The Holy Grail of Denim
Posted by Moose on August 9th, 2009. Filed under: Friends.I’m a very loyal person. When I was a junior in high school, I turned down a date for prom because I thought a friend wanted to go with him. (She didn’t.) (Oops.) I find a brand of chocolate chips I like and buy them until the company goes out of business – then I mourn. I’ve been wearing the same brown Gap sweater since 2001 and you’ll have to wrest it off my cold, dead shoulders. When I find a pair of jeans that fit and make me look five pounds thinner (if you’re female and wear clothes, you recognize this as the wardrobe coup it is), I wear them until they disintegrate. Then I buy the exact same pair five years running. (One might say that’s less “loyal” and more “tenacious enjoyment of digging my heels into very deep ruts.”)
What Are You Talking About This Time, Woman?
Ha! I have become shifty. You must now go here to find out. Go, minions! Go!
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August 9th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
A new pair of jeans
From the Gap, no less, oh wow.
A cool score indeed.
I’m debating with myself as to whether or not cool is one syllable or two and just can’t be bothered looking it up.
I just came across their v-neck t’s last week. They are wonderful, soft, comfy and they fit!!! I am in love.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I have no idea why it did not occur to me to put oreos in chocolate chip cookies before. BUT I went to the store today and they sell oreos in the shape of penguins, so my next batch of cookies will be like “chinstrap” chocolate or something.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Um, I need jeans. Badly. This would be AMAZING.
Glad the party was so fun!
August 9th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
The $50 gift card would be lovely, please enter me! However what I REALLY want is that Born to Blog tshirt.
Sorry, I can’t do haikus. Or any other form of poetry. Please don’t hate me.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Yay! Great post. Such wit, such enthusiasm, such great thighs only better enhanced by gourmet cheese and Gap Born to Fit jeans!
(Obviously, don’t enter me. Just stopping by to say HI!)
August 9th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Uh… making me come out of lurkerdom with the lure of Gap monies… Damn you and my need of new jeans!!
August 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Moose! Gap! SIGN ME UP!
my thighs could use amazement
and so could my butt!
(Hey, that’s the state of things around here. If well designed jeans could take the place of the elliptical machine… happy sigh. )
August 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Found your blog this weekend and have been reading up – and am apparently just in time for a fabulous Gap giveaway. Jeans, please!
August 9th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Jeans that fit my ass
So right, yet adieu I sigh,
To a prize – not mine!
I may have to pass this contest by, but Haiku, I could resist-Not!:-)
August 9th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I’m in Moz. With one pair of jeans and one pair of casual pants. Things are getting a little… desperate down here.
August 9th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Wow, I haven’t shopped for jeans in a while and I’m liking the sound of these.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:41 am
I’d love it! Jeans, jeans, jeans! Sign me up, please.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Is the good fortune of you and Holly because you live in SF or because of blogher or something else totally different??? Because “they” just don’t show up and force things on you here in Charleston. I need some of your chi to rub off on me….I need those jeans! All of my old tried and true, 15 year old friends developed holes last year – seriously – all of them!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:49 am
I need jeans badly! And I’m excited that these appear to be available in waist/length measurements…it cannot be!
(Though I see Teej up there and now I feel bad even entering the contest. ONE PAIR of jeans AND horrible food?)
August 10th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Sweet holy moses. This would be fantastic.
August 10th, 2009 at 5:07 am
I don’t believe you. Fit in the waist and the hips? Not possible.
August 10th, 2009 at 5:23 am
I went to a similar party in my area. It was fun! Really awesome idea.
All of you look smashing indeed.
August 10th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Fit in the waist and thighs….not as large of a problem as being 6″ too short for everything…5’0″ is the wrong size for anything and everything.
August 10th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Me and my hard-to-fit body could sure use a new pair of jeans! (And how is it that you and ALL of your friends are adorable??)
August 10th, 2009 at 6:50 am
since I live in too small of a town to get to be a brand enthusiast, I would love to get the gift card this way!
August 10th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Jeans? That fit? OMG, it’s like you just KNEW what would make my day! Please, pretty please, pick me?
August 10th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Oooh I really need some new jeans and now that I know GAP has good jeans I could really put this giftcard to use!
August 10th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Haiku, not my thing
But I always need good jeans
Therefore, this attempt
August 10th, 2009 at 7:53 am
usually I lurk
but I’ll comment for free jeans
…hope I’m not a jerk
August 10th, 2009 at 7:53 am
That sounds like a party I would fancy… and a new pair of jeans always comes in handy
August 10th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Moose, I beseech you
solve my big butt/short length woes
this girl loves denim
August 10th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I heart GAP jeans
August 10th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I need a new pair. I used to be loyal to GAP’s Long and Lean line, but I’d be willing to branch out for the right fit.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:36 am
You are clearly on a winning streak. Now may be the time to play the lottery!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Brand Enthusiast? You are one lucky moose!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Everyone was happy indeed! Thanks for having me and my friends!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Make me a believer! With that gift card, I would buy Gap jeans.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Thank you so much for my wonderful new jeans! I love love love them — as well as being rather flattering, they’re also very SOFT. I don’t know if that’s a mark of premium denim or what, but I’m liking it. (Don’t enter me, obviously — just wanted to say thanks, two thumbs up, and hooray for free jeans.)
