Squee!
So. I've been needing some new clothes after losing some weight, but I need to save money. So I figured thrift stores might be the way to go. I was planning on going thrift store shopping tomorrow, but there's a vintage store right next to the coffee house I'm hanging at tonight, so I thought I'd stop in.
Being plus-sized, shopping at thrift and vintage has been kind of a challenge for me in the past. Usually there's like two dresses anywhere near my size, and one's gingham and the other one is a florescent paisley caftan. So it's not always an experience I relish. But I figure I'd better give it a try - Lane Bryant is too expensive, and I'm sick of it anyway.
So I go over to the larger size dresses and immediately spot this beautiful robin egg blue dress with a flared skirt and some white trim around the neck. I hoped after hope I could squeeze into it. The nice saleslady came over and picked some other stuff out for me.
So I tried a bunch of dresses on.
The robin egg blue one was actually *too big*. One of the other ones almost fit me, but it was too small in the boobs.
There are worse problems to have. :)
Some of them were too small. I fit into 3, and bought 2. I'm wearing one right now - a pretty navy dress with white buttons.
I'm not sure how this is supposed to save me money, exactly, because it means I just spent $42, but...
I'm sitting at Epoch in my new dress and I am pleased.
