Oh my goodness I love this thread!! I hope this doesnt turn into another of my windy, wordy, wonders!!
Right now I am in the stage of " Vanity Sizing " be danged. My tag says 14 and I am soooo good with that. I know vanity sizing exists, its out there. Take my 14 year old daughter. When I was her weight and size I wore an 8-10. It astounded me that she was wearing 5's or 6's. So intellectually I know my 14's arent 14's. But I cant allow myself to think to much on it, because I have a horrible habit of out thinking myself right into a funk.
If the manufacturer's are going to give me this lil bit of glory... I'm taking it gratefully for the boost it gave me and for the vision. I can see me very soon needing a 12.
Just typing this head-games are begining. Old school shopping kicks in, before vanity sizing. I cant fathom wearing a 5 or a 6, 8-10 is very doable. Okies so if an 8-10 is really a 5-6 now then its entirely possible I can and will be wearing these sizes, no matter whether I see it or not. ( Which will probably drive my "To cool even for herself daughter" insane
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Okies, here's a quirk that maybe some of you have experienced. Its probably no suprise that I am testing the tags with varying stores and garment makers. What I am finding as I am browsing, zoning out and day dreaming of the styles and sizes I will be wearing either when I have the cash or curves.
Is when I wake up, I find myself back in the plus sizes. Its like me and my cart just graivitate over to there. Perhaps subconciously its where I feel I belong. I have to force myself out of there and back into regular sizes.
Also, I have been wearing clothes so loosely, so baggy. I thinks its been about 8 months since I have had to undo the button or unzip my jeans to get them on or off. I had almost walked myself right out of my pants... hence the whole Walmart trip from my last post.
Its the same with my shirts and tops. Nothing touching my body unless it absolutely has too, at shoulders and hips. Until the gentleman at the Party Store next to us got Western Union service and they gave him a whole bunch of promotional tee-shirts and he gifted me with a medium. Well I took it because it was thoughtful and generous but chuckled in my head thinking it was to small and would never fit and which daughter should I give it to. But after i got home I thought I would give it a go... just to see ya know.
Lo and behold it not only fit but showed curves that were going in the right direction... Inward.
Quite an eye opener. I had fooled myself with the outlines of my baggy clothes that that was my shape. It sure is wonderful to have the plank out of my eyes.
My daughters and my son are in the process of trying to convince me that I am still to baggy! ( do we have a fall down and faint away smilie on here??!!?? ) Slow down babies this is the first time in years Mom has truely seen herself in years!
Do you know what else occured to me after this lil shopping trip? I am 20 pounds lighter then the day I married my now husband. Eeeep! He will be coming in a week and I am 30 pounds lighter then when I last saw him in September. WoW.
And on that note... I done did it again....
Wrote another book. If anyboy made it thru... Kudo's to you!!
This is why I dont post very often, I talk to much!