The Battle of the Outfit
So I pulled out my dress pants yesterday to see if I should wear them today for the awards ceremony. They were swimming on me. My other dress pants are no where to be found. The black ones from Reitmans are size 16 and HUGE.. I used to wear them when I was 9 months pregnant, just to give you an idea.
So last night I went on a mission to find something to wear. I tried on A LOT of clothes. I hate trying on clothes. I didn’t find anything that worked for me. Some of it fit, most of it didn’t, it was just a depressing scene. I came home defeated.
Then this morning at 9:30 while my husband was sleeping, I went shopping again. I came home with something. Guess what? Size 16 Reitmans pants. Seriously. I am not even joking. So either I have not lost any weight and my scale has been teasing me OR they have made the sizes smaller on Reitman’s clothing OR the pants I had before are a complete manufacturing error.
It sucks. That yesterday Huma totally knew what she was talking about. I dished out $36 for pants I don’t really like to wear today. I still haven’t figured out a shirt. The shrug I bought to wear with it.. well my husband thought it was a joke. A JOKE? Like he thought I was wearing a sweater that I hadn’t put over my head. I was almost in tears.. he took it back, but once its been said, well its over. I can’t wear that now. I don’t want his work colleagues to think I don’t even know how to put on sweater.
I’m so angry and yes JEALOUS. I am jealous because my husband just came back from Montreal with a whole freaking new wardrobe. The one jacket he didn’t buy because they didn’t have his size and it was $189.. well he found it in his size, and bought it yesterday for $89. Did the guy have a horseshoe is his diaper when he was born?
And so I am supposed to be ready to leave in 2 hours, and I have no clue what I am wearing. I haven’t even showered yet. And to top it ALL off it is raining. Which makes it even more difficult since my hair will look like shit.
This whole event has completely motivated to get back to losing weight. I can’t take this stress anymore of not being able to wear decent clothes.
Okay. End Rant. I need to get ready.
Filed under: Day to Day
:: huge hugs ::
I hope you found something to wear! I hate clothes shopping, too. Even after I had lost 25 lbs, I was still wearing a size 16… it’s tough. And it’s even tougher when men easily lose more weight than we do! But you know what? The hard work will pay off. It may not happen today or next week, but being committed will reap benefits eventually!
head up dear child
I hope everything turns out ok. It will be nice to be able to just “look great” in anything we put on, wont it?
some people would kill to be in a size 16… I was one of them for years
you can never really be 100% about sizes. for example, i could try on a medium at suzy shier and it’s tight and try on a medium in something else at the same store and it’s too loose. i don’t understand why things can’t be consistent. maybe if you keep track of your measurements then you’ll really know if you’re losing or not rather than going by sizes.