Shopping

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Shopping
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Fri, 07-22-2005 - 3:21pm

I didn't really want to go shopping this morning. Mostly because I have avoided shopping over the last couple of years because I've been so unhappy with my body and shopping was no longer fun. But, I figured I needed to face reality and just go do it.

It's funny... even with my compression garment on and stuff mostly smoothed out, I STILL had trouble buying clothes. Things just didn't look right or hang right or whatever. *sigh* I did manage to come home with two pairs of pants and two shirts. I splurged and bought myself the most badass looking pair of athletic shoes I could find though. :) Loud crazy shoes make me happy. I also got a gift for a client that's been training with me for a year.

I am slowly remembering that weight has so little to do with shopping. Clothes are just not cut for people who have any sort of womanly curves whatsoever.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 9:26pm

I'm sorry you are having such a hard time finding the right clothes.


I have to echo what others have said.

~Kiervin~

Co-author of:  MONSTER'S INK HORROR ANTHOLOGY By Cyber-Pulp Press

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 10:28pm

Aren't junior sizes typically odd while misses are even?






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Registered: 03-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 11:08pm

Thanks for your suggestions, K. I can fit into a 12 or a 14, depending on the manufacturer. I generally avoid junior stuff since I assume (perhaps mistakenly?) that they're pretty low-rise and my waist runs pretty high.

I will definitely check out the higher end stuff when I'm ready to get a little more. I needed some "right now" clothes and didn't want to spend too much money on them. Thank goodness for Target. :)

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Sat, 07-23-2005 - 7:56am

"We think it's because for that market."


Oops, left off the entire thought of that sentence!






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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Sat, 07-23-2005 - 7:58am
You're lucky you're tall so you can buy clothes at Target.





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Registered: 11-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Sun, 07-24-2005 - 5:51pm
Someone needs to tell the stepford wives on long island that bebe shirts are for younger hipper women, not desperate housewives that need to sport their silicone for all the world to see.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Sun, 07-24-2005 - 6:02pm

Please tell me you're kidding?

~Kiervin~

Co-author of:  MONSTER'S INK HORROR ANTHOLOGY By Cyber-Pulp Press

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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Mon, 07-25-2005 - 10:07am

yes, i fit better into junior's clothes too, probably for the same reasons it fits

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Registered: 05-01-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Mon, 07-25-2005 - 10:53am
I picked up a few things this weekend too and everything fit my new post-pregnancy body fine.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Mon, 07-25-2005 - 12:23pm
I dress young, too, or don't dress up like my age but a lot of the styles today in junior sizes show way too much skin/are too tight