I have exciting news to share! Now, before you get ahead of yourself and assume I'm pregnant, let me tell you, it's not that exciting. No, yesterday I went clothes shopping (that's not my news, either, but it's related).
I hate clothes shopping. Especially when I need something really specific. In this case, black dress pants for work. I was also keeping my eye out for pretty much anything else that was nice and in my price range, as my wardrobe is very small and very very old (did I mention I hate shopping?). Anyway, I went from store to store to store, scouring the racks for black dress pants, with pockets. Not an easy thing to find in the summer. Even worse, I have a weird body shape, so when I did find black dress pants, they didn't fit. I have a disproportionately large waist, so if pants fit me in the leg, the waist is too small (muffin top alert!) and if the waist fits, the legs balloon out and look awful.
Rest assured, I did eventually find a pair. Nothing special, but they'll do. In the midst of that horrible experience, though, was one bright spot- my News. I bought a dress. I've never bought a dress before, haven't even worn one since I was 10 (with the exception of my wedding dress).
When I brought home my purchases and showed them to Rob, he was all "you bought at dress? You bought a dress?" Yes, yes, shocking. But I like it. Strangely enough, it actually fits me. It doesn't accentuate the areas I'm sensitive about, but it's not a shapeless bag, either. Even more strange, I could actually afford it. With the cosmos on my side, I figured I had no choice but to buy it.
So I did.
3 comments:
I never knew you were in those kind of straits regarding dresses! I believe they're the most flattering clothing item around. So do we get to see a picture of it or what?
I hear ya about the pants! Pants shopping is just difficult!!
Ive just discovered your blog again and am loving reading it! You can't post about a subject like this though and not show a picture of the dress!
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