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: 11-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 7:40am

I make no apology for my statement.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 7:41am

I'm tempered in my remarks in person and on the boards.






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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 7:44am
And I'll bet you'd look pretty darn awesome, too, in a Bebe shirt!

Jean,






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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 8:49am
that's what really gets me about that scenario -- the cost of the shirt! i don't have a problem with women wearing tight shirts or whatever, but i think spending $30 for a tee shirt is ridiculous for anyone. plus, i don't understand why people would pay a company money to give them free advertising - they should pay YOU to wear the shirt. i generally refuse to wear any clothes with a highly visible logo. in fact i can only think of one item of clothing i have with a logo -- a roxy tee -- and i got it on sale for less than $10 and i only made an exception because i like its cool hawaiian-style design and fabulous fit.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 8:59am

I agree about paying to show off a label--why should I be paying for that???






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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 9:03am

i agree, that mothers should think twice about dressing provocatively to their children's school. i don't think it's a mom's responsibility to avoid embarrassing her kids (as if that's possible anyway!) but in this situation considering the ratio of embarrassment for the child vs. how easy it is to just not wear those kind of clothes for the small portion of one's week that you spend at the child's school, there is just no reason to subject the child to that.


also, although i am a pretty non-traditional looking person (tattoo, don't wear makeup, constant ponytail, etc.) i think that everyone has to accept the consequences of the image they portray to the world. i wouldn't be surprised if a teacher treated a child differently based on her perception of the mother's appearance - for right or for wrong. i don't agree with judging people by their appearance, but life's unfair, it happens and everyone has to take responsibility for the image they present. i don't present a very professional image at work, and i'm willing to accept that it affects how my superiors view me. i wouldn't walk around the way i do and then get pissed off if my superiors judged me by the way i dress. it's not right of them and it would be pretty dumb too, since i'm very good at my job, but that's the way the cookie crumbles and i take responsibility for my choices.

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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 9:06am
yeah, i'd totally do it too if i really loved
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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 9:10am
It's all I can do not to strike a Victoria Secret pose when I wear it...;-) Totally off the topic but this reminds me of being at clubs when they played Madonna's "Vogue".





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Registered: 11-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Thu, 07-28-2005 - 12:44pm
Right on Jen!

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