Skirts and a semi Roll Call...

I love love love skirts now... Before at work I would wear jeans every single day. But now I'm finding I'm wearing more and more skirts. And my thighs are rubbing together less. One trick I had to use before I lost weight was rubbing deorderant on my thighs to minimize the chafing. I have seen so many cute skitrs out there now that I can't help shopping!!!! My second favorite piece of clothing are the super cute jean capris that are rolled up. OMG before I felt I looked too short and fat to wear them but now, watch out!!!! My name is Dana and I'm a shop-a-holic. I actually have a "thin fund" set up. I won money a few months back at a casino and I do Loan Document signings and when I get paid I put it in my thin fund for when I want to go shopping. Since I'm going on Vacation in June I bet I will blow the whole fund on clothes for the trip. Oh I can't wait.... So that brings me to questions for the day... 1. What type of clothing are you wearing now that you didn't normally wear before? 2. What styles are out there that you can't wait to try? Dana

1. What type of clothing are you wearing now that you didn't normally wear before? a little more fashionable because there is more variety as clothes get smaller - today I have on a turquoise shirt w/ sequins around neckline and cuffs that is a 1X! 2. What styles are out there that you can't wait to try? a one piece bathing suit w/o a skirt (not this year, though)

I hear you on the wedding dress thing... I'm getting married next year and before when I thought about the dress I would get soooo discouraged. But now, I'm totally excited cause I will be able to wear what I want! I too want a strapless (or spaghetti strap) dress, I love the lace up back also! Totally do the second wedding it would be so worth it and a huge image booster for you! Dana

Answers.... 1. well it would be skirts for sure. 2. I want to wear a halter top... now that i have less boobage I think I can get away with it. who cares about my flabby arms... let them fly in the wind, especially if I'm wearing a halter top!!!! I also like the whole board shorts with a bikini top. I dont' think my tummy will be on display this year but next year might be a whole different story after I get my tummy tuck!!! Dana

Dana, I think the thighs not rubbing together is a super WOW moment. I hated it when I'd walk and everyone knew I was coming before I even got there and then would wear out my pants in that area. I've noticed that this isn't happening anymore and I love it. Good for you on having a thin fund so you can shop when you are ready. 1. What type of clothing are you wearing now that you didn't normally wear before? I am wearing brighter colors and staying away from black. I can't though seem to break away from my black stretch pants that I want to stop wearing. That'll come in time. 2. What styles are out there that you can't wait to try? Capri pants with pockets. Karen S.

Hey Karen, I love not wearing out the thighs in pants now!!! Bright Colors are great too... But as far as those stretch pants - I know how it is to not want to let go... I have some grey work out pants from two years ago... those things were like a security blanket for me. I still wear them but only to bed now. I used to think the looked so cute on me but now the sag and bag everywhere.... sooo stretched out. And pockets are a toss up - on one hand they are bad if you are wide in the hips, especially slash cut pockets but on the other hand I hate not having pockets. I'm to the point now that when things make me look wide in the hips I say so what... I'm definately not as wide as I used to be!!!! Dana

I am right with you there sister! Pockets, even when I was thin, made my hips look huge because I am short and my legs have always been bigger than they should. But now I am embracing being smaller and appreciating it so I may just buy something with pockets on them eventually and wear them and get rid of my security blanket black stretchy pants! Hee KS

Hey Dana! I stand up and shake your hand, one shop-a-holic to another! 1. I am definitely buying sexier tops - I am loving the whole halter top look, though I still usually cover up my flabby arms with a jean jacket. Someday soon I hope to take that off as well. I am also definitely wearing more skirts - in fact, yesterday I wore a suit skirt that I NEVER would have worn pre-op, considering it would have shown my big fat calves and cankles, but I worked it yesterday and received many an up and down review from men on the street when I was going to lunch!! 2. I cannot wait to wear dresses again. I have checked out the dress section in department stores and saw some really cute things, even in my size!! I have not had the guts to try anything on yet, I think I'll wait another 20 pounds or so. Beth

I'm waiting to buy dresses too for a little while. I want a cute one for my vacation, a nice summer dress infact Mervyns had one in the ad this weekend that I would really like to try. I have one dress that I found while shopping in my closet so I might actually wear that one sometime soon. I sooo have to stop shopping. It's so addicting. Luckily I don't have super expensive taste, I mainly buy things at Mervyns and Old Navy right now... oh yeah and Sears. I would be in so much trouble if I was a brand *****!!! So did you get any wolf whistles while you were out strutting your stuff yesterday? You should of! Dana

Hey Dana: 1. What type of clothing are you wearing now that you didn't normally wear before? I am still not ready for skirts. Which SUCKS because I am really tall and SHOULD be able to wear them. When I was heavier than I am now (but YOUNGER) I wore skirts all the time and looked nice. Then I had a child and my legs turned to sausages. Long sausages...but sausages, nonetheless. However, I love tight shirts now. Thanks to Lane Bryant's Cacique bras...I actually look like I have an hourglass figure and not a pear-shaped one. Never in my life...at any weight, did I wear tight shirts. 2. What styles are out there that you can't wait to try? A black turtleneck tucked into jeans...with maybe a black leather jacket. I think that would be very nice.