Fitted

Jul 17, 2010

It's only mid-July but the season is definitely about to change.  I eyeball my closet and realize there's na'an piece of fall clothing in my new size.  In fact, I have to buy an entire fall/winter wardrobe.  The thought saddened me.  I aint got stacks like that.

I felt much better after pillaging my friends closets.  I'm not starting from the ground up anymore but I still have a long way to go. We did a bit of shopping after dinner and I absolutely fell in love with Charming Charlie.  It's an adorable store where I have the potential to spend way too much money. It's like the entire store was made just for me. 

While browsing, I saw a dress in coral which is one of my new favorite colors.  I pick it up and hold it up to the light, not really sure what I'd do with it.  I thought it could be a tunic or somesuch, so I tried it on with my jeans.

I liked it.  It looked very pretty and I already have acessories to match it.  The $15 sale price sure helped.  My friend came in the dressing room and was like "umm...you should prolly take off your jeans."  Hmmm, novel idea. I give it a try and my heart almost stopped at what I saw: the dress actually fit.  I was actually wearing a dress from a store which doesn't place additional numerals in front of the sizing system. 

I panicked.

I did the fingertip test to see how long the dress was (or wasn't) and it passed.  I turned to view myself from a few angles and all I saw was micro mini.  Poor sales clerk; I know she thought I was insane, writhing about in the mirror.  "Normal" size clothes are beyond my comprehension.  My friend told me to "get over it" cause she's just sypathetic like that.

I have to learn to look at me as I am and not what I used to be.

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