The universe really knows how to teach a lesson. I'm a firm believer in the idea that the universe teaches us lessons and if we don't listen it will continue to teach us the lesson a little louder every time until we get it. This particular lesson I think I got on the first try.
So I just wrote a post where I advised planning your holiday outfits ahead of time. Which I sort of did. I had the outfit planned out. But I waited until the last minute to pull out the white pants I planned to wear, only to find that they were dirty. UGH! SO I ran them to the dry cleaner on Wed afternoon so I could pick them up Friday afternoon to wear Friday evening. Perfect timing right?
I guess the universe had something else in mind. Well, I went to pick up my pants on Friday only to be told that they were sent back to the cleaners because the bottom of one of the pant legs was dirty so they would be back on Monday. MONDAY! ugh. So for all my planning, I'm standing in front of my closet at 3:30pm trying to figure out what to wear that evening. And you might think that I have plenty of time to figure it out but really I have 5 minutes before my kids start screaming for me and I have to run downstairs to a crazy household and will only have about 30 minutes when the babysitter shows up to get dressed, put on makeup and fix my hair. It's not enough time. It's never enough time.
So what is a girl to do? I certainly had plenty of other options in my wardrobe but I had my heart set on those pants. You know the feeling. Well, it just happens that I have another pair of off-white pants in my closet. They are an older pair and a couple sizes too big (hence the new pants). Well, I put them on thinking maybe I could figure out a way to make them work. They didn't look too bad. The biggest problem is that the waist is now too big. If I could somehow make the waist smaller and get the pants to stay up the rest of them wouldn't look so bad. So you might wonder how I did this?
This is how:
Yes, safety pins on both sides of my pants. Somehow they managed to hold my pants up without creating a ripple effect on my pant leg. I have to admit that I have had jeans hemmed due to the fact that the waist is too big but they fit everywhere else. My seamstress does this by sewing the sides of my jeans. So long as I'm wearing a top that cover the top of my jeans, I'm good to go. The same is true here. My top was long enough to cover the safety pins. Problem solved!
So if you find yourself in need of a quick fix to adjust a pair of pants that you may have been planning to wear...be creative! Sometimes at the last minute things don't fit the way we hoped... no matter what we do to try and prepare. Keep safely pins handy. Double sided tape can also help to adjust a quick hem. Don't despair. Do your best. Wear what makes you feel strong, confident and happy!