August 10th, 2009 at 9:51 am
with junk in my trunk
a gaping maw of denim
occurs round my waist
an hourglass shape
is so bloody hard to shop for
will Gap rescue me?
August 10th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Oops. in my passion for denim, I miscounted my syllables. Try this:
an hourglass shape
is so damn hard to shop for
will Gap rescue me?
August 10th, 2009 at 9:57 am
looking good girl! Love to see that smiling face
August 10th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Just wanted to say hi and THANK YOU and more cheese please and THANK YOU AGAIN.
August 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Those parties always look like so much fun. Also, Gap gift card!!!
August 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am
You’re absolutely right about Gap jeans – they DO make a pair to fit every body!!
August 10th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Let me just say, I am the MOST LOYAL clothing wear-er EVER. I still have a pair of Gap socks that were given to me on my 15th birthday. I am almost 31.
(it’s time to throw the socks out, isn’t it?)
August 10th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I am so jealous of your denim and cheese party! It looks so fun!
I was just in Gap this weekend (great sales to be had, ladies) and found myself eyeing their newest denim options. Fun!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Isn’t Justine the NICEST? I seriously want her to move to Portland so we can hang out all the time. (Which is, incidentally, why I want you to move to Portland, too. Ah, dreams.)
August 10th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Me too me too! I want soft jeans that fit! I’ve recently lost some weight (poor me, I know) but NOTHING fits me any more. Including jeans. Pick me!
August 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
What a fun time! Which reminds me. I need new jeans. And a cocktail.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
P.S. Don’t you just ADORE Justine? She’s my favoritest.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Birthing hips prevent
me from wearing skinny jeans.
The sorrow is vast.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Since I failed to go to my local store and use the 40% coupon for a new pair of jeans (epic fail!) I could use that there gift card.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I want jeans! The Gap is one of the few places that makes them long enough for an Amazon woman like me!
August 10th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I am always in search of the perfect jeans – and haven’t even thought to look in Gap! You have inspired me to check them out – though I would love to get $50 bucks off! ;o)
August 10th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Um, I might have found favorite jeans and then worn them for years, despite the fact that they had giant holes in the upper inner thigh. Yes, it’s a hot look. Yes, everyone knew about the holes, and yet! No one mentioned that they noticed. Sigh. I need new jeans.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I might have found favorite jeans and then worn them for years, despite the fact that they had giant holes in the upper inner thigh. Yes, it’s a hot look. Yes, everyone knew about the holes, and yet! No one mentioned that they noticed. Sigh. I need new jeans.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
baby out of belly
but maternity won’t do
mama needs new jeans!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I was laid off and/ have no money. New jeans will/ surely make my day.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Moose Maw jeans are hard to find. Would you stoop to nepotism?
August 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
My contribution? A hopeful and one syllable too long limerick.
There once was a girl most imprudent,
A starving, but kindly grad student.
She needed a fifty,
To buy new jeans quite swiftly.
Did Moose turn her away? No, she didn’t!
August 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I’d love me some jeans
Since my current pair droops low
And yet, I wear them.
Wow, that’s pretty bad. But true!
August 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
What about limericks? I’m much better at limericks than haiku’s.
…why doesn’t America have their own special kind of short poem? Why do we have to steal them from Ireland and Japan? Rude.
xox
August 10th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I had a baby.
Since it’s only been three months
None of my jeans fit.
I love, love, love Gap jeans.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
If you get Lucifer’s contact info from Leah, pls. pass it on. Thx!
August 10th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Oh, I’m jealous of Leah. I’m 11 months post partum but I haven’t gotten the figure back. Gap does have great jeans though.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I’m totally living in the wrong city and hanging with the wrong people. I want me a blue jeans party.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I could kiss your butt,
And give you great compliments.
I just want free stuff.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:15 am
I would really love a pair of cute maternity jeans from the Gap…if there is such a thing as cute maternity jeans!
August 11th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Skinny jeans are bad.
Great pair makes my ass look fab.
Tho I’m not size two.
August 11th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
this poor grad student really needs a new pair of jeans!!
August 11th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I can so relate to you! I have like one pair of jeans that I wear ALL the time. It is old but I refuse to give it up. Gap Jeans have never let me down! Pick me. Pretty please?
August 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Aww your party looks so much fun! I haven’t shopped for new jeans in a long time. I could really do with a new pair!
August 11th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
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August 11th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I can’t do haiku, but I can do new jeans from the Gap!
August 11th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Uh, how do I sign up to host a jeans party? I can think of about, oh, 20 friends who would go bananas over something like this!
Can I play the pity card? I am being laid off and new jeans would be great retail therapy.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
oh, i am too brain dead right now to write a haiku (its been a long day)but i would love some gap jeans!
August 12th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I need new jeans so badly; I’m rocking jeans that I just realized make me look like a mom. I am not a mom. This needs to be rectified. Thanks for the opportunity!
August 12th, 2009 at 10:02 am
It is way too weird to see Kristin wearing jeans. that is all
August 12th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Jeans pretty please
To fit my ghetto booty
Would be loverly
August 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Would like new jeans please
That make me look tall and thin
Thanks to Gap and Moose.
August 13th, 2009 at 1:57 am
This is a haiku
It does not make any sense
Refrigerator
August 13th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Mama needs a new pair of jeans!
August 13th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I love jeans! Alas!
I’m short, round butt, hard to fit!
Maybe Gap will work…
:] ehh well I tried
January 1st, 2011 at 6:30 pm
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