Maternity Pants

This weekend, it was my mission to find two to three pairs of maternity pants that would get me through the next five months (sorry, corduroy, but you won't last past February) and would be appropriate for work and play. So, Saturday, I set out for the mall. I looked in a handful of stores (JC Penney, Dillard's, Ross, Target) that either didn't have a maternity section, had about two racks of clothes, or where the cut of the pants were awful. (Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I don't deserve to wear bootcut pants.) Also, apparently, pregnant women are meant to wear jeans almost exclusively, as they are in abundance compared to any other type of pant.

But then, Old Navy saved me. They had t-shirts on sale (one I bought was $1.99) and it was "stuff & save" time, which meant I saved an extra 20% when using my Gap card. Unfortunately, most of their seasonal clothes were pricey -- $30 for pants, $20 or more for shirts/sweaters -- so I ended up with just a pair of jeans, three short sleeved t-shirts, and a long sleeved t-shirt for $35. Not bad, but I still needed at least another pair of pants. Thankfully, yesterday, I went to Burlington Coat Factory on a recommendation and lucked out with two pairs of chinos that fit perfectly for less than $30 total.

So, now I sit here, wearing pants with elastic in the waistband. And it's not so bad . . . so far.