Wednesday, October 14, 2009
**This photo is NOT of me, but it very well could be!**
Yesterday my youngest daughter was at my Mom's house for the day and my oldest was in school. I had to get some birthday gifts because my youngest daughter will be 3 next week. So, I went to Toys R Us. After I was finished there I needed to find something for my 1st grader to wear for school photos this Friday. So I stopped into Sears with the hopes of finding something. Instead of finding clothes for her though, I found a lot of things on clearance for me! I went into the dressing room about 4 times trying different pairs of dress pants and jeans on. If I were thinner and taller (I'm only 5'1) I would have come out of there with a lot more than I did. I ended up with 2 pairs of dress pants and 1 pair of jeans. I really wanted to find more jeans because I barely have any. You see, I have come accustomed to wearing sweatpants most of the time in the Fall/Winter months. I'm a stay at home Mom and don't get the chance to dress up much; so I have become frumpy
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I then went to Burlington Coat Factory where I found a nice top for my daughter for school photos, as well as some tights for her. I then decided to look for pants for myself again, even though I was quite depressed from my dressing room try on's at Sears. I found some nice work out/sweat pants (dressier than what I have now) and a lot of them were too tight on me too! I ended up with 2 pairs of work out pants and a dress shirt.
I do not shop for myself often and it's because I hate the way things fit me. I also hate buying clothes for the size I am now, because I do not plan on staying here (I'm about a Size 14 right now, although it totally depends on the make of the pants/jeans/skirt; sometimes I can fit into a 12 if it's made bigger.) It disgusts me to try clothes on. I hate it immensely. I want to be able to love to buy new clothes because I look good in them, not loathe it because I have to worry if I can fit into them.
So maybe I will take a pair of jeans I have ( a small pair that I want to be able to fit into one day) and try them on once a week to remind me that I have got to eat properly and exercise in order to fit into them someday. What are your thoughts on this?
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But I did keep my skinny clothes as I gained weight. I've been slowly giving away the ones I won't ever wear again, mostly dresses & suits for a job I don't do anymore. But I kept my skinny pants. Imagine my joy when my fat jeans got too big and I found that my skinny jeans from over a decade ago fit again! I didn't try them on periodically. They just sat hopefully in my closet waiting for me to need them.
I'm especially happy because they're high waisted, skinny leg jeans that I love but have been out of fashion for so long so I haven't been able to buy any in my size. I mean, who wants to buy jeans that stop right under your tummy roll. And let's be realistic, barring liposuction or celebrity-type daily training, every woman has a tummy roll--some are just smaller than others.
So I agree with your idea to keep some clothes that you like in a smaller size, but maybe only try them on every few months or so, lest they become a constant source of discouragement rather than a joy to discover.