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Today I went shopping! To the mall! Alone! AND I drove myself there! But first I went to Target where I got a cardigan for 5$. I don't particularly like it, but I don't particularly like cardigans ever...but I know I need them. And I got this sweet soap pump that is super cute and just what I wanted. I can't decide to use it in the kitchen or in the bathroom. Actually, the kitchen first b/c I don't like the soap pump we have there and because we are trying out bar hand soap in the bathroom. The soap pump wasn't on sale though, but I found this sweet deal where if you buy 5 boxes of what just so happens to be my favorite cereal ever (that's a lie, it's my favorite healthy cereal and therefore my favorite of the cereals I allow myself to buy), I get at 5$ gift card! It's funny isn't it, I spent more money than I planned to to get $5 off basically. BUT I would have spent that money on the cereal eventually, so I figured it didn't matter...they were also on sale and cheaper than at the grocery store... Also Josh just picked me out a new box of fiber cereal, and he thought I really liked it, but in reality he bought me my least favorite healthy cereal ever...Fiber One. I don't suggest it. Bleh. I might mix it with my Kashi GoLean cereal that I now own five boxes of. ;)
ANYWAYS...I used the 5$ gift card towards the soap pump, making it "on sale" and more affordable to me.
Then I went to the mall. Mostly because I had to drop off some paper work for work. Did I mention I work in the Mall?!?! I used to think getting a mall job was really hard and mystifying...b/c a mall store is not in it's own building, so really, who owns it? Who do I apply to? Luckly I figured it all out.
I looked at Charrolotte Rouse and got pretty confused. I didn't really know if the shirts were shirts or dresses or what to wear them with. I tried on a few cute shirts and a pair of jeans. I had to try on the jeans b/c I was wearing a dress today, so I needed something to go with the shirts. First of all, I tried on the pants in my size...but I am no longer 16 (duh) and I never was 6ft tall...so these jeans made me look short and stumpy and muffin-y. I tried the shirts on in a medium...and no. I am a large to xlarge in this store! Can you believe it? And everyone I konw calls me skinny and laughs at me when I say I'm trying to lose weight...but I wear a LARGE people. And seriosly, it's not just a problem in the bust area, but those shirts don't hold in my tummy either. Then I tried on another shirt...it's one of those longer ones that has elastic near the bottom. I don't know how you're suppose to wear those, but I do know I am not allowed to. I have never looked so plain wide before. No wonder I have always hated shopping. These stores truly and never have made clothes that fit me.
Luckly I know about the Goodwill and TJ Max. Calvin Kline makes clothes that fit me perfectly and TJ max sells them for almost cheap. I got two new pants at the goodwill the other day with Josh. I got a pair that is almost, almost, a skinny leg. They are black and stretchy. And I got a pair of pants that are wide leg and too long. I need to cut off about 5 or 6 inches. All for under 9$. So if it turns out I hate them it doesn't matter. I also got a spice rack at the goodwill. Perfect. There were many shirts Josh and I found that just plain didn't make sense. One was black and stretchy with a boat neck that was off center...like there was more shoulder fabric on one side of the shirt and lots more fabric under the armpit of that side, and the other side was closer to normal sized. There was also this long purple silk shirt that had sholder pads and no way to close it up, no buttons in front. Josh really liked that one. Then I found this cute dress that was buttons all the way up the front and a gather at the waste. I put it on and the waste was literally just above my knees. Two of me could have fit in that dress. I tried on another dress that fit me perfectly all over except my chest, where it squished it all up and made it look rectangular.
It's raining today. All day. I've been dreaming of a day like this, but unfortunately, not on a day I have to drive so much! I dropped josh off at work and then had to drive home and then to target and the mall (which were basically on the way home so it didn't truely matter) but still that's one hell of a busy and confusing and wrong intersection that I live near. You don't even know. So it was raining so hard on the way home I couldn't see the cars infront of me. I was smart and turned on my lights. And let me tell you...i didn't know this could happen but the water does not drain off the expressways here. I have never seen so much standing water and a place where cars drive so fast. It was scaryer and harder than when I drove in a monsoon to grand rapids to Carly's birthday party where they drank porch punch and Nato's roommate Matt did something really embarrassing but I don't think anyone ever told me what it was. This all happened before I got there b/c I was late because of the Monsoon. And I don't remember what happened afterward ...oh actually I do...josh and I slept on the floor and Nato's cat came near me and I grabbed it and it was Josh, Lindy and Pussy sandwiche. And we saw Kid Rock Look-a-Like guy (mark) at the bar, and I saw how truely disgusting looking he was. And it was the first time I met Carly's roommates.
