I've found that buying clothing in the UK is prohibitively expensive (I've never seen any clothing in Tesco near me) but there are a lot of charity shops, and they have a lot of jeans, and since they aren't all new they aren't all in style so I can find ones I actually like. Finding them short enough is a different matter. I don't know how you manage, I'm 5'4" and I can't ever find jeans short enough. I've given up and I just hem them, because if I keep looking for ones that fit I'll never get to buy any at all. Occasionally in charity shops I'll be lucky and find a pair someone else has already hemmed. I also dislike low waists because I'm always pulling them up.