STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

i've had a bad week. nothing horrible happened, but work is super hectic, and the weather refuses to warm up. to help improve my mood, i decide to splure on something new as a little pick me up. my first choice (a joystick shrug featured in the march elle) was nowhere to be found when i went to intermix. (i could write a short essay on the frustration of searching for something featured in a magazine only to have it not be available and/or encounter sales people who have never even heard of the alleged item).

i then decide to buy a new pair of jeans. i have these true religionsand have pretty much been living in them since i got them. therefore i decide to buy another pair so i can rotate them.

i wake up bright and early, full of excitement about the wonderful shopping to be done, and head to bloomingdales, which is pretty much denim mecca.  as i'm perusing the racks, i soon realize that true religion doesn't really make a lot of washes. i specifically wore the ones i own so i could do a comparison. i end up selecting this pairbut in the joey twisted seam mainly b/c the wash is significantly different from the ones i have. while inspecting them in the fitting room, i realize as great as the fit is, they're kind of blah, and if i'm going to spend $172 (not including tax) i should try and get the most bang for my buck. plus i already own a pair of medium wash levi's type 1 jeans, and the fit is exactly the same as tr, right down to the twisted seam.

so i take another look around the store, only to realize that pretty much every pair of jeans is over $150 -- and by over i mean closer to $200 than $150.  wtf! i remember when 7's were only $125 and they were considered pricey. it's as though it's not enough to come up with new styles of designer denim, companies seem to be in a competition to see who put the most outlandish price tag on their jeans.

after much deliberation and the help of several awesome sales people, i end up getting these jeans;by duarte

 (though they really are only a shade lighter than my current pair of tr's but at least they have some detailing to help justify the outrageous price)

bloomingdale's is having a denim event next week -- 15% off when you buy two or more pairs of jeans and you can do a pre-sale. i was so frustrated, and exhausted after trying on over 10 pairs that i just gave up and figured i could come back in a week (with a good friend b/c i really need the help) and figure out which pair i really want.

but i feel kind of silly b/c the main reason i got the first two pairs (though i will say the duarte's fit amazingly well, and the rise on the first pair is slightly higher for those of you who are tired of showing the world your a**crack) is b/c i haven't seen anyone wearing them and the sales people told me they had a very limited stock. so i'm kind of justifying them by thinking i'll be one of the few people (at least for now) wearing them which partly makes up for the ridiculous price tag (both cost more than the tr's), but that doesn't make that much sense.

sorry for the short essay. but i really don't know what to do. right now i'm thinking f* it, i'm just not buying any of them b/c it really makes no sense to pay that much for something i can only wear twice a week. but another part of me wants to get them and just take them to bloomies in jersey and see if they'll let me return them and rebuy them. which is soooo ghetto, but at least i'll save $40+ in taxes. aarg! i'm so confused. thanks for reading this. 

anyone have advice?