poket monster

ok so recently i had to buy jeans, which is always an ordeal because i don't shop very often. by the time i get around to buying jeans again, the ones that fit real well last time have been redesigned or discontinued, and it starts a whole new cycle in the "lets find pants that fit but aren't so low-cut my crotch is showing" shenanigans.

buying pants usually takes me about a week of trying on at least 50 different pairs of pants.

but that's not what this blog's about - this time i found jeans i loved relatively quickly at charlotte russe!

the only problem with said jeans is i can't really carry much of anything in the pockets, which is a big deal with me. there's certain things i like to have in my pocket at all times, and having em in my purse instead just isn't as handy. and then when i go to bars or whatever, i hate bringing a purse so i need pockets that can actually hold my id and money, etc. without feeling like the shit's gonna fall out.

so last night i took my 2 new pairs of charlotte russe jeans into stephs sewing sergery. (patent pending patent pending patent pending that is an AWESOME name for a sewing show for the love of god please don't steal it) i used the front pockets of an old pair of levis to cut the pattern for the new pockets. the plan was make the pockets the same size as the levi's pockets, and then when you get em onto to new pants you cut a chunk of the top of the pocket off because there's already some top pocket there.

first pocket on pair 1 went off without a hitch - i was feeling lazy and sitting on the couch watching showgirls, and i figured i'm gonna do these completely all hand-stitching, that can't take too long right? so i backstitched the shit outta that first pocket, cut the top off so it would be a normal sized pocket once i got it attached to the existing pocket, and realized that whole thing had taken like an hour.

are you kidding me, i'm not spending 4 effing hours putting pockets on pants! so i got out my trusty serger and used that to sew the seam on the remaining 3 pockets. that took about 3 seconds. took one of those pockets and attached it to the other front pocket of pair of pants 1.

and then, as i was turning everything right side out again, i realized I HADN'T CUT THAT POCKET DOWN BEFORE ATTACHING IT! so now i have a regular pocket on the left hip, and a MONSTER POCKET on the right. it's amazing, the pocket ends about 5 inches above my knee. it's the longest pocket in history. when my hand goes in the pocket all the way to the bottom, most of my forearm disappears into it. IT IS AMAZING.

the best part about it now is i always felt like having my phone in my pocket looked kinda weenery, but now when it's in the monster pocket it's on my thigh instead of right next to my crotch, so everybody wins. hooray!

ALSO, and completely unrelated - who knows rss feeds? why can't/don't i see comments in my blog on my website? i know i can switch to wordpress which will work better with the website i've got going now, but i hate the idea of having my blog in two chunks - the first 6 years on one blog and everything else on the other... thoughts?