[Kevin]

I hope this fad is over fast.

I stepped into my A&F store the other day, which is, for me, an oasis of sanity in a mall full of places I usually give a chance but have always walked away from empty-handed like the Gap, AE, etc.

I wanted jeans. Simple jeans, blue, covering my legs, etc. So I look around. It seems now, that jeans come with holes and stains AND are $30 more than the nicest jeans they have in department stores? Thanks, I'm buying jeans because the ones I'm wearing have holes in them. Why would I want jeans that come with holes already in 'em?

The paint splattered on them was interesting as well. So now, to be up with the joneses, I must help a friend paint and be sure to ruin my jeans? Wonderful.

Sorry, A&F, I took my business to JC Pennies where they have normal jeans.. You know.. the kind that are different shades of blue, and don't come with holes and stains?

Maybe I'm just getting old?