Quickly...

I should be doing homework right now so I'll try to make this quick.

Ladies, I need your help.

Jeans. Are some people just simply made for them and others aren't, or does every person have the perfect fit out there that looks like it was specially made to flatter the person? I'm asking because I don't think I've ever been completely satisfied with the way any of my jeans have ever fit, and rather than still believing that dissatisfaction is a product of my perfectionistic tendencies, I have a hypothesis that for every person in the world, there is at least one pair of jeans in existence in which the person is absolutely adorable.

I've noticed that approximately 3 out of 4 people on my campus wear jeans that simply perform the basic function of clothing. It doesn't matter whether they're stretchy, baggy, sparkly, diva, bootcut, whatever, on the person wearing them they look boring and if you really look hard, even wierd. I am especially peeved when the jeans fit so wierdly that the jeans have constant outward creases up the hamstrings, do you know what I'm talking about? Unfortunately, I would be in this 3 out of 4 people group, and further, my jeans (both pairs) are among the ones I'm especially peeved about.

Then, there's the 1 out of every four people group. You watch them walk and they just look adorable. Most of them are even completely modest. The jeans look like they feel privileged to be worn by the person. I've noticed that tons of different styles of jeans strike me this way when they're on different people, so I'm pretty sure each person is made for a particular type of jean.

My question: how do you find this perfectly flattering jean?? Do you HAVE to spend big money, or do you just have to have the patience to look HARD? How do you shop when you shop for jeans? I usually go to Old Navy. I get a bunch of different styles, take them to the fitting room and try them. If I don't like certain ones, I'm never sure whether it's because I don't like the style or if its just not my size. For some reason my size varies greatly depending on the type of jean and the store that the jean is from, so I have a really hard time taking the right-sized jean to the fitting room. AND, if the jean isn't my size, then I have such a hard time deciding how many sizes up or down to try next....I usually guess incorrectly, and therefore trying on jeans takes up so much stinkin' time.

AND AND AND, this is a big one, USUALLY, in the fitting room, I find one pair of jeans that I believe fits me spectacularly, just the way I've always dreamed a pair of jeans might one day fit me. I buy them. I take them home and I wear them. And after only 2 or three wearings/washings, they're blah jeans. And I'm stuck with them until the next time its necessary to buy jeans. So frustrating, huh?

Ok, really gotta go. Would really appreciate your insight!