Flared White Jeans

Does it make any sense to say I had to have these flared white jeans just because they were so out of character for me? (Flared? White? Jeans? Certainly not what I'd usually go for.) I noticed them in a heap of clothes at Vintage Vikend swap party and for reasons unknown, they instantly grabbed my attention. (I'm pretty sure I'd walk straight past them in a store.) I picked them up, had a quick look at them, and put them back onto the pile ... just to pick them up again and take another look, a little longer this time. After repeating this procedure and making sure in my mind that I'm not interested just because they're free, I took them to the ladies' room, put them...