~how's your derrière looking these days?~

Hello friends!!

How is everybody doing??

I am fantastic!

We have had more than 60 days of

s  u  n  s  h  i  n  e!!!!!!

this time of year is seriously

amazing in the Pac NW....

warm, sunny & just perfect.....

it's really too bad it has to end! :(

but it will ~ it'll give way to rain

rain rain rain rain rain rain

rain rain rain rain rain rain

rain rain rain rain rain

in just about another month or so....

ok ~ where am I going with this??

you saw the post title &

you're thinkin' whaaaaaaat

is she talkin' about today??

well I came across this on pinterest

the other day......

and my daughter, Kenzie & I were

just shocked at what we found.....

.......drumroll please.......

do you suffer from mom butt?

jeans on the left Old Navy

same bottom, on the right, in LA Idol

{never even heard of that brand to be honest

with you....but you know me....I spend all my time

adoring linen & pillows & such...:)}

c.r.a.z.y!

what a difference!

holy cow....I'm afraid I've been

guilty!

now this is NOT my butt!

she's only like 50 years younger than me...

hehehe

meet Rachel....

from Grasping for Objectivity

she is just adorable....and has quite

the thriving blog of over 40,000 followers!

wow!

 she recently made quite the case

against Gap & Old Navy being

manufacturers of the dreaded

"Mom Jean"

check this out.....

yikes!

now I'm no fashion ninja...

but I think I would've felt somewhat safe

wearing Gap jeans????

not so!

"oh no you don't, 'miss 40 somethin'.....

don't be puttin' that behind of yours

in those babys!"

need more proof?

crazy huh??

Run over to her blog & check it out for

more compelling evidence

against

the mom jean.....

here

and what timing to uncover this information!

my girls (3 of them + a friend)

forced  me to buy new jeans

on Saturday....

have you heard of Miss Me's??

only a hundred smackers....yikes!

but I tried them on "just to see"

if all my crazy working out

& squats & lunges & deadlifts

& ballet squats etc...

made any difference on this here derriere...

and my girls freaked!

they were like ~

"mom! you rock those jeans!!"

to use their words exactly....

now mind you ~ they are used to seeing

me slough about in my old levis....

(actually cut off levis to be more precise...;) )

so I bought them.

yup.

you wanna picture?

k next time...hehehe

 I promise.....

got no photographer here right now so

tomorrow ok? hehe

AND I also got some super cute

boots!

very similar to this picture!

now don't be thinkin this lovely

gorgeous blonde is me ok?

I think she's a celebrity

of some sort!

but I really like this whole outfit

and "need" some jeans like hers now...

oh and the sweater...

um, and the necklace....

well, ok her figure too, would be nice...

so run to your closet

grab your gap or old navy jeans

and

p.u.t.   t.h.e.m.  o.n.

and check yourself out...

are you wearing mom jeans?

if yes, burn them.

proceed to Macy's/Nordstrom/Buckle

and grab yourself a new pair...

if no, congratulations

you are one lucky duck with boo-tay of yours! :)

{or you're just hugely self confident &

you should applaud yourself, regardless!! :)}

Have a wonderful day!!

xoxo,

Shellagh

{denim images via here}

{the rest from here}