Gap, You Are Briefly Forgiven

There is a Gap next door to the Dorothy Perkins that is on my way home from work. For some reason I went in there as I was passing (it may have been the ‘75% OFF’ signs in the window that did it!). I haven’t been in there for a while due to factors I have written about before such as the thin poor quality of the tops and the fact that they’ve stopped selling Long & Lean jeans in a 36” leg. The sale rack of jeans was just in the doorway and so I thought I’d flick through and see whether there were any jeans suitable for flat shoes at a bargain price. I didn’t find any, but what I did find was 2 pairs of high waisted jeans (the style pictured), marked as a 34” leg but that looked a lot longer than that. I tried them on and lo and behold, they are closer to 36” or 37”. As they were £7.99 each, I snapped up both pairs, one in light grey and one in a mid blue (not faded as the picture shows). Yes high waists are on the way out but as the fabulous Winona’s friend Lyndsey says, “if you don’t tuck in your shirt, they’re just a girdle”. And I’m looking forward to seeing what I can do with grey jeans.
Now I just have to bring myself to throw out my former favourite pair.