Going clothes shopping in my garage

[fenchurch]

I think it may have been a bit since I updated my weight-loss progress... as of last Monday, I've officially lost 49 pounds. O_O My brain still hasn't quite caught up with my body yet and it still just blows me away when I get dressed every morning and I'm wearing size L t-shirts and the pants that were tight just a few months ago are now large enough that I have to pull them from my wardrobe.

Someone recently asked me what I'm doing to reward myself for weight-loss and I replied "I'm looking at the scale and going *SQUEEEE*!!!!" I had originally planned to do big shopping trips as rewards, but that's turned out to be more torture than reward. I've run into the weird problem of having too many places I can shop! For about the last ten years, my choices have been fairly limited to stores like Lane Bryant. Not exactly my chosen style, but not bad... and the stuff fit. Now, though, I've lost enough weight that I can't shop there anymore and I have no idea where to go. It's been way too long since I've worn "regular" sized clothing... and, to some extent, I'm still on the cusp of it. Too small for 99% of what they sell at Lane Bryant, but still just a little too big for a lot what gets sold in the regular stores (just give me a few weeks though, and I'll be there!).

The other problem is that the new clothes I bought two months ago are already too big to wear... and I don't want to go broke constantly buying new stuff only to take it to the donation trailer two months later.

But today, I came up with a wonderful solution. I dived into the piles of boxes and storage containers in the garage and found a treasure trove... then spent the afternoon playing dress-up! I discovered that I am roughly the same size that I was about ten years ago, judging by the strata of clothing I unearthed that is currently fitting (yes, there has been much squeeing). So, if nothing else, I've got some clothes to last me for another few months, without having to pay extra for them... and, in addition to ditching the clothing that currently looks like a tent on me, I've also tossed out a bunch of stuff that fits now, but um... yeah. Not the sort of thing I'd want to wear in public (I have some clothes that date back to the late 1980s -- did I mention I'm a packrat?).

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[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

LOL! Hardly disappear. Although I've been getting quite the looks from people when I tell them I need to lose close to another 50. I can tell what they're thinking... that I'm being unhealthily excessive. And then I tell them that my goal is 155, which is hardly unhealthy (and is, techically, quite a bit more than my "recommended" weight). This is usually followed by being told that there's no way I weigh more than 200 (I'm getting soooo close to moving the Big Block on the scale down to 150, but I'm not there yet) and, inevitably, the comment that I carry it well. I have been told the latter so many times now that I'm starting to believe it. ;-)

As for the costume party, I actually have been keeping a few things that I suspect will be good for costuming.