Consider me scolded! From now on I will respond no matter how much I feel like a cornered rat.

Sorry - didn't mean to sound like I was scolding you...I just really do appreciate your honest opinion. I can take it! And I'd rather be stopped now then have people snicker behind my back at work whispering "what the heck is she wearing???"!

It can be tough to go against the grain... I almost wondered if my opinion must be wrong, since the jeans got some good love here. An opinion is an opinion, though, and will not get any of us beaten up on this forum. What matters is that happy feeling you mentioned, Shannon. That is usually the best indicator.