I'm also guilty of the 'good enough'. Now that it's cold enough here for thick bottoms, I finally pulled out my dark brown trousers only to discover that one is too low in the rise (no amount of belting will make them sit on my natural waist lol) & the other now has bleach marks (not my doing, but still lol).
I've been compromising for years now when it comes to highwaisted dark brown bottoms but arghhh if they aren't hard to find - especially if I want them to actually fit (I need an almost 14" rise to reach my natural waist, but also a 28" inseam to reach my ankles)! Good luck finding that for petites - let alone in a warm chocolate colour, lol!