So, here I am, eating breakfast and reading articles on the Internet, and I see an article about going through a scanner like those used at an airport to find your jean size at various stores. Really?! Maybe I am out of touch, and granted I am not really into shopping, but everyone knows their approximate size, and what is so hard about taking 2 different sizes into a dressing room to see which fits better?
I did buy some jeans about 3 weeks ago. I went into Wal Mart, went to the Levi's, and grabbed two pairs that were a size bigger than what I currently had. They were baggy, but they were the fit I was looking for, and it took me a hot 30 seconds to grab and go. Granted, I am about as far from a size 4 or 0 as you can get, and the article seemed targeted at that size group, but still, why is figuring out your clothes size rocket science? Mr Vanilla likes to tease me that I am the smallest size at the store for larger girls, which is true, but I still don't have much confusion over which size to try on. According to Teenage Vanilla, I always go too big, but I would rather be a bit baggy and not have fat folds revealed in all their glory for everyone to see. And, being bigger, clothes shopping can be a bit distressing. Even with the help of Spanx.
Even when I was thinner I still didn't enjoy clothes shopping much. I enjoy buying the girls clothes (although a day at the mall can be tiring!), and seeing how great they look in the outfits they put together, and I like wearing clothes that look nice, but I wish I could just twitch my nose and have the clothes appear on my body - having to go look and try on is the part I don't like. Since I am home right now I have it easier, since I can just put on capri pants and nice shirts, and I am good to go. I realize most people have some sort of body image issue, and it extends into going shopping for outfits, but still, being scanned to let me know my size is too much. My size is big and bigger, and I can try on a couple of sizes and figure it out. Oh, the machine gives you the 2 best sizes to try on, from what I read. Again, Really?! We can't do that for ourselves?
I was talking with Teenage Vanilla last night, and she is really against me using our actual names in the blog. I'll give it to her for now, but I'm thinking if I like to read about people's lives, I like to see pictures and know names and ages. So, it will happen, just don't know when. Little Vanilla won't care, she will just want to make sure I mention her a lot. And Little Vanilla is on my mind, as I was up with her once or twice last night (I really can't remember, as I was really tired) around 2ish, and I am tired this morning. Not her fault, she has that allergy cough going on, and needed more cough stuff. Which, luckily, I had brought upstairs so I didn't have to navigate the stairs in the dark (I've fallen down the stairs twice). Unfortunately, Little Vanilla also requested an allergy pill since she was stuffy, so down I went - without falling!
Have a great Vanilla Day!
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