Baggy Trousers - And Why They Don't Work for Me

So I'm post surgery and doing OK. Unfortunately I still have some sciatic pain which is disappointing but my doc says it's perfectly normal until everything settles down. Nowhere near what it was, thank goodness. 

Of a far more pressing nature though, is what to wear? Before my surgery I could hardly move and certainly couldn't lean forward to heave tight jeans on. Or really any trousers that didn't have a huge elastic waistband. I lived in the same pair of black wide stretchy trousers for longer than I care to admit. I have never been one for loose fitting, baggy clothing no matter how much I like it on other people. Somehow, it always just looks huge and wrong on me. What looks like this on some, 

looks like this on me
No offence/offense Lena, but not a good look. 
Now, although I have the flexibility to pull my leg up and put a sock on, I am not allowed to bend for another month and - I have an incision on my back right where most of my waistbands go. I did think about going out and buying some of those jeans that barely come over your nether regions, but heavens, the world doesn't deserve that! So guess what? I'm still having to wear stretch-waist trousers while my incision is tender. 

I have been looking online to see what's in fashion; the good news is that there are rather a lot of harem-looking trousers coming up this summer. They are certain to have stretch waists aren't they? The bad news is that a) I wouldn't know what to wear with them, and b) would end up looking ridiculous. 

I would love to be able to pull something like this off, but even when I was 20 I couldn't. 

So instead I'm going to leave you with something you might not thank me for, but I don't care - it's stuck in my head so it can be stuck in yours. You're welcome!