That's not funny, Lane Bryant.

When I was looking for clothes to wear to Shannon's wedding, I went to Lane Bryant in search of tall sizes.  Chris was instrumental, coaching and encouraging both me and the saleslady, since we were ready to throttle each other.  Chris sat by the fitting room at first, but after several what-the-hell-was-she-thinking moments, he went out into the store to find more flattering options for me.  He found a great pair of pants that fit perfectly and looked great- but they didn't carry the tall size.  "Oh, you can order those online!" said the saleslady.  Yes, I'm sure I could but I'm a procrastinator and I leave for the East Coast TOMORROW.

Allow me to pause here and explain that the first time I went there, all I had to say was that I was trying to find jeans that fit and the super awesome saleslady looked at my belt and knew what my problem was.  She knew my size better than I did.  She was awesome, so I don't consider all of their salespeople to be ding-dongs.

So back then I signed up for their email coupons and such.  Tracy got me a gift card for graduation so I can try to buy pants-that-aren't-jeans for my new job, whatever that will be.  (Thank you, Tracy!)  I have been monitoring the emails looking for a good opportunity to strike and today's email looked positive.  $25 off $75.  Hmm okay, sounds reasonable.  I know I'll need the online promo code since they don't carry many tall sizes in the store (which seems to defeat the purpose, but what do I know).  The online promo code is:

SPEND25LB

Did you read that the way I did?  Spend 25 pounds?  Are you making fun of me, Lane Bryant?  Wait a minute, LB stands for Lane Bryant.  Did they do that on purpose?  How come I never noticed that before?  Maybe it's not intentional, but either way- that's kind of messed up.  Is there a big and tall store for men called Xavier Lee?