Last night I had this sudden realization- I only have ONE pair of jeans that fit me even closely and they are still a little big and leave me with a saggy butt but I don't go out much so I wear em anyway.

Well, I start college next week. EEK. I'm gonna need some new pants before then. I don't want to wear the same pair to class every day but at the same time I don't want to spend much on new ones and I'm really broke after paying my tuition:( Sigh.

Our thrift stores here suck. I've been there several times but rarely find anything. Who makes a good fitting but cheaper jean?

You know I'm not really sure what size I'm in. My 16's are really baggy but my size 14's are tight but then my 14's are 3 years old so maybe there's a difference in sizing now? IDK. I'm really frustrated. I have 7 pairs of jeans that almost fit but not quiet. I have 2 that I can get buttoned but I can't bend over in yet.

This will sound weird, but if you have pants that you can get over your butt and just can't button, there is this thing at target or anywhere that has maternity clothes called the belly band. its for pregnant women that can't button their pants. its a strip of elastic cloth that goes over your pants where the button are and gives you a layered look. so no one can see if you can't button your pants. here is a link for the target kind to give you an idea. i use them a lot!

http://www.target.com/BeBand-Maternity-Band-Ebony/dp/B001DDRYCU/ref=br_1_2?ie=UTF8&id=BeBand%20Maternity%20Band%20Ebony&node=1271975011&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-2&qid=1294890996&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=salesrank&frombrowse=1

This will sound weird, but if you have pants that you can get over your butt and just can't button, there is this thing at target or anywhere that has maternity clothes called the belly band. its for pregnant women that can't button their pants. its a strip of elastic cloth that goes over your pants where the button are and gives you a layered look. so no one can see if you can't button your pants. here is a link for the target kind to give you an idea. i use them a lot!

http://www.target.co...nk&frombrowse=1

Thank you so much for showing this! I'm at that awkward between sizes. I wear the smaller size because the too big sizes are awful.

But, having pants that are too tight around the mid-section has become so painful. I thought I was going to have to actually go buy bigger pants this weekend

I swear by Dress Barns jeans. They fit me well and have both 14 and 14W. Not too expensive either. They had a denim sale last week and bought 4 pair for under $100.

(Side note) The skinny, 12 year old (not really 12) sales girl helped me when the 14W was too big and brought me the regular 14. She said, "See you don't need the 14 WIDE." I gently corrected her and laughed in the dressing room...

I swear by Dress Barns jeans. They fit me well and have both 14 and 14W. Not too expensive either. They had a denim sale last week and bought 4 pair for under $100.

(Side note) The skinny, 12 year old (not really 12) sales girl helped me when the 14W was too big and brought me the regular 14. She said, "See you don't need the 14 WIDE." I gently corrected her and laughed in the dressing room...