I am down to one pair of jeans that do not have holes or house paint on them. Which I am finding is not enough for my lifestyle. But I live in a small city, so I can really only buy clothes online; and even the order-return process sometimes seems like too much! And I am totally overwhelmed by the style options: boot-cut, straight, skinny, boyfriend, girlfriend, flare....

In the past, I have generally worn boot-cut jeans. My current wearable jeans are straight-cut (real straight from the Gap); I've only had them a week and I _think_ I like them. But I can't figure out what I should look for in another pair of jeans.

I generally think I have a fine shape, but my thighs are definitely full and I am short-waisted. I've tried on skinny and I feel terrible-looking in them in a way I don't feel normally. But it seems like the only kind of jeans I see, so they are what now look "normal" to me. I don't need to be at the forefront of fashion, but I also don't like feeling completely out of date!

So, what kind of jeans do you wear and why? Any styles that you think hit a good balance between currently stylish but not too trendy?