The Hunt for New Clothes

Today I braved the mall with my poor Dad who endured it all with me. The original plan: buy a nice/nice-ish new top to go with my nicer looking pants so I look somewhat decent at Issi's graduation and part. But alas, my lack of activity and poor diet as well as bad sleeping schedules has led to me gaining more weight than I like. >.< Definitely gonna have to start walking for real. So the plan changed to pick out top and nice pants/jeans to go with top. I thought the top shopping would actually be the difficult part or at least equally difficult as I am quite picky. Boy was I wrong.

The day started off with breakfast at my fave place, Huffs restaurant, and I tried something new. It was mmm mmmm goooood, proving yet again why Huffs I smy favorite breakfast place. I had a Greek omelette, egg (duh), sausage, mushrooms, spinich, tomatos, and feta cheese (I think I'm missing something). I asked for easy mushrooms and spinich as those aren't my fave. Man, that was a GOOD omelette.

Anywho, stuffed, we headed to....dun dun duunnnnnnn....the Mall. First department store we hit had a big ol' sale and I found (okay, Dad helped) a few tops at a good price. It didn't take long at all! I tried on like five, but just kept three. :D They're very pretty and simple, just the way I like 'em. :) We hunted for pants, but thanks to be a girl of "average/medium" height but "tall/long" legs it was super hard to find any pants/slacks that fit right. Ah well, other stores in the mall. Dad bought me the tops. :D Thank you, Daddy! :x And I was grateful, cuz I'd set aside money for one top and now needed pants too.

We headed to a store that caters to my size. But alas, after a long search and several pants and jeans tried, they either were too short or too long or too snug or too big or the wrong cut or some combination. I felt like freakin' Goldie Lockes. They didn't have many Talls to begin with. Ah well...

We went to two department stores next. One barely had a pants/jeans collection at all! Stupid summer. And the other had alot of options, but not in my size or in colors I'd actually wear! Curses, foiled again! I didn't really expect to find them there, but I hoped. Ah well.

We finally got lucky at Torrids. I like that store, for it's hipper plus sized clothes and super friendly and helpful staff but boy do you pay for it. >.< I discovered, I am NOT a skinny jean girl. :P They fit, but like they'd make the type of shoes I wear look stupid or rather my shoes would look stupid with the jeans or something. I'm not girly when it comes to shoes. :P Anywho, jeans were more pricey than I'd hoped. Thank you again, Daddy! But after I'd told Mom, she told me that's about what she'd always paid for them for me. Guess it's been a while since I bought/paid attention to the price of my own jeans.

We did window shop at a couple stores, a Toon store and a bookstore. And we went back to the first department stores to look at microwaves because ours is starting to kinda short out when heating stuff. So I was price checking. Anywho, that was our four hour adventure in the mall.

I hate clothes shopping for all of the above problems. I do need more clothes of all kinds. But I want to see if I can start walking and maybe slim down a smidgeon before I do. But for now, I can happily say, I don't have to wear clothes with holes, fading, or tiny bleach stains. Maybe I'll get myself an item or two a month until I actually have a wardrobe! If I'd just get serious about losing weight (and I know I won't do more than try and walk more and try and not eat as much), then I could fit into some of the older stuff I have in my closet that still looks fairly new. Like all my lovely button down tops that I used to LOVE wearing even though I hated having to iron them. :P

Anywho, it's late (much later than this post's timestamp, but I wanted it dated correctly) and I still have dishes to wash. Toodles!