I went shopping in Montreal with my cousin this weekend and I didn't break my bank! And I got the high-rise-wide-leg cropped denim I had been searching for.

My cousin brought me to a store that looks like a warehouse in the Mile End called "Jeans, jeans, jeans". I have now decided that from now on I am shopping my jeans there. They had a lot of cotton denim too, but as soon as I put one pair on me I was overtaken by a horrendous flash back from my teens: that scratchy, hot feeling of heavy cotton squeezing my thighs and digging into my waist. Very little for me thank you very much.

I have to mention these https://shop.nordstrom.com/s/h.....origin=cat as the fit was very fab, clean and preppy on a petite short legs like me. I ended up not getting this time for fear of duplication (you'll see below).

I should also mention that I had no luck looking for white denim. They had some choice, but everything was either skinny or too funky or too cottony.

Below is what I ended up getting:

1-2: These totally Jane Birkinish wide cropped from Noisy May (CAN45$) (https://www.parenting.com/shop.....e400bb5e23). They drape just the right way, they fit perfect on hips and waist, they are super comfy. I tried them with clogs and a pair of t-strap low heel shoes I had bought earlier this year which compliments them surprisingly well. I wore them yesterday and couldn't take them off.

3-4: This funky pair from Mavi jeans (CAN 70$), called Anika freyed hem (https://shop.nordstrom.com/s/m.....ge/4958532). They are stretchy and comfortable to me and I like the challenge the extreme freying creates regarding footwear and proportion. Here with Dansko Mary-Jane clogs, because of my toe, but can't wait for it to heal a little more and get stacked heeled mules. I think I will have fun with those jeans.

5: I also shopped in Old Montreal and got this little summer cap by Canadian Hat (Uncas)

6-7: And another one because I figured I would be taking many lonely walks as I always do when I reevaluate my life like I am doing now, and the sun will be out soon. This is the first "straw" hat style I actually see myself sporting (This one Canadian Hat also, "Yukon").

Thank you for watching!