Proof in the pant legs

I've always laughed at people who say, "my dryer shrunk my jeans," even though I've often felt that it was very possible. Except it seemed weird that the waist was the only portion that seemed any smaller. No one likes to gain weight, or admit that they've put on a few pounds over the winter, so heck, blame in on your appliances..why not? The refrigerator seems like a more appropriate culprit, but you rarely hear someone say, "dang...my refrigerator shrunk my pants again!"

Well yesterday while I was walking down the hall with ankle height boots on, I kept feeling my pant get stuck on the top of my boot. Me, being slightly intolerant of high water apparel, looked down to see my pants seemed to have shrunk in length about 3 inches. Miraculously they didn't seem too tight anywhere else, and I'm fairly sure I was able to button them. Too bad I didn't notice this until I was at work, where I had to suffer the entire day with my "short pants" on.

While we're on the short pants subject. Is there really anyone who can pull of the cropped length short pants? I'm not talking about mid-calf length capris. I'm talking about the length that is just slightly above the ankle. So you basically look like you really want it to be warm enough to wear capri's, but you're too scared your calf will get cold, and you're so daring that you're going to show a tiny bit of {gasp} ankle! I'm sorry if you have these in your closet, or if you're wearing them right now {hurry, go change and no one will know}. To me, you might as well spare yourself the expense of buying these silly pants {haha, silly pants!} and just roll up the pants you already have. Wah-la, now you have freak pants. Sadly, some people won't even notice, and others will just think your refrigerator shrunk them.