Isn't it IRONIC, don't you think?

So last post I write about the hour of my discontent. How hard it all is and how I am struggling. Then I go upstairs to bed and weigh myself just to prove how unfair the scale and this cold, cold world really are. And I reach an all time low. Great.

Get up, head to work and get mercilessly mocked regarding my two-assed pants (they are so big that I could fit a second ass in the pants - or so says Kelly). My shirt was too big as well, and I decided that even though I am not long for this size (as I have been living the 22 for a while), I allow myself the luxury of buying a few items  that will be scarcely used. The fact is that I have no clothes left in my closet (which was all fall/winter) and certainly have nothing even remotely summer left.

So out I go. It's Wednesday night and I am on a mission! I will find cheap clothes to get me through the next month! I head to the Jones of New York outlet and get there at 6:25 to find that the store closed 25 minutes ago. So I go around the corner to the Laura store. I go in and grab everything I can find in a 22 that is light and summery and on sale. But I am not convinced that this is going to be as productive as I initially thought, as "on sale" items are still in the $40-$60 range. Eek... hard to spend that kind of cash on something that is only going to be used for 2-3 months - if I'm lucky. On my way to the change rooms, at the back of the store I walk through a GINORMOUS sale section and slam on the breaks! I spend even more time looking through these items and end up in the change room with roughly 30 items to try on.

As I head out of the store and prepare to head to Reitmans (rumor has it that you can find really cheap sale items there as well), my eyes alight on another store. I head in, find my size and end up in the change room with another 24 items to try. After all that work and effort I spend a total of $230. For this I walk away with 6 tops, 2 pair of pants, a bracelet and a necklace.

Things you need to know for this to be of any interest what-so-ever:

1. I have been shopping plus size since I was about 12-13 years old
2. The only plus size store at that time was Addition-Elle (it looked like 70 year-olds shopped there)
3. There were no regular stores that carried anything above a 14 at that time
4. By the time regular stores carried clothing up to size 18 (which was shocking and exciting all at once), I no longer fit that size
5. I have never shopped a regular store - At least not for the last 23 years

The amazing part about this whole experience is that I actually shopped AND made purchases that were not just accessories, in two stores I have NEVER been able to shop in before. The most astonishing and cool feeling ever was that I was able to buy items which were trendy, appropriate (not to young or old) and fun. I did not have to settle. It was almost a surreal experience. Now Laura and Winners are no Banana Republic or Tristan, but I'm on my way BITCHES!!!

And there you have it. Irony at it's finest.