several shopping NSV's

 my counselor (*****cently lost weight) is giving me all her size 16's.  I'm in a size 18 now but can fit in most of the 14-16 shirts and a few of the 16 pants.  i went shopping today in my regular size 18  jeans and noticed in the dressing room how big they look on me.  i ended up trying on some 16 jeans and they fit!  a little snug at the waist (hello muffin top) but in about 5-10 more pounds they'll be great!  so exciting!  i also have a work event next weekend and bought a size 16 black dress for it a few weeks ago.  today i bought a shrug jacket to go over it and tried them on, it is the first time in a long time i felt attractive when i got dressed.  such a weird feeling.  i enjoyed walking around the house in a dress, this is so bizarre for me.  

i also bought a sweater dress a month ago from old navy and bought leggings today (i don't know that i have evern worn leggings in my life) and tried in on and asked my hubby's opinion, and he says it looked good!  i just ordered some new boots (Ugg knock offs) to wear with it and even though i'm extremely nervous, I am committing to wear it to work in the next few weeks.  i'm really trying to squelch the low confidence level i have by pushing myself to wear things outside my comfort zone.  

i find myself still wearing size 3x sweatshirts with jeans/sweatpants because they are comfortable.  my counselor says its me still hiding from the world.  anyone else have experience with this?  

Happens to me all the time too but once you wear the proper size and get a ton of compliments you will soon ditch those 3X's and want to wear clothes that you feel good in.

These are amazing NSVs and you are doing terrific. The confidence issues are hard to get past but, you are truly moving along nicely in overcoming some of this. Keep up the good work!