On the advice of a friend of mine (thanks a lot Clara) I went clothes shopping yesterday. It wasn't planned, I was waiting for someone to wake up, who was evidently already awake. Another story.
I got the baby some more binkies at Target, then walked over to Ross all excited to get some pants that I could squeeze my over-sized ass into. I knew I was bigger than I was before, but I figured, 8 lbs, that'd be one size up, right?
Wrong.
Although I used to be a size 5, pre-pregnancy, my assumption that I would now be a 7 was completely off. So far off, I couldn't feel a difference between squeezing one cheek into a 5, and one into a 7.
So now I'm starting to sweat, because these pants were just supposed to hold me over until I lost the baby weight, but shit, TWO sizes to lose?? And of course, there are no size 9's in the clearance section, so now, not only am I buying bigger clothes than I want, I have to pay more for them too.
So back to the fitting room, six pairs of jeans, and they are cute. I'm just hoping I don't only like the $19.99 ones. And lo and behold....
The fuckers don't fit.
So now I'm really stressing. And I'm starting to contemplate how all 8 lbs could magically appear only on my ass? I mean, who did I piss off in another lifetime? Couldn't I get a pound or two up top? Even me out a bit? Geez, even my arms have extra skin where I could have taken some of it. But no. All in my mid-region.
I must look like a pear.
But then I started thinking that since I've been pregnant, I haven't really worn any booty-hugging jeans. Because maternity pants? They have a totally different fit, and really weren't hugging the curves like I used to wear. So maybe the size 9's really do fit, just not how I've been wearing for the last six months. And since I absolutely refuse (for now) to buy anything in the double digits (did I mention I was a size 3 in high school???) I bought ONE pair of 9's.
The biggest pair.
And I still might return them.
Thanks a lot Clara.
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I know you don't want to hear all of the same old bull shit from people who have "experience," but your body really does change when you're pregnant... something about your hips spreading, too, so it's not ALL your ass.
Also, I discovered Misses sizes when I was working at a clothing store when Julia was little. I had always worn a size 9 in Juniors and had a relatively small stomach and waste, but the 9's were always a little tight around my waste. Then, one day, we were having a sale on shorts, and there were all kinds of 8's and 10's on the rack that I liked (the reason 9's are always sold out is because that IS the average size~especially for your height, but I know, I know...). Anyway, when I went into the dressing room, I discovered that the 8's actually fit better than the 9's in Juniors, so I more or less got to go around telling people that I wore an 8 after that (so what if they assumed I meant a 7/8 in Juniors); either way, my body had not changed THAT much~just my way of looking at things. To this day, I still can't find the right sizes in Juniors (unless they have them in tall sizes), but now that I am older AND a little bigger, I just stick with the Misses/Women's section. Most places, like Target or Wal Mart should have comparable styles in those sections to the Juniors~in jeans, anyway. As far as sweats and things like that go, good luck, because we're in the same club (tall wize). My recommendation: it never hurts to look in the men's section, and they're usually cheaper.
P.S. I left you two comments in the July section, but I'm not sure one of them took because it did not appear above after I clicked it. It was in the blog about your using formula in mashed potatoes. If it did not publish, I just wanted to say how funny you are, and once again, how I can see the relation (both to your mom and to our family... as well as the neuroses from the other side as I had the pleasure of knowing your dad when he was younger, too, so take heart: you are normal in our circles!
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