Traveling pants

Do you ever have an article of clothing that you've always wanted but never found in your size or the style that you wanted?  When I used to go to raves back in my late teens/early 20s, I always wanted a pair of cargo pants.  All my friends had them and I could never find them in my size.  As time went by and I stopped going to raves, I didn't think of the pants anymore.

About 5 or 6 years ago, I found a pair of cargo pants that were two sizes too small but I wanted them.  I bought two of them - khaki & a light gray.  I knew that I wanted to lose weight but never had the will do do it & I always thought "I will fit into them one day".  When I moved from Marin County to the Central Valley, these pants came along with me.   I would try them on at times and they didn't fit.  It was discouraging but I still kept them.   When I moved back to the Bay Area, these pants were my companion.  Back in June of this year when I was packing up my apartment to move back to my mom's, I tried on the pants.  They almost fit.  Back into the closest they went.  

You know how I mentioned that one day I would lose enough weight to get them to fit?  That day is today.  I was packing up some clothes for a trip that I am going on tomorrow and I saw the pants.   I slowly got them out of my closet and tried them on.  I was able to zip them up & button them up with no trouble.  They fit just right.  HOLY MUTHER TRUCKERS!

I know we are having summer weather here in the Bay Area, so if you see a girl with cargo pants don't judge her.  She's worked really hard to get into them & is gonna wear them til they fall off.

Edited to add picture :)