My quest for the perfect pair of shorts came up a little, well, short this weekend. On Saturday, I braved the mall crowds to try on (what turned out to be) a bunch of ill-fitting jean shorts.

On Sunday after church I found myself with time to waste while Eric was finishing up the podcasts from the last two weeks, so I dropped by Kohls and Old Navy, hoping my luck would change.

After much digging, I found these incredibly cute Docker “skimmer” pants at Kohls.

Now, I am very short. 5 foot 1.5 inches to be exact. And I cannot believe these things actually hit my knee in the proper place.

I also found a pair of black linen shorts at Old Navy—combined price of these two pairs equals the same as one pair of just-okay Tommy Hilfiger jean shorts at Macy’s. (Which I now have to return.)