Lovemylpband
10-23-2006, 07:37 PM
So many choices along the way.
I went to the mall yesterday to return a pair of shoes that didn’t fit right. No one was at home so I could take my time look around and enjoy myself.
For many years now I have hated shopping. Why go I would often say. There isn’t much to choice from the clothes are expensive and I never feel real good about myself when I try on stuff or when I leave.
I was feeling pretty darn good yesterday. My tight jeans are no longer tight. I now walk with my head held high. Not the head mental head, literally my head. I am taller thinner and I want to walk straight. Perhaps I never walked tall before because of my self image. I really don’t recall ever thinking, I’m walking tall today. Anyway I find my posture taller and straighter for the first time in my life.
I parked my car and went directly to the shoe store. Oh what beautiful shoes this store has. I never shopped there before, because at a size 26 you have to figure the shoes in that store are just not going to be able to hold you. I would have visions of walking uptown to an appointment and my shoe heal would just snap off and there I would be on the dirty ground unable to get up stuck, because I brought these fashionable pretty shoes. If you think about it a shoe weighs maybe 2-3 pounds at the most. How is that little light weight shoe with a spike, supposed to hold up over 200 pounds?
As I walk to the store I notice for the first time so many different stores. Shops that I never considered walking into before. Stores like, Abercrombie & Finch, Jones NY, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Brookes Brothers, and the list goes on.
Then there are the department stores. I feel quite comfortable in those. I’ve been going to Dillard, Macys and Belk for years. You know down stairs in the basement behind the china, or upstairs next to the baby department. The department isn’t very big, about the size of the baby department, what more do you need. They you have your suits, dresses, sweaters and Jeans. And to make you feel like you’re not too big, there is even a Ralph Lauren corner. It is just big enough to not overwhelm you. You can get everything you want right here without walking all over the store.
Why is it that they put the Women’s Department behind the China? Is it because they know we love to eat and may decide to get more China before we leave? Or is it because they feel bad for us and don’t want anyone to see us shopping in THAT department? Well what ever the store designer’s reason is for putting it far out of the way it make me mad!
The best store I ever shopped at before losing my weight was and still is Cold Water Creek. They have a huge selection on fashionable merchandise ranging from size 2-24. How great I felt walking into that store and being able to wear everything a size 2 could wear. I didn’t feel like I was special because of my size. I felt welcomed and most importantly beautiful. Needless to say that over the years the majority of my clothing came from those departments.
Well now I have choices. I actually walked into Banana Republic yesterday. I didn’t try anything on, but I had the self confidence to hold my head up high and walk in. I also went into Abriconi & Finch. I felt like I had just landed from outer space. I would imagine E.T. felt the way I did when he was alone in Elliotts house. So any new things to see, touch and try.
I went to the mall yesterday to return a pair of shoes that didn’t fit right. No one was at home so I could take my time look around and enjoy myself.
For many years now I have hated shopping. Why go I would often say. There isn’t much to choice from the clothes are expensive and I never feel real good about myself when I try on stuff or when I leave.
I was feeling pretty darn good yesterday. My tight jeans are no longer tight. I now walk with my head held high. Not the head mental head, literally my head. I am taller thinner and I want to walk straight. Perhaps I never walked tall before because of my self image. I really don’t recall ever thinking, I’m walking tall today. Anyway I find my posture taller and straighter for the first time in my life.
I parked my car and went directly to the shoe store. Oh what beautiful shoes this store has. I never shopped there before, because at a size 26 you have to figure the shoes in that store are just not going to be able to hold you. I would have visions of walking uptown to an appointment and my shoe heal would just snap off and there I would be on the dirty ground unable to get up stuck, because I brought these fashionable pretty shoes. If you think about it a shoe weighs maybe 2-3 pounds at the most. How is that little light weight shoe with a spike, supposed to hold up over 200 pounds?
As I walk to the store I notice for the first time so many different stores. Shops that I never considered walking into before. Stores like, Abercrombie & Finch, Jones NY, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Brookes Brothers, and the list goes on.
Then there are the department stores. I feel quite comfortable in those. I’ve been going to Dillard, Macys and Belk for years. You know down stairs in the basement behind the china, or upstairs next to the baby department. The department isn’t very big, about the size of the baby department, what more do you need. They you have your suits, dresses, sweaters and Jeans. And to make you feel like you’re not too big, there is even a Ralph Lauren corner. It is just big enough to not overwhelm you. You can get everything you want right here without walking all over the store.
Why is it that they put the Women’s Department behind the China? Is it because they know we love to eat and may decide to get more China before we leave? Or is it because they feel bad for us and don’t want anyone to see us shopping in THAT department? Well what ever the store designer’s reason is for putting it far out of the way it make me mad!
The best store I ever shopped at before losing my weight was and still is Cold Water Creek. They have a huge selection on fashionable merchandise ranging from size 2-24. How great I felt walking into that store and being able to wear everything a size 2 could wear. I didn’t feel like I was special because of my size. I felt welcomed and most importantly beautiful. Needless to say that over the years the majority of my clothing came from those departments.
Well now I have choices. I actually walked into Banana Republic yesterday. I didn’t try anything on, but I had the self confidence to hold my head up high and walk in. I also went into Abriconi & Finch. I felt like I had just landed from outer space. I would imagine E.T. felt the way I did when he was alone in Elliotts house. So any new things to see, touch and try.