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I spent money on myself guilt-free today

September 23rd, 2011 at 12:38 am

I took a Chinook Book coupon down to Take 2 Consignment and bought: one Benetton sweater, one pair wool pants, one silver-plated heart-motif cuff, one pair cashmere socks and one angora short-sleeved top, the latter of which will probably serve as a "party doll" for my cat if I do not take care of it.

With tax, $103 and change.

Despite the supposed obesity epidemic in the U.S., I found the pickings for size 12+ sparse in this quality consignment shop.

Not yet purchased boots: I found some cute ones at the consignment shop but they were ankle boots. OTOH they had a nice heel and scaring people in sexy boots will be key as a campaign coordinator and supporter for he challenger, as the incumbent is a 5'5" male.

In the boots I would be over six feet.

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10 Responses to “I spent money on myself guilt-free today”

  1. baselle Says:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 03:13 am 1316747584
    1316747584

    When I was a size 18, thrift store pickings were slim. I'm now in the size 10-12 and the pickings were better. In other words, they've always been slim. If one gets larger, one donates the small. Big Grin

  2. My English Castle Says:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 03:22 am 1316748146
    1316748146

    I was at estate sale last month at a very ritzy house, and there was pure mayhem in the master bedroom closet. They had size 10 and 12 clothes and size 8 and 9 shoes, and it was crazy. and hey Paulette--I went for a walk today!

  3. CB in the City Says:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 01:08 pm 1316783328
    1316783328

    I have found the same phenomenon at thrift shops. Nothing in the bigger sizes -- tons in the small and medium. Do smaller people just buy more, and thus get rid of more clothes?

  4. PauletteGoddard Says:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 08:08 pm 1316808500
    1316808500

    I won't shop vintage anymore: even when I was 25 pounds lighter I couldn't find anything that didn't make me look like Margaret Dumont.

    If baselle can drop down four sizes, I should be able to get back to 10. Unfortunately this will take exercise.

    I will do energy exercises today. I am feeling brain-dead and dopey owing to a nearby condominium fire and my cat bustling into my paper bag to ask the angora rabbit top out on a date. (He left it on the floor without flowers or a note, the cad.)

  5. baselle Says:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 11:32 pm 1316820748
    1316820748

    So far its meat, leaves, nuts, 2X/week workouts and walking ... mostly taking buses that drop me off about 1 mi from home, forcing me to walk it.

  6. My English Castle Says:
    September 24th, 2011 at 03:42 am 1316835769
    1316835769

    It's the walking for me--and no sugar. Back to it tomorrow.

  7. PauletteGoddard Says:
    September 24th, 2011 at 05:11 am 1316841079
    1316841079

    The only sugar I have is from fruit and raw honey in my coffee. Yet I am still larded about the midsection. I drink lots of water daily. I went on alternate starches: kasha, millet, quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat soba noodles, polenta. I abstained from white flour. Yet I am still larded about the midsection. I took ibuprofen. Blast.

  8. My English Castle Says:
    September 24th, 2011 at 08:53 pm 1316897602
    1316897602

    Bleah--it's that way, isn't it? And I've resigned myself (well, sort of) that it'll be a constant battle for the rest of my life. My aunts are almost 90 and I can see myself slowly morphing into their voluminous body shapes.

  9. baselle Says:
    September 25th, 2011 at 11:33 pm 1316993609
    1316993609

    The big twist on this diet is no whole grains *at all* and no beans - no soy, black, garbanzo, green, navy, etc. I know, nutty, weird and creepy.

    Yet it is working for me - slowly maybe because I'm not going to beat myself up over eating a quiche crust once a week - because the scale is going down and I have less muffin top on the jeans.

  10. My English Castle Says:
    September 26th, 2011 at 03:23 am 1317007394
    1317007394

    yeah--it works for me that way too. But Thursday night is spaghetti night at our house. And if a gal can't have spaghetti once a week, well, then my aunts' fate doesn't seem so bad.

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