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June 24, 2005

I don't like Mirrors

Because I think I’m all thin I walk around in tight yoga pants and a tank top (only at home, I’m not totally insane). I bounce around all happy because in my mind I look like the women in my aerobics tapes. Everything is great until I happen upon myself in a reflection of a window or mirror. Suddenly I have tunnel vision and am frozen like a deer in headlights to that terrifying image. The image zooms quickly back and forth between near and far (cue screeching sound effects). Sigh…. ohh man… I’m like both characters from Shallow Hal in one person.

My confidence got the best of me again when I went to the mall to buy some new clothes. I went into Lane Bryant and everything looked great and promising. Of course it would, because when they put the clothes on the not-so heavy mannequins they cinch them back with pins. This was, in no way, representative of what they would look like on me. I was completely misled and picked out items that, of course, I have no business wearing. I strutted my stuff over to the dressing room waving around my skimpy selections like I was on the flag team or marching band.

I threw on my first outfit in a flash. I was in shock when I looked in the mirror. First of all, what were they thinking putting that bright, hot, overhead spotlight in the dressing room? All I could see was miles of skin that looked like the surface of the moon.

Needless to say, I left immediately and work a lot harder to avoid mirrors now.

On a more practical note, Torrid is a better place to shop. I think that their styles are more realistic for heavy women and they’re cooler. They actually have larger women of different shapes and sizes modeling their clothes as opposed to small mannequins.

Posted by hopeful @ June 24, 2005 10:40 AM