shopping...

As an obese person, I have not enjoyed clothes shopping in many, many years. Probably about 20 years. And having only lost 30 pounds, I am not ready for "new clothes" yet. I really need to lose some more before it makes sense to buy anything.

BUT

I have a family wedding in two weeks.

And honestly, I haven't bought myself new clothes in well over a year, so I have nothing to wear. Seriously. It's not that I WANTED to go clothes shopping, but rather out of necessity. Just hoping to get something to wear with my black pants.. that is ALL I needed.

So I headed to town today to find something. Store number 1 - NOTHING. I am still very much plus size, and all of the clothes were  - - idk - - - just frumpy.

Store number two - more promising, and as I started to dig in, I found a cute jacket on clearance, a top on sale, and some other things to try on. Still dressed from a funeral, I had black pants on that I planned on using for the wedding anyway. Put on the top I found, and was REALLY pleasantly surprised at how it looked on me! It gave me a waist, made me look good. What a nice surprise. Totally unexpected.

I ended up going home with the top (would love to find black pants now - as mine are big enough that they look funny), as well as a long sleeve tshirt and that fun jacket (casual - totally for me, not the wedding!)

It's been a long time since I liked something I bought. What a great day. :-)