picking up the already sized panels at Home Depot. Pretty much the same every time.

[jeywolf]

THAT IS SO TRUE!!!! I once tried to buy "womens" pants and was extremely frustrated by the completely arbitrary sizing units (I gave up, lol). WTF! None of them ever fit me anyway. It's funny how people who make clothes for female bodies don't realize that not all female bodies are these tiny fragile skeleton-thin things. sheesh!

[johanna_hypatia]

It's really a simple principle: Never pay full price if you can help it. That generally means waiting for sales on things you like. Sales come up all the time so it's just a matter of paying attention. Or buy at a Salvation Army where it's always marked down the farthest and you might get very lucky if you keep looking enough. I sure have. Salvation Army is where the 90% off deals are, if you don't mind it being used. The most el cheapo store for new clothes is Ross, and they often have sales on top of discounts. Most of their things are crap, but once in a while they have really nice things.

Hypatia's corollary to the above principle: Expenditures increase inversely with time. If you want to save money, you have to spend more time. If you want to save time, you have to spend more money. Time and money are convertible like mass and energy. $=Tc^2