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Clothes Rant
May. 9th, 2004 10:39 pmI have a Weight Watchers update - all good news. :) In about 2.5 months, I've lost 24 pounds. For the record, this puts me at 250. Granted, my new seizure medicine (Zonegran) has been zapping my appetite to a certain extent, but I think that I'm doing better than I did when I was on WW about 5 years ago.
Anyways, while this is all quite welcome, it's also a pain in the ass to a degree. My two pairs of Tommy Hilfiger jeans - size 22 pants that on some occasions I'd almost struggled to get into comfortably - are just about sliding off my hips, while buttoned *and* zipped up. There are other pants in my wardrobe that don't fit anymore - not to mention, other clothes that don't fit, so I am currently down to one pair of jeans, one pair of dress pants and two skirts. Also, as I found out today, I've been gallavanting about town in the wrong size bra - ummmmm, ooops! :-/
I'm trying to remedy my clothing situation - scoping out Goodwill and other thrift shops, going to Old Navy and Macy's, and trying to re-learn that I can shop at more places than Lane Bryant, Target, the Women's Microcosm at the department stores, and from time to time - the Men's Department at the Gap or Old Navy.
It's just a matter of finding out where I belong exactly. I've spent much of my life resigned to the aforementioned stores, feeling as though I really had no other alternative. I never could shop in the cool, hip stores - except for accessories or men's t-shirts - and I always felt quite shafted. Now, I'm starting to get to where I'm fitting into the high end of the "normal people" clothing stores (some places are going up to 18s and 20s), with no idea where to begin. I'm too fat and old for Urban Outfitters (although I have a feeling that their demographic is the Zygote to Prostitot market - especially judging by the clothing sizes), but too young for the Mom Jeans that seem to abound at Casual Corner.
In the meantime, I suppose that all I can do is continue to try on clothes in my size at every turn, invest in the Needful Things (khakis, good-fitting bras, etc.), and just keep going until I find the shops that carry the clothes I need and want - without making me feel as though I should compromise ANYTHING. I've spent entirely too long dressing myself in clothes that were "what was available/ on sale/ in my size", regardless of whether or not it even fit properly. I just spent too much time dressing myself in mediocre clothes, because it was better than being naked.
Anyways, while this is all quite welcome, it's also a pain in the ass to a degree. My two pairs of Tommy Hilfiger jeans - size 22 pants that on some occasions I'd almost struggled to get into comfortably - are just about sliding off my hips, while buttoned *and* zipped up. There are other pants in my wardrobe that don't fit anymore - not to mention, other clothes that don't fit, so I am currently down to one pair of jeans, one pair of dress pants and two skirts. Also, as I found out today, I've been gallavanting about town in the wrong size bra - ummmmm, ooops! :-/
I'm trying to remedy my clothing situation - scoping out Goodwill and other thrift shops, going to Old Navy and Macy's, and trying to re-learn that I can shop at more places than Lane Bryant, Target, the Women's Microcosm at the department stores, and from time to time - the Men's Department at the Gap or Old Navy.
It's just a matter of finding out where I belong exactly. I've spent much of my life resigned to the aforementioned stores, feeling as though I really had no other alternative. I never could shop in the cool, hip stores - except for accessories or men's t-shirts - and I always felt quite shafted. Now, I'm starting to get to where I'm fitting into the high end of the "normal people" clothing stores (some places are going up to 18s and 20s), with no idea where to begin. I'm too fat and old for Urban Outfitters (although I have a feeling that their demographic is the Zygote to Prostitot market - especially judging by the clothing sizes), but too young for the Mom Jeans that seem to abound at Casual Corner.
In the meantime, I suppose that all I can do is continue to try on clothes in my size at every turn, invest in the Needful Things (khakis, good-fitting bras, etc.), and just keep going until I find the shops that carry the clothes I need and want - without making me feel as though I should compromise ANYTHING. I've spent entirely too long dressing myself in clothes that were "what was available/ on sale/ in my size", regardless of whether or not it even fit properly. I just spent too much time dressing myself in mediocre clothes, because it was better than being naked.
