So Long, Farewell..Adios!

Today, I said a sad goodbye to an old friend.
It was hard to......
To say the least,
Because she knew me well.

Like, if I had PMS, she knew.
If I ate too much-
And gained a "little" weight.
She was alot less forgiving than most........I mean,
She'd let me know I would need to lose those few pounds,
Because SHE'D know I HAD gained them....
I didn't have to tell her....she just knew.

If I was pregnant....
She knew.
For 10 years....I loved her.....
Always there for me....
Hoping I'd pick her!

Today,
I put my "Rockies" in the garbage.
My favorite, curvy jeans.....worn, faded,
And........MOST of all comfy jeans!!!

With holes in the knees, and inner thighs....
Perhaps even thread bare in the derriere..... It was finally time to toss those precious jeans,
I can't even donate them to any charity......... They would quickly get tossed to the garbage!
I am now in a state of mourning, wondering IF I could salvage them!
Why?
BECAUSE......
They fit me!
I wore them out in public one last time,
For a last jean "hurrah".

I have many jeans....
Pairs for BEFORE pregnancy,
Pairs for AFTER pregnancy....
Pairs for WAY, way after the pregnancy....
And pairs I will never wear again....
(You know the jeans that weren't really sensible, and maybe worn at a non-menopausal phase of life!)
But am always hopeful to wear those jeans "someday"!

I will not devulge what "pair" these were,
In my size-mic, evolution.
Just know that it is all I can do NOT to retrieve them from the trash!

So,
It's time to "jean" shop!
UGH!!!!!
I hate the new fangled "below the waist",
Mid- section "Blubber revealer" jeans.

The "Slim" fit jean,
Or the "Comfort Stretch" jean,
To me.....
"Comfort Stretch" really means you need to move into the next size.
Especially IF....... they need to stretch when you are in them!
Isn't that what elastic waisted polyester pants were in the '70's?
I swear women in the day could stretch those pants to kingdom come and back...

So I went to CAL Ranch yesterday.....
To look at jeans with long 36 inch inseams.
Yep, the cowboy shop, long inseams for big tall girls!
But, I just couldn't commit to try them on.
Because what "if",
I'm not the size I think I am!!!!

Farewell beloved Rockies....
May you wear well as you recycle to mother earth!
If you make it to the side of the road!
A jean quilt is a great idea....
Too bad I'm not so domestic!