now i've been, roughly, the same size since i was in the 8th grade - i've maybe grown a 1/2 inch, and sure my boobs have gotten somewhat larger. but other than that, i've been the same size 8 - even when i was my skinniest when i was a senior in high school to the heaviest i was a few years ago (yay beer! and eating at odd times cuz of job) but today, i go to spend some xmas cash that grandma gave me, and i started out ok. i tried on a few shirts at a store i've never shopped in. the size 8 black tunic i tried on was just a smidge to big in the sides - but since i've never shopped there i thought it was just the store. but their medium shirt fit me fine, and i was off with my first purchase - a good start.
then i head on over to the republic of bananas....i remember going to the republic for some khakis and funky t-shirts back in the day, but enough with me taking a trip on my back-in-the-day-cycle......i head for the sale rack and find a great looking pair of jeans. and lucky day, size 8 is staring at me. so i pick it up and walk into the dressing room with glee. now not only are these 8 regular length pants WAY to long on me (apparently i've also shrunk) but the waist was just not right. it was puckering in places pants shouldn't. so with great regret i put the jeans on the dressing room discard pile. i wasn't heart broken, but i cursed the other people who are a size 6 and took the last pairs of those jeans. not that i really thought i could fit into the size 6, but now we'll never know.
after wandering around a bit i venture into ann taylor. i find this sweet top - in purple and brown with a busy print, but not too busy, just right and a lovely empire waist. so i pick up the size 8 - surely i can fit into the size 8 here. but i also take the 8 petite and the 6 just to make sure. so on to the dressing room. and the size 8 is too big, and the empire on the petite and 6 does not sit in the right place. foiled again....this time by my boobs!!
so what gives? have all the clothes in all the world been resized? or am i already feeling the effects of osteoporosis (better have a big glass of milk tomorrow) or am i just not the size i thought i was. OR am i now one of those people who's size is an inbetween!?!?! my body has become a stasis leak of a sort, and I'm stuck between this world and the next (or more like size 6 and 8) WHERE ARE THE SEVENS?!?!?!?!
posted by Funkmeister @ 12:04 AM
5 Comments:
Ahh yes...the great upsizing of America...Take your size, add 2, subtract 4, and buy a belt.
I'm sure Dmize is actually the expert to go to re: Clothes size issues!! He's gone from overweight to "illness" level skinny (according to J's mom) and he never has problems with his pants!
that's cuz he still wears clothes made for bigger people!!! and i don't need a whole wardrobe of khakis and sneakers and nba shirts, thank you very much
Alls I know is I finally found two pairs of jeans that fit me right. FINALLY. Thank you, Nordstrom Rack!(I had to get them hemmed though. WAY TOO LONG! Where are the 7-foot-tall women that all these jeans are supposed to fit?? I ain't seen 'em...)
-mel
Why you gotta hate on free clothes! And I'll be wearing something different than that tonight, as they made me dress up today.
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