TRICIA'S TIDBITS

Ok, I admit it. I bought a pair of jeans for comfort and not because I thought they made me look good. They are even, dare I say it, vaguely mommy jeansish. You know the kind. The pockets are a little too high on the butt and the zipper is a little too long. As a matter of fact, if they zipper was any longer, I'm afraid the waistband would be flirting with my underwire! I'm embarassed to say that I noticed all these flaws when I bought them, but I pulled out the plastic and brought them home anyway. I've been wearing them and telling myself, you know, they're not that bad. And no one really knows what the back looks like because I wear a big shirt of Darren's over them and that covers up a lot of the mommy jean details. That is until my niece Belle pointed out that I look like the mom of a friend of hers. Oh the humanity!

The mom in question has completely gone over to the dark side of mommy couture. She has the full on mommy jeans, lightweight turtle neck with quilted vest, matching headband, and of course, loafers with white socks.

Thank God Belle was just talking about my jeans that day, but it was bad enough! So why did I slide toward the mommy side? Well, honestly, my butt is huuuge and those were the only pair of jeans that didn't make me feel foolish. I had tried on a zillion different brands of jeans and couldn't find a pair that looked good. Of course, if I just worked out and stopped eating handsful of chocolate chip cookies, I would probably stand a better chance of finding a flattering pair of jeans, but I digress.

So, I'm making a pledge to myself on this blog. I am going to make the time to begin working out again. It's been so long since I got on a treadmill that I think I forgot how to work one! I'm a size 12 and want to be at least in a 10 by the end of May. I can do it. I've done it before. But in the meantime, are there any size 12 ladies out there who know of some flattering, sexy, not mommy in the least jeans? Let me know. I'm desperate! E-mail me at tricia@ksii.com.