I’ve found a new victim class — me!

I’m in a seriously foul mood.  Several years ago, I read that high end designers were phasing out petite clothes.  That didn’t bug me, because I don’t wear high end clothes.  I wear jeans, and simple shirts.

But what starts at the top, trickles down.  The stores have now done two things:  they’ve either stopped stocking petite clothes entirely, or they’ve redefined petite to start at 5’4″ inches tall, with a size 6 shoe.  I’m 5′ tall, with a size 5 shoe.  I spent almost 2 hours today going from one store after another in our local mall looking for a pair of jeans, since my old ones are on the point of disintegration.  I ended up spending $100 (!!!!) on one pair of jeans at Nordstrom, because it is now the only place that sells jeans in my size.  I’m could just spit!

If I wore dressier clothes it would be easier, but even the dressy clothes leave something to be desired because, in the Bay Area, they’re made for fragile Asian women who like tight skirts and high heels.  So not my style….

Feh!  Aargh!  Ptui!  I’m just so mad.