The Joy of Shopping

I finally got a chance to go out shopping for some new clothes the other night. My jeans were all way too big, to the point where the waist was down at my hips. I pulled out a pair of shorts from last summer and was able to put them on without unbuttoning or unzipping them.

So off to Walmart I went. I will admit right here and now that I am cheap. I particularly don't want to pay a lot of money for clothes right now, when I'm hoping to lose about 25 more pounds.

I am pleased to announce that I have moved out of the plus-sized department and back into the regular size department. It took some doing, but I finally found 3 pairs of shorts that I like and 2 pairs of jeans. That should hold me for a while. Well, except for needing a few new things, skirts and tops, mostly, to wear to church.

I have often wished that women could by pants the same way that men buy pants, using waist and inseam measurement instead of set sizes. Perhaps instead of the inseam measurement they could use hip measurements. It would make things a lot easier for me, that's for sure. My hips are a size bigger than my waist, so now everything that fits in the hips is too big in the waist. Maybe one day I'll be back in better proportion, but until then, relaxed fit jeans are a godsend.

So there you have it, 24 pounds down and the beginings of a new wardrobe.