A humorous aside on tight pants

This morning as I got ready for church I selected a cream colored sweater and tan pants.  As I pulled on my pants I noticed they were a bit snug but I told myself that they had probably just been washed and the holidays had just ended.  That, however turned to sheer panic when, after getting the pants up, I realized there was NO WAY that these pants would button. Thankfully, I decided to take off the pants and before breaking into unrelenting sobs realized that they were not in fact the maternity pants that I intended to don today.