Shopping For Clothes

I think I have this whole thing backwards. I am also sure I am not the only one, as I know there are many more like me in the world. It is what I like to call: Buying “getting fat clothes” versus buying “losing weight clothes”.

During the last few years I have put on weight. I won’t go into the reasons, or the excuses. I’ll save that for another day. The truth is month after month I got bigger. I would get upset, and head for the malls. What is a girl to do? I have to look good don’t I? How can possibly go on living if I don’t have decent clothes to wear? Through my tears I would find my way to the stores and drag myself into the dressing rooms to find the prefect “feel better outfits.” I would tell myself, “No matter what the cost I must buy it; if it looks good on me. I deserve that much!” Sometimes I would bring an entourage of friends along to cheer me on as I went store to store. I came home with my new clothes, hung them up neatly in my closet, and promised to never grow out of them. Sadly after a few months, or even as short as a few weeks my new clothes and I would no longer mesh together due to weight gain, thus the cycle would repeat. Each and every time it happened I was determined to find the perfect “fat” clothes as I went up and up in sizes. I had to be trendy and comfortable.

This is where the backwards thinking comes into it…

I am losing weight, and my clothes are falling off of me. To let you know how loose they are: I shimmy up the stairs to see if I can wiggle out of my pants. I make it half way up, and my pants are at my ankles. It is kind of embarrassing when we have company. It gives a new meaning to dinner and a show! As my clothes are becoming less fitted people feel the need to giving me shopping advice. Shopping advice really? Just to recap: If you have muffin top syndrome nobody tells you when to go shopping, but if you are lucky enough to droopy drawers then people find it necessary to point out the nearest store. At least we are a polite society. Here is shopping advice that most people have been giving me: go down to my local thrift shop and buy my “new” smaller clothes there. Did I miss something? I know the argument; if I am going to lose more weight why throw more money away on clothes you won’t wear very long.

Let me get this straight: Now, I am feeling totally awesome; I have to go to the thrift shop. Before, I was feeling totally crappy; I went to the mall and paid retail. Hmmm….backwards thinking I am sure of it.

Now please do not misunderstand me. I don’t hate thrift shops. Well I do a little bit, but if you like them; then I like them for you. I am writing this post because for a few moments I actually considered this plan of action. Then I discarded it, and there were a few pangs of guilt. How could I knowingly be so wasteful? Backwards thinking! Don’t misunderstand me I certainly don’t think that if you gain weight you should have to go shop at thrift shops either. I happen to think retail therapy is a great idea for whatever situation you find yourself in. However I work very hard to lose weight it would be a total bummer to wear someone else’s “fat” clothes, as I am not quite in “skinny” clothes yet. I feel that if you lose weight then you it is your duty to look “hot-damn” at all times. So what if I only wear those kick-ass jeans for two weeks? I will enjoy every second of those jeans until they fall off of my hips. Then back to the mall I go. That is a cycle I can’t wait to repeat again and again. Now if only I could get a loan for clothes.