Pants on the Ground

Although my pants aren't quite on the ground, they are WAYYYY too loose. This morning they didn't feel that loose, but omg there were a couple times today that I thought I might have an issue.

These are pants that I bought when I first moved to Arkansas. I was really sad that I had to buy a size 22 (had I only known I would reach a size 26...), and eventually I outgrew them (they were too small)...and this was after I kind of wore them for a long time and relied on their stretch properties beyond when I should have.

Anyway, just thought I would report. It's always nice to get into a pair of old pants that feel like old friends that you thought you would never see again. Also, I wore a pair of pants earlier this week that I hadn't worn since grad school during the skinniest phase of my adult life. They were the pair of pants I wore when my grandma died, after which I really began piling on the weight again. What a moral victory to get into those.