Re: Let me try that again...Shopping dilema

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DEAR JONI

I WENT TO LINE DANCING LAST TUESDAY NIGHT. I WAS TALKING TO A WOMEN ABOUT IN HER 40'S BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW ME. I HAPPEN TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HEAVY AND SHE SAID TO ME "GEE YOUR NOT A HEAVY PERSON". I SAID TO HER "WHAT DID YOU SAY" AND SHE REPEATED IT. I THANKED HER SO MUCH FOR SAYING THAT. I SAID I RECENTLY LOST 72LBS AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD EVER HEAR SOMEONE SAY

"YOUR NOT A HEAVY PERSON". SO I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.

AGE HAS NO BOUNDRY WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT. BUT I DID FEEL GREAT. RAYNA

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OMG! That is exactly how I felt... While in the womens sections I thought

they were looking at me, grumbling " why is she shopping here " , and then when

I went to the regular section and nothing fit, I knew for sure they were

saying the same thing. Chances are no one cared either way what department I

was shopping in. It's just me being self concious...

Congratulations on the size 14! Way to go!!

Joni - Dr. Thayer 11/27/00

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Bethie,

I think my next husband would have to be either a plastic surgeon or a

miracle worker before I attempt that.

Joni - Dr. Thayer 11/27/00

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Joni,

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Beth

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Joni,

Congrats on shrinking out of the plus sizes! Some stores carry

size 18 in the regular department, and I found these to be perfect when

I was too small for 16W, and not quite ready for 16 regs. You would

think they could get together and make the sizing consistent from one size

up to the next, but the W size clothes are definitely cut differently.

Penney's & Wal-Mart carry 18's I think K-Mart & Sears might

also.

P.S. To share in the triumph...Last night I was at Fashion Bug...They

had these cute little brown & dk. olive khaki-style pants....size 14.

They were only $7 apiece and buy one get one 50% off, so knowing full well

that I'm a 16 I said what the hey---eventually they'll fit. I got

them home and lo and behold...they fit NOW!!!!!!!! I was a size 14

in high school!!!!!!! I can finally learn what 's Secret

is!!!

The creepy thing is, I'm still convinced as I shop in the reg. size

dept. that all the skinny people are looking at me thinking "she shouldn't

be here!"

jdd716@... wrote:

I was at Filenes bright and early this morning.

They were having this great sale... I had a blouse which I had bought along

with a ton of other stuff in mid February which they had left the security

tag on which I needed to return. I returned the blouse went upstairs to

the bathroom came back down stairs to the women's section and there was

the blouse now $10 cheaper than I had bought it back in February. I decide

to try on the blouse and a bunch of other stuff (like 40 things)... So

I'm in the dressing room and I try the blouse (size 18), it's huge, try

something else, huge, again and again. Nothing fit (I had brought in size

16's and 1X's). So the lady at the register tells me I'm too small for

the plus sizes and I should go to the regular clothes (who me???)... So

off I go, I grabbed a bunch of 16's and X-larges, go through the whole

trying on thing again, but this time they are all too small! So now what

do I do???

Great exercise trying on all those clothes, but I came home empty

handed (this has never happened to me)...

Help... Joni... Who does not fit anywhere ....