I love to shop! If I could, I would make it a career. Walking through stores and smelling the new clothes, seeing how they display them, and seeing what flies off the shelves gives me a thrill. I adore it when I find a solution to a problem. It is fun to see the newest thing. The cream that will make you look younger. The jeans that will make you skinny. I love it when I get together with my girlfriends and we all tell of the newest thing each of us have seen. My problem is that when shopping for myself, I tend to buy the first thing I see, instead of being more picky.
I believe this comes from my pre-band, fat past. When I was big, there wasn't a huge selection at the stores. If I found something that fit and didn't look totally awful, I would get one in every color. Now I can afford to be picky. I have lots of choices in clothing, but I still operate with the former fat girl attitude.
I do not need grab the first thing because it fits. Go for getting something because it makes me look fantastic! Less clothing with more substance. One perfect pair of black pants instead of 10 pairs of black pants that just look ok. I need to make sure I take everything I buy to my tailor to make it fit my 5'1" frame.
Lots of us when we lose enough weight to be in regular clothing, kind of go crazy with the shopping. We buy entire wardrobes of size 14 clothes, when we are only going to lose more weight. Since we "settled" for so long, we tend to forget that a tailor can do wonders with fit. A tailor can help you transition through sizes during yoru weight loss. We also tend to buy some age inappropriate clothing. I did it when I got to goal too. It is great that you can wear a size 6, but at 55 years old, you do not need to wear a halter top and mini skirt. Just sayin...
So, what do I want you to take away from this little rant? First of all, don't buy out the store because you can fit into it. Go for quality over quantity. Dress for your age. Finally, when you go shopping, take me with you! Let me live vicariously through you!