HERE is a link to the post I wrote about the night of the monsoon. I remembered the details pretty good I think...though I can't believe I forgot about the cat toy. BUT I did want to mention that most of the things I wrote about for that entire weekend are things I think about pretty often and remember quite clearly. Like when I say I took "a hit off of something" (yeah real lame and sneaky I know) I actually thought experience about that today and almost told the guy I work with. What really happened is I took a MUCH to big a hit and something happened to my lungs and I thought I was never going to breath again and thought I was going to die...which terrified me and ruined the next 3 to 5 hours for me because I kept on thinking I was going to die. I have never done anything like that again.
ANYWAYS...I used the 5$ gift card towards the soap pump, making it "on sale" and more affordable to me.
Then I went to the mall. Mostly because I had to drop off some paper work for work. Did I mention I work in the Mall?!?! I used to think getting a mall job was really hard and mystifying...b/c a mall store is not in it's own building, so really, who owns it? Who do I apply to? Luckly I figured it all out.
I looked at Charrolotte Rouse and got pretty confused. I didn't really know if the shirts were shirts or dresses or what to wear them with. I tried on a few cute shirts and a pair of jeans. I had to try on the jeans b/c I was wearing a dress today, so I needed something to go with the shirts. First of all, I tried on the pants in my size...but I am no longer 16 (duh) and I never was 6ft tall...so these jeans made me look short and stumpy and muffin-y. I tried the shirts on in a medium...and no. I am a large to xlarge in this store! Can you believe it? And everyone I konw calls me skinny and laughs at me when I say I'm trying to lose weight...but I wear a LARGE people. And seriosly, it's not just a problem in the bust area, but those shirts don't hold in my tummy either. Then I tried on another shirt...it's one of those longer ones that has elastic near the bottom. I don't know how you're suppose to wear those, but I do know I am not allowed to. I have never looked so plain wide before. No wonder I have always hated shopping. These stores truly and never have made clothes that fit me.
Luckly I know about the Goodwill and TJ Max. Calvin Kline makes clothes that fit me perfectly and TJ max sells them for almost cheap. I got two new pants at the goodwill the other day with Josh. I got a pair that is almost, almost, a skinny leg. They are black and stretchy. And I got a pair of pants that are wide leg and too long. I need to cut off about 5 or 6 inches. All for under 9$. So if it turns out I hate them it doesn't matter. I also got a spice rack at the goodwill. Perfect. There were many shirts Josh and I found that just plain didn't make sense. One was black and stretchy with a boat neck that was off center...like there was more shoulder fabric on one side of the shirt and lots more fabric under the armpit of that side, and the other side was closer to normal sized. There was also this long purple silk shirt that had sholder pads and no way to close it up, no buttons in front. Josh really liked that one. Then I found this cute dress that was buttons all the way up the front and a gather at the waste. I put it on and the waste was literally just above my knees. Two of me could have fit in that dress. I tried on another dress that fit me perfectly all over except my chest, where it squished it all up and made it look rectangular.
It's raining today. All day. I've been dreaming of a day like this, but unfortunately, not on a day I have to drive so much! I dropped josh off at work and then had to drive home and then to target and the mall (which were basically on the way home so it didn't truely matter) but still that's one hell of a busy and confusing and wrong intersection that I live near. You don't even know. So it was raining so hard on the way home I couldn't see the cars infront of me. I was smart and turned on my lights. And let me tell you...i didn't know this could happen but the water does not drain off the expressways here. I have never seen so much standing water and a place where cars drive so fast. It was scaryer and harder than when I drove in a monsoon to grand rapids to Carly's birthday party where they drank porch punch and Nato's roommate Matt did something really embarrassing but I don't think anyone ever told me what it was. This all happened before I got there b/c I was late because of the Monsoon. And I don't remember what happened afterward ...oh actually I do...josh and I slept on the floor and Nato's cat came near me and I grabbed it and it was Josh, Lindy and Pussy sandwiche. And we saw Kid Rock Look-a-Like guy (mark) at the bar, and I saw how truely disgusting looking he was. And it was the first time I met Carly's roommates.
HERE is a link to the post I wrote about the night of the monsoon. I remembered the details pretty good I think...though I can't believe I forgot about the cat toy. BUT I did want to mention that most of the things I wrote about for that entire weekend are things I think about pretty often and remember quite clearly. Like when I say I took "a hit off of something" (yeah real lame and sneaky I know) I actually thought experience about that today and almost told the guy I work with. What really happened is I took a MUCH to big a hit and something happened to my lungs and I thought I was never going to breath again and thought I was going to die...which terrified me and ruined the next 3 to 5 hours for me because I kept on thinking I was going to die. I have never done anything like that again.