Meg- YES! YES I never expected to become so picky. Perhaps it's not settling for the only things that fit. Maybe it's a broader selection (although finding a size 8 turns into a mission from God at times).

Forgot to mention - my biggest problem now is ... LACK OF CLOSET SPACE! I live in a 52-year old house with teensie-tiny closets and have stretched mine to the limits of my ingenuity. Organizers, double bars, shelves, plastic storage boxes under the bed ... if I don't figure something out soon, I'll have to stop buying clothes!

I love shopping so much now I went 3 years wearing the exact same pair of size 18 loose fit Eddie Bauer jeans every...day. What's hardest for me is leaving "safe" stores - like J. Jill and Eddie Bauer. I don't need frumpy long sweaters and long velvet tunic tops anymore! I am trying to dress trendier. Wearing fitted clothes is also a psychological challenge - to me, if I can "feel" my clothes, it means they are "tight."

It's definitely wonderful motivation for maintenance.

More Tales From The Sales ....

DH and I are going to Calfornia next week and I need a few things, especially the perfect pair of dressy white pants. DD and I were in Banana Republic yesterday and I spotted a really pretty and colorful silk skirt - on sale. I was having a fat day so I took a 6 into the dressing room. Whereupon I zipped it up and it promptly slid down three inches until it got stuck on my hip bones. DD went back and got me the 4 which is still a little big but looks great.

Then onto the great white pants quest. I found an awesome pair of white silk pants: no pockets, no waistband, side zip = no camoflague. I took the 4 into the dressing room and z-i-i-i-i-i-p - they fit perfectly (except they're 1 1/2 inches too long, of course ) The only question is underwear - even though they're lined, EVERYTHING shows. Maybe I'll go commando??

As I stood there and looked in the mirror, I thought about all the hours of cardio. All the weights I've lifted. All the foods I've said NO to. And I asked myself if it was worth it?

And it took me about three seconds to say:

Oh yeah, baby, it is all SOOOOOOOO worth it!

I agree Meg, it is all soooo worth it. Yesterday I went shopping for a while. I am looking for some shorts for this summer. I don't have even one pair that I can still wear. I need mid-thigh and all I can find are daisy-dukes or capris. I now have plenty of capri's. Does anyone know where to get good shorts. I'm 46 and don't want shorty shorts. I did buy a new purse and some more capris yesterday, "just wanted to buy something". I'd shop every day if I had the money. I spent years not caring about how I looked and never really spent money on myself, I'm making up for that now. My husband always talks about wanting to win the lottery, I said then I would need a big storage building for all my clothes, shoes and purses. LOL, I need a sugar-daddy I guess. LOL

Shorts are LONG this year. I looked for some a few weeks ago and found Bermudas everywhere. I'm short and they make me look really stumpy Old Navy had a lot, Banana Republic, Gap. I ended up in the Jr's dept. at Target because they had mid-thigh cargo shorts.
From Banana Republic (Old Navy has basically the same thing, less expensive):



Hmmmm....guess the image tags don't work in this forum.
They look absurd on me- but I'm barely 5'3".

OK, they also have them mid-thigh according to the website. They weren't in the stores a month ago.

Mel

Thanks, I tried Old Navy and didn't find any that I liked. The ones that said medium lenghth were short on me. I'm 5'7. Also, I want thicker material, I don't like thin material in shorts or pants. I am taking my daughter to the mall tomorrow to let her pick out new clothes, and I'll try to find me some shorts as well. May try Target , wal-mart and TJ Max as well. It didn't used to be a problem cause all my stuff came from Lane Bryant and I liked their shorts.

I would love it, except I have NO extra money to spend, therefore it just depresses me.

Aw, what a bummer! Can you afford to check out thrift stores or consignment shops? Sometimes they even have brand new stuff with the tags still on!

Hey gang I'm BACK from Brussels and love the discussions on shorts and white slacks. I just love white and black as wardrobe staples and yes indeed, Meg, all worth it when they hang just so and accentuate the curves. Life is really good!

I bought a skirt at The Gap a month or so ago - a white diagonal detail pintucked cotten with a flirty flair at the hem. I wore it several times in Brussels and got just rave compliments. It is comfy, fun, and can be dressed up, down, or sexy even for evenings. I had debated and debated on the white or black and just went online, find it's on sale and ordered the black. I think I need it, doncha agree?

Here's the link - so much fun to be into summer and feeling good body wise. So good!!

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do...730&pid=380144

Very cute indeed! And since it's on sale, I'd say you definitely need the black!

Mmm Shopping my favorite pastime shops, Ebay, shops, Ebay

I sell my old clothes on Ebay and as soon as the money hits Paypal I spend it again bliss tehehehe

I went shopping the other day and found the cutest rack of skirts that were on sale for $5.99 and I wanted one so bad. I looked at every single one and the smallest they had was a size 9. I was so dissappointed, because I am in a 4 in misses or 5 in jr. miss. I'm with you ,Meg, sometimes I cant find my new size. It used to be that I had a hard time finding a size 20 unless I went to Lane Bryant. I am now 5 lbs. to goal and have noticed that the last few lbs. have come off my boobs. I need to go shop for new bras now.

I guess the lesson is that whatever size we are is sure to be the one you can't find. I used to think that only the small sizes were the ones left over for sales but now that I actually wear a small size, it seems like it's all L's and XL's. Go figure. But a salesclerk at a local department store did tell me once that they only order ONE size 4 in each style so you gotta grab 'em fast (actually, that was one of my best NSVs - I was buying my first size 4 dress and the clerk said 'you probably already know this since you're a 4 ...' and I got to say that it was actually the first time I had ever been a 4 in my life! )

Yesterday I had the pleasure of trying on a pair of size 3 shorts and having them fit perfectly. I was so happy that I called my husband at work to tell him about it. Of course I bought the shorts...and a few other things as well.

~Silvervixen