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January 8, 2007

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Whe-hew, and I had a couple of days where I didn’t think I ate that well. I’ve been going on the elliptical a little more (and I mean a little) though.

I went to the city on Saturday with my best friend’s family and had to buy a nice outfit for the occasion. Nothing fancy, just not the jeans and paint splattered sweat shirt I wear every day. I have absolutely nothing else that fits and refuse to buy anything larger (except for instances like this).

What a torturous experience. I’ve told the story a million times, as many of us have, and this episode wasn’t much different. The mall was having heating problems and it was like a sweat box. Initially I thought it was my anxiety making me feel this way until I saw even the skinniest of people fanning themselves with mall directories.

I first went into a cheap plus size store because I’m not going to shell out Lane Bryant prices, they’re ridiculous. I’m at the lowest size and even still everything looked terrible on me. I don’t think that low cut shirts with arms that flare out like daffodil flowers suit me. The pants made my legs look so super thick. I’ve used the term “tree trunks” to describe them before, but they more closely resembled building material used to erect skyscrapers. Big cement pillars. Yeah. I left hardly being able to breathe and that was only partially due to the heat.

Thank goodness for Old Navy. Now they’ve incorporated larger sizes into racks with all the other sizes rather than having a special section (which is a nice touch). I found a nice outfit on sale in no time. I hope I never have to wear it again but rather can fit into my old stuff by the time I need to go to another fancy event.

Posted by hopeful @ January 8, 2007 10:58 AM