01/07/11: I went shopping last night...

...in my closet!

Dangit but if I wasn't about to lose out on windows of wearing some of my faves I've had through the sizes!

I have two pairs of pants that are nearly done for.  Done for meaning, at my current rate of loss, I'll have maybe a month of wearing them.  A month if I have three weeks of wearing them way too big.  One of these pairs is a favorite.  A flattering cut type of favorite.  No matter what blouse I put with them, these pants always look great.  Those kind of pants.

Oh well. 

You'd think that with my experience of trying on my jeans a month ago and finding that they ALL fit...I woulda maybe tried on the work pants and some of my nicer but still casual pants to see.  But no.  I didn't.  It was just a random thought last night as I was drawing a bath.  I thought, I wonder if these fit.  And they did.  So then I had to see about these and these.  And they did.  So then I had to see about these and these and these.  And even those did!  Pants I was sure were still two, three, maybe even four months away.

Nope.  They all fit.  All except one pair - that are a size 14.  Supposedly.

Now, I know this has been griped about before and I didn't understand the fuss because I've always had "good luck" with this store...but what the hell is up with Old Navy?

Almost all of these pants are Old Navy.  I have 18's I am just barely fitting into.  From Old Navy.  I have 16's I am well into and almost out of cause they are too dang big.  From Old Navy.  I have 18's that have been long gone and 14's that fit, but I still am not ready to wear them.

I have 14 Michael Kors and Nine West and Calvin Klein that fit.  Yet I'm still wearing Old Navy 18's.

What gives?  Is Old Navy BIG?  Are they small?  Do they know?

Furthermore.  I am now wearing 12's in blouses.  A Medium, according to one shirt.  And then I find this tunic from Avenue, stating it's an 18/20.  I remember buying this thing cause I love tunics.  And then I realized it's not a tunic for an 18/20 person.  It's a skin tight 3/4 length sleeve longer shirt for an 18/20 person.  But I swear it's a tunic.  I can't remember the last time I wore it or even tried it on.  But I can say, I'm wearing it today.  And it fits today.  Like a tunic should.  So let me get this straight.  I'm wearing 12's up top, and some 14's, in brands like Michael Kors (12), Calvin Klein (12 and 14), Nine West (M, 12, and 14), New York & Co (M) and so on and so forth.  None of these are brands I would expect to be doing vanity sizing.  So I'd think if they are 12's they are really 12's.  And here's this Avenue shirt claiming to be an 18/20.  That fits.  Isn't loose, isn't hanging, isn't bunching, isn't big.  IT FITS.

What's up with that?

Furthermore, why'd I buy it when I was an 18?  Cause I'm pretty sure I had to be working that stuffed sausage look in all areas, arms, chest, abs, all of it!

Anywho.  I went shopping in my closet last night.  I have nothing, really, to shrink into anymore.  Next up is going to be shopping in stores and spending money.  Argh.  I'm just not looking forward to that.  I'll be passing on some not inexpensive clothes soon.  Once upon a time I used to invest in my wardrobe.  I haven't invested in a long time.  And I know I'll be doing thrift stores and consignment stores until I get to where I'm ok with investing again.  I am realizing, too, that I'm scared for what's going to happen in the stores when I get there.  Old Navy and Avenue still say I'm an 18 but a smidge higher end has me in 12's, 14's and 16's.  So which is it?  Am I in Old Navy sizes?  Or am I in Department store sizes?

Maybe I just don't know how jeans are supposed to fit.  Are you supposed to base it on, with Old Navy, what they fit like when you put them on?  Or what they fit like an hour later?  Cause...an hour later...I'm always swimming in my clothes....

Ok.  Next.

By the by, I'm totally laughing through all of this.  I hope you don't see anger, resentment, frustration or anything negative.  I'm shrinking.  It's funny.  I'm cheap now but I can't wait until I no longer have to be.  It's funny!  Laugh with me.  Try it...ready....1.2.3.go!  :)

Ok.  Next.

TMI alert.

Last night hubby and I are on the way home from dinner with friends and I told him about my bathroomscapades.  I laid it out this way.  "Every other day or so I have a token turd.  Once a week, I have a majorly massive expenditure of pure shit".  He laughed.  Like tears falling down his cheeks laughter telling me "You're so cute!"  I like it when he says that!  Anywho, it's the funniest thing with this fill.  Seriously.  I get token turds every other day or so.  Enough to tell me things are still moving.  But not enough to feel like, yeah, I'm moving.  They are truly token turds.  But, once a week, nope, not a token turd.  Yep.  It's like fill the bowl and wonder where it's all been shit.  It's funny.  I laugh.  You laugh with me.  Try it...ready....1.2.3.go!

I laugh!  That's some funny shit...

Have a great day y'all! 

It's Friday.  What are your plans for the weekend?  We are facing fun stuff like buying a half cord of wood and restocking our wood rack.  Can you believe that us folks, here in Texas, with lows in like the 40's and stuff...manage to go through a half cord, at least, of wood a year?  Last year it was nearly a whole cord.  Can you believe that?  I love me some fires in the fireplace.  Enough so that when it's 40 and "cold" outside...I'll open the windows to get the house "cold enough" so I can have a fire.  Isn't that the funniest thing you ever heard?  What I will say is that we almost never turn on our heater.  I would so much rather burn wood and create that ghastly CO2 crap than turn on the heater.  Ooh...bad me.  Anywho...so we are buying wood.  And we are getting ourselves some pipe insulation cause we are supposed to have, at least, three days of hard freezes next week.  And we like our sprinkler system the way it is.  And we are watching the Cotton Bowl tonight!  Gig 'Em Aggies!!!!  And we are probably gonna go see a movie - The Dilemma.  And we are gonna just have an average ol' typical ol' weekend and love it all.  I can't wait!

So, have a great weekend, too!

And laugh with me.  Try it...ready....1.2.3.go!