A pretty solid Sunday

The first good thing that happened today was that I received an order of pants from American Eagle. I've been needing some new jeans, but haven't wanted to spend the money on them. I finally caved, however, and purchased a couple pairs last week. I've learned to shop for pants online because the stores rarely have my size... which is extra-long. Also, I absolutely hate this new high-rise fashion that's been in for the past couple years. I know a lot of people are really digging it, but when the waist of my pants hits my bellybutton... Ugh. I just can't stand it. AND it often gives me a stomach ache.

Well, not really a stomach ache. More like a muscle ache right there in front of my stomach. I think high-rise pants are insanely uncomfortable, and while I understand that some people love them, what I don't understand is why companies need to switch over to only making high-rise pants while that style is popular. What about those of us who like mid-rise or low-rise? Huh?

The same thing is true of flare jeans. That's what I bought because I love a good flare... but flare jeans have been unpopular for quite a while now. Finally, the world has returned to proper sense and we're moving away from skinny jeans.

Don't get me wrong: I have some skinny jeans and I do like them... but flares are my jam.

In addition to two new pairs of flare jeans, I got these very cool salmon-colored, wide-leg, lightweight corduroys that I can't wait to wear! They might be my new favorite pants... We'll see. I tried them on earlier today and they're incredible.

So the pants delivery was a great start to my day! And then I got on Goodreads to see if one of the Goodreads librarians had updated the synopsis for Just Whistle (no one had) and noticed that I have two reviews for The Way Back! And they're both five-star reviews! My student True Crime Lover left one of the reviews and it's such a good review. She explored and commented on a side of Piper that I hadn't even considered. The other review, however, is from a complete stranger in Chicago. This is what she wrote:

How great is that?! It made my day!

Maybe even more good things will happen between now (3:48PM) and before I go to bed, but if they do, you'll have to read about them tomorrow because I'm signing off and heading to my studio to do some art. Later, gators!