Well I went in Walmart yesterday to buy some stuff to hang in the closet until I've lost weight, (they've got those $5 and $3 sales going on), and I found myself incredibly confused.
I haven't bought anything new in awhile, when I did, I deliberately got XL's (although they were a bit too big) to make sure the shirts went over my hips. They were fashionable, but went over my hips. I'm not sure which section I bought these shirts from.
Well there was sales everywhere and the female clothing department is all in one place pretty much, it's not that divided, so you can walk from one 'section' to the other without even noticing that you have. Anyhow, I found the most adorable sky blue "shorty" shorts and a gorgeous shirt in the "juniors" department. My friend told me that juniors meant teens. Well, the junior clothing was more suited to my style (most of us in our early 20's dress like girls in high school, for the most part, where I live.) I decided to get juniors medium (they listed this as 7-9) and save the tops for when I've lost weight. At 18 I was able to fit into junior mediums but then some of the juniors large stuff too (and I wasn't fat.) So I figured that when I lose the weight I need to lose I would probably be the size I was then? But then after leaving I thought, wait, I've grown like two inches since then... grrr.. I have no idea.
Then we found ourselves in the "ladies" department where I found two hoodies on sale for like $3, both were really stylish actually, you guys know what I'm talking about right, those current hoodies that hit off at the waist and have crazy designs on them? One was a ladies medium (8-10) and the other was a small (4-6)... I probably will never be "small" at 5'9, but that hoodie was pretty big for a "small". My friend said it was because "ladies" means older women and they make them larger because it means for larger women, without being plus sized?? So the ladies medium was a bit big (and will be even more so when I lose weight) and the small seemed to fit, albeit tight in the arms, but will fit probably welll later on. Although, I'm NOT going to be a size small, I don't think.
I kinda think she might have been confused.
Also found a black tank top, looked at the medium AND large, both looked really small so I got the large.
But I'm confused, can anyone explain the differences in sizes?? From juniors to ladies, etc? Should I return the shorty shorts and shirt I bought in the juniors section and purchase a large for when I've lost the weight, since I'm 22 and not a junior? And why is it that the Ladies Small hoodie seemed to fit, somewhat??