Saturday, July 16, 2011

Fair warning - giddy gloating to follow LOL

What a day ! BFF and I made plans to see HP7, part 2 today - in 3D no less. My whole life, I've had monocular vision. I only use one eye at a time. After an eye surgery 20 years ago, my Opthamologist told me I would develop binocular vision - I can now use both eyes but it takes concentration - this was the first time I could actually 'see' 3D. It was a GREAT finale !

No, that wasn't the gloating. We bought tickets for the 4pm showing and had the whole day to fill. Temps today went to above 30°C with high humidity - we decided indoors was best - the mall it was. I need tops so shopping was in order, if I found anything. Actually, I need everything...almost everything I own is too big.

Here it comes...

Since last October, I'm down 26lbs. For some reason, I figured I'd be 'maybe' down one size from a 12/14 to a 10.

We started in Sears. Picked up 2 tees to try on. Size ? BFF says 'try the small'. SMALL ? Say what ? I haven't tried on or bought anything smaller than a large or x-large in many, many years !

We wandered around the dress department picking a bunch (7) of size 10s - I was being VERY optimistic.

In the fitting room - the small tees both fit - the dresses were ALL too big, way too big. We went looking for size 8s. Found them all in an 8 plus a few others. Back to the fitting room with another armload. Aha, 2 fit. The others ? ALL too big. BFF went looking for 6s. Two of those went into the 'to buy' pile. In shock, I bought the 2 tees and 4 dresses in small, 6 and 8. OMG ! Normal is 12/14, remember.

Further down the mall, we passed a little boutique with more cute dresses outside (oh, it was sidewalk sale weekend). On the return trip back, the saleslady said the dress rack had been marked down a bit more since we had passed earlier. Between her and BFF they hustle me off to the fitting room picking up dresses on the way. More smalls and 6s ! No willpower, I bought 3 more.

I'm still a bit giddy - I KNOW the weight has come off but had no real idea how that translates to fitting clothes. For the first time, I own more than 2 dresses at once and they all fit to skim the body. It's going to take some getting used to, to wear clothes that are not baggy.

Wanna see ?

From left to right - coral/brown cotton w/belt, 3 poly/spandex knits all with wrap top and some type of ruching at waist, cotton knit tee dress (for the house only !), green/blue cotton/spandex sheath, brown/black poly/spandex knit w/cowl, 3/4 sleeves and belt (will be good for fall)

OK - gloating's done - and now,unless I want to go through this again in September, I need to get sewing ! I'll need fall/winter clothes too :-)


11 comments:

  1. Feel free to gloat away, it takes a lot of work and dedication to lose 4 dress sizes, well done. Lovely colourful haul of dresses, now you have to get used to making smaller ones too!

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  2. Where are the "Applause" and "Whistle" buttons?? ;D
    Gooooo, Claire!!

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  3. That is AWESOME! I remember how I felt the first time I put on a pair of size 10 pants. I was all like, those aren't MY legs.... are they? Congrats to you. You should be jumping up and down and feeling fantastic. Good job!

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  4. Good for you! It's always nice to see hard work pay off.

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  5. Well, congratulations on so many levels. For your eye sight, #1. Extroidinary! Your weight loss--good for you. And for new dresses! All good gifts to yourself.

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  6. Congratulations! This is very exciting and such a great way to celebrate your weight loss..... you found some beautiful garments!
    My daughter and I did the same on Saturday and we found some great pieces too! a very successful and fun shopping day for all :))))

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  7. Oh what fun! I am loving your new clothes--so colorful. Congratulations on the new size!

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  8. Congratulations. Love the dresses. I know the look dynamite on you.

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  9. Very cool! So great to lose weight under healthy circumstances! Takes a lot longer to really "see" the change for yourself, and pick up a size 6 or 8 in the store!

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  10. Thats fabulous, you must share your secrets! Looking forward to seeing you in Aug! Sue

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  11. OOOOHHHH!!!! Pretty! Congrats on the wonderful weight loss!

    (And I didn't think you'd forgotten me. We all have things to do in real life.)

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