ruffle your feathers

A few weeks back, I was contemplating this pair of jeans from Intermix . I went into the Meatpacking store several times to try them on. Pulled off a few salsa moves while wearing them. And even started surveying customers as to whether or not I should buy them. (Survey said: YES!) And yet, still, I couldn’t bring myself to buy them. Something about the price tag combined with the fact I just wasn’t sure I would wear them enough to justify that amount of money, held me back. So I waited. And waited. Until eventually, on one of those random afternoons when you wander into Zara thinking, “I’ll just take a look — no harm in...