I have one pair of jeans atm that I paid $15 for at Walmart.  Faded Glory that fit me pretty well and looked good!  I've never spent more that about $20-25 on jeans, but would be willing to go up to $50.  I've started looking at thrift stores, but I have a hard time finding anything other than skinny jeans, which I don't like (I'm a boot cut kind of girl).  I think I may go and take a look at TJ Maxx this week, or Ross, and see what they have, actually.