I noticed that the chart that you showed was Misses size chart... that makes a huge difference. In women's sizes you would probably be a 9/10... I don't know if you have noticed, but at Target for instance, their mossimo jeans are either red tag or black tag... the red tags are juniors/misses and I always have to get at least two sizes bigger. the black tags are women's sizes... and I can get into an 8 no problem.

but i thought womens was the next step after misses? like juniors for teens, then misses for regular women, then the women's department for the larger sizes? i never shop at target so i dont know about those tags.

and how tall are you at 142 pounds? i cant fit in an 8 yet. i been wearing 9's or 9/10's. probably cause of my big fat ASS!