I encourage each and every one of you to always check your rear view before you leave the house.

I didn't.

I accidentally took a picture of my rear while in a dressing room trying on tops. I was shocked to see what can only be described as a diaper bottom. I told myself that the diaper bottom was due to how I was twisting in the dressing room.

Well, it wasn't.

I owned a pair of Eileen Fisher linen tencel wide legged pants. They were too large in the waist. No problem, I shortened the elastic in the waistband and continued to wear them. They looked GREAT ...... from the front.

I checked them from the rear when I got home today. Evidently, shortening the elastic across just the back of the pants resulted in an folding and gathering of excess fabric that took on the exact look of a dumpy diaper bottom.

I was mortified.

I had no idea. I thought my "fix" was a great way to "save" my wide legged pants from the donation pile. I thought I was brilliant.

Turns out, I wasn't.