My 13 year old and I spent yesterday afternoon at the outlets. With my fat ass rebelling against the perfectly good, albeit tight, denim collection hanging in my closet and the economy in the toilet, I figured it was a great time to shop. Nobody (me) likes a crowd when they (me) are trying on jeans or bathing suits unless they are going to help slash (my) wrists afterward. And who the hell is shopping during this financial crisis? Answer – everyone in Virginia.
So after crying, laughing and throwing up a little in the first three stores I tried, I finally found solace in the Levi’s store. It was so bloody crowded at the outlets that after I scored the jeans that saved my life, we got the hell out of there. Okay, okay, I popped in to BCBG but it was purely medicinal, I swear.
On the long drive back to our neck of the woods, my daughter and I talked music. We discussed the difference between TI, T Pain and Lil Wayne which were somehow all the same person in my head. After she explained, we listened to a few songs by each and I was all set. Thank God I have it straight now because that skill officially makes me more hip than my husband – and the chance at beating him at anything ever is what keeps me running in my hamster wheel day after day.
Since I’m a giver, I wanted to share my new found wisdom. So for any of you who are confused like I was, here’s the breakdown:
TI
T-Pain
Lil Wayne
Got it? Good.
Now let’s talk jeans. After trying on one million pair yesterday, I gotta know…
What brand do you swear by?
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No hair, lots of hair, covered hair. Got it!
And this?
“…the chance at beating him at anything ever is what keeps me running in my hamster wheel day after day.”
Hell yes.
I find all the new music and names hard to keep straight too- my son loves all the old “punk” music so I’m “cool” with that- but the hip/hop rapper stuff has be stumped! I have a stick out butt so i like Lucky jeans and I wear the heck out of them.
Lil Wayne appears to be a Lil Maladjusted. Does his belt buckle really say RAPE?
Those guys are scary…
I love Lucky jeans. They are the bomb.
Thank God for KLove. I know most of those people, and they all wear their pants up around their waists.
As for jeans, Levi’s. Though Lee has promised me a pair and let me have my pick, I’m sure I’ll blog about those when they arrive. If they arrive.
No, it says “Bape” which is a Japanese clothing line. http://www.bape.com/#/shop
Thankfully none of those people are ones my girls care to listen to.
Thank you for the lesson because I was actually in need of one. My younger cousins are off to see Lil’ Wayne this weekend. He’s like 4′ tall, right?
OMG, I’m just so relieved that belt didn’t say Rape. Phew.
TI and TPane look pretty hip. Lil Wane seems like he’s not sure if he’s four years old or a gangster. I think it’s the choice of underwear and that silly necklace.
I personally can’t stand lil wayne, never heard of T pain, and I like TI. But hey, that is just me. AS for beating your husband at something: I am the same way. He wins at everything and it plucks my nerves. We did however play that game of world domination a few weeks ago. I had never played and apparently he never loses at it. Guess you won? Yep, I did. I refuse to play with him anymore so that I can continue to rub it in his face that he lost. It is what gets me through the day.
I don’t know who those first 2 are. I saw Lil Wayne on SNL. I liked the song but he wears his pants super low. Yuck. And he wasn’t wearing that pink stuff. He looks like Lil Princess in that pic.
Oh, you know me, LEVI’s all the way, baby!
They don’t strain or pull in weird places like, they don’t make a camel toe or crawl into your butt crack. They have so many cute styles and girly styles, but I’ve been totall hooked on their men’s cargo pants the last couple years. I have them in 6 different colors.
Actually, I’m not too fond of jeans.
Lil Bling, Lotta Bling, and Bag-o-Bling. Got it! Ha! What’s up with Lil Wayne’s pink cammo jacket and pastel boxer shorts, by the way? Wait–does his belt really say what I THINK it says? Whoa…
OK, first, phew—I was having a hard time with that belt buckle. Is that the most ridiculous outfit though? Way too much going on, esp. with all the ink.
RE: jeans—I’m an Old Navy/Gap person—mid-rise, tall, straight leg or boot cut. But, last week, I took some birthday money and splurged for the 1st time on some really expensive jeans—Hudson—that feel incredible and actually give my non-ass body some booty. And, they are super long but I’ll admit I’m afraid I’ll screw them up when I wash them, so they may have to get super funky before I throw them in the wash.
If I remember correctly, a law enforcement friend said that a tear tattoed on someone’s face signified killing someone. Lil’ Wayne has two. Hmmmmm…..
Ok, call me cheap, call me way too old, but I get my jeans at Dollar General for $10, in the men’s department, and fit me better than any other jeans I have ever owned.
TI got arrested on those gun charges two blocks from my condo at my regular grocery store! Does that count as a brush with fame the next time I went to pick up Diet Cokes?
My husband is the music
geeksavvy one in our house. I hate that stuff for some reason and I didn’t grow up in a house where someone was always condemning what I listened to but, that stuff, those guys will kill you!Ahhh, the rap music…it’s caused lots of conflict between my 12-year old son and I. Good times. As for jeans, they’re the hardest to buy. Occasionally, I find some at the good old Gap that fit, but not often. Ralph Lauren tends to fit me best – I’m not sure which kind (I know there are lots).
heh. I don’t even know what brand my jeans are….I did get them at the outlets though. They might be lee or levi or a no label. I used to LOOOOOVE jordache jeans. Remember those????
I’m quite fond of the Levi’s myself and I am sure you looked tres cute in yours!
I almost always wear Levis.
I struggled with jeans my whole life. I was cheap, and only wanted to spend $25 at Old Navy. But everything I tried always made me want to slit MY wrists. Then one day I broke down and went to Nordstroms, and I let a sales lady help me (I typically prefer to shop solo). I bought a pair of David Kahn jeans, and let me tell you, these jeans have changed my life!
Go try them, you will see what I mean, and you will convert as I did to a person who spent $170 on a pair of jeans. I have worn them more than 5 pairs from Old Navy, so I think that means I have gotten my money’s worth. And take the shoes you will wear with the jeans, you will have to get the jeans hemmed. (My Nordstroms throws in the hem for free when I drop this sinful amount of money on a pair of jeans.)
That belt buckle still looks far too much like RAPE. Creepy! Regarding jeans for when you’re not feeling as slim as you’d like: Citizens of Humanity Faye always does the trick for me. Then again, I have huge cycling thighs, so it might not work for everyone.
T-Pain looks like my kinda guy. Lil Wayne looks like he got waylaid in an upholstery store.
My favorite pair of jeans ever was a pair of 7 jeans I got “on sale” for $100. I wore them everywhere until they split in a place that my neighbors don’t want to see.
Since then I gained 10 pounds and don’t even want to try on low-rise jeans anymore. How come people keep talking about waist-high jeans and baggy jeans but I never see them in stores?
Levi’s bootcut 317’s baby! (Okay – that is what I USED to wear back in the day… when I liked the firmness of my thighs and didn’t mind tight jeans on my ass & thighs… now I’m more of a “not tight anywhere – well, maybe the ass on a good day” type of jean)… of course my dad still wear’s his Bootcut 317’s (any idea why i wore them? adore-daddy-much? but he’s moved up from a 26 waist to a 28 I think… and 30 if he wants to wear long johns under them… pathetic isn’t it? I tried to fit into an old pair of his I’ve been saving… yeah… that 26 waist doesn’t work for me anymore either… nor do the tight thighs… how in the world did this comment turn into a rambling “post” about Levi’s 317’s?? I’m sorry… I apologize… it must be the pregnant brain (have I used that excuse up yet?)
Oh – also I’m relieved as I thought the belt buckle said RAPE also… whew! GOOD TO KNOW.
serious typos going on there… sorry… pregnant brain?
I can’t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to know who those three are. I cringe at that music and I think my oldest son is beginning to like it. Eek. And I thought all that AC/DC when he was a baby was hedging my bets. LOL
I have two pairs of Luckys that I like really well and one pair of Seven For All Mankinds that I love love love! They feel like sweatpants and look incredible.
i love T.I when i hera my boyfriend singe What Ever You Like it reminds me about T.I .
When my daghter turned8 years old she was making her own move and she told me mommy i want to be teaching Hip Hop i told her you are to young to teach is said than i will make my own club and she did about 15 of her friends all ready know how to dance Hip Hop
I ♥ ya T.i
Thiis is for wayne F Baby
hey man i love you
& i love your music video
I have lived in Levi 501’s for the last 35 years. I recently found the need for a pair of dressier jeans and after trying on every pair of jeans in Nordstom’s, JC Penney, etc.
I finally decided to admit that I am no longer sporting the body of a 25 year old and I bought a pair of “Tummy Tuck” jeans. The tag boasts, “These aren’t your daughters jeans!” and they are correct. My daughter would swear to God that the high rise cut of these jeans were choking her to death…but I …on the other hand…love how they pull everything in and make me look just a tad skinnier without being too tight to be comfortable. I never dreamed that I would pay over $100.00 for a pair of jeans but I think I’m going to wear these babies until they are thread bare.
hi I`m Donna and I love so much T.I can ANYBODY tell me his e-mail or his phon nomber,
-Briianna F.