I've been buying things for incipient trip to mainland Europe. One necessary item was trousers. This was how my search/week went:

Monday

Got back from Paul's on the train. Too tired to do much. Didn't buy any trousers.

Tuesday

Woke up later than intended. Went shopping for trousers. Bought three books and a PDA. No trousers.

Wednesday

Got up at a reasonable time. Went shopping for trousers. Bought five books. Finally bought trousers.

Thus ends the saga of the trousers.