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Hi Gail,

My son who is in fashion told me that a lot of places do what they call Vanity Sizeing--to make us feel better about the size we can wear. The the clothing industry does this so that we all feel better. Sure works for me!

Suzanne

In a message dated 9/11/2009 8:03:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sweetsmile1955@... writes:

How wonderful! I will be celebrating my birthday on September 15th and am looking so forward to bringing in this year as a thinner person! I went to Chico's the other day and I used to take their version of a size 3 - if I could find a larger cut of a 3. Even then, I loved their clothes but really didn't fit into any of them. So, I went in and got a size 2 pair of pants to try on.....they swam on me. I thought, wow......I got the size 1.....and it was too big....so I got their size 0 which is a 4-6 and it fit perfectly! Now, I am not a size 4-6 in a normal store.....unless the pants have an elastic band waist and then I am. But in a fitted band waist, I would need and 8 or sometimes a 10 if they are small waisted and do not stretch....but then with my new chicken legs...the pants would be way too big.

So, that was a new experience for me when I went into the store and got the smallest size that they had in pants and was just shocked. To me, I don't look that small.....but I guess to other people I look small. So, I will just go with their opinion!!!!

Life is sure wonderful with the sleeve!

Gail

BIG TIME HB!!! I look at pics of me at my 70th...squeezed into a pair of ???size jeans and a lovely but large sweater and it is a wonder those items didn't just explode! 3 months later the surgery and now nicely fitting into size 6 jeans and a "small" t shirt and looks 20 years younger! Ain't life grand?