I cleaned my closet yesterday
and I could not believe how many pairs of black pants I have
and I am willing to guess  that I'm not the only one
guilty of this indulgence

I used to think people with too many shoes were ridiculous
Now, look who is calling the kettle black
the one with too many black pants
thats who!


I do have a theory about why people have so many pairs of black pants

see
you have to have
your good pair
I call them
my black fancy pants

then there is
your everyday black pair
the ones you grab when you need to put on a pair of pants and run out the door
your basic black pants

then there is your extra black pair
in case the one you need is dirty or wrinkled
those are your black back up pants

then you have your casual pair of black pants

and your comfy pair to wear around the house

and not all black pants are alike
you have
tight ones
loose ones
skinny ones
shinny ones
black jeans
wide leg
skinny leg
baggy ones
black pants with belt and without
high wasted
low wasted
the ones that don't make your butt look big
and your brand new ones
that you save for special occasions

and
if you are like me
you have all of these pants in various sizes
mine range from a size 2 all the way to size 10


I was a size 2 for the last few years
but never wanted to buy many 2's
because I figured I was
 just visiting size 2
and certainly wouldn't be there very long
so I bought size 4's
which were just a little loose
nothing wrong with that

but I broke down and bought a few 2's
why be a 2 if you don't have any 2's to wear?

and while I was wearing a size 4 and some 2's
I also had a number of size 10's in my closet
but was afraid to get rid of them
because
what if,
God forbid
if I found myself back there,

Id have nothing to wear
OMG!

and no one wants to go out and buy a bigger size

most of my married life I've been a size 6 or an 8
so these loyal threads were sharing the closet with all my 
transient sizes and were pushed aside at various times

whenever I needed to get a black pair of pants from my closet
it was no easy task
it took forever

I had to take the pants off the hanger and check the size
and 9 times out of ten
they were not the right ones
because I spent all my time finding the right pair pf pants
I was always running late
consequently
I'd have a bunch of black pants on the floor

unfortunetly
I gained some weight this last year
so I dusted off some of the big guys
whew!
thank goodness I had them

yet,
a few months ago
I started exercising
and

recently I made my way back to a six
who knows if I will ever see 4 again
but that's my goal

so
that old rule
if you haven't worn something in the last year or 2 
you should get rid of it
does not apply


by the way
why do we call one pair of pants
a pair
a pair of anything is two?

I guess that's another story?