Everything That's Right With The World

or, finding deals at old navy.

earlier today my darling roomie and i went shopping so that she could buy a winter coat and stop freezing [and denying she does] every time she walks to school or back.

well, old navy was having an outerwear sale, so that was our first stop. she picked out a pretty, mildly puffy black weatherproof zipup jacket with a fur-lined hood. as she posed in front of the mirror, i poked around the jeans section trying to find some nice flared jeans for myself (2 pairs of levi's just don't do it for a girl in a capitalist economy!)

here comes the first awesome part of the afternoon: i went to try on 2 pairs of size 4 diva/flirt jeans, but they were too loose! usually i'm against the ridiculous dropping of sizes in the world of retail just to make people feel thinner, but this time (after all the ice cream i've been consuming) it felt great.

anyway, i went back to the shelves, but couldn't find a pair of the jeans i wanted (diva flares, which are apparently rare and don't even feature on the ads) in size 2. so i asked a sales associate for help, and she found me a pair in my size in about 3 seconds (even though it was on a hanger that said size 16). so that was rocking, too.

part 3: i tried them on, and they fit perfectly.

the pièce de résistance: i was talking to sandy while i stood at the check-out line to pay for them, so didn't really pay attention to the cashier when she took my credit card and announced the price to me. but when i went up to the little electronic tablet to sign for them, i saw this under "total": $6.97. not the $34.50 i'd seen on the label and decided to ignore because i liked them so much. that's right, just under seven dollars. for a limited edition pair of jeans.

you should have seen me grin.

(the icing was that sandy managed to find herself a pair in her size, too. so now not only did we both get the deal of the century, but we can match as we show off our steals!)