five-button pants

Well, ten really. Or maybe even a dozen, depending on the size of the buttons. It takes almost exactly two hours to sew up the back button vent Burda pants to the point of hemming, buttonholes, and tacking down waist facing. (I know this because Prairie Home Companion came on just as I was starting, and I kept sewing until it was over.) These pants now need some fastenings for the back legs, and the mother of pearl buttons don't thrill me in this situation. I'll need to find some buttons closer in shade to the fabric. Maybe even self-covered buttons. Although if I could find some mop's in my stash that are nicely carved, or whimsical, I might relent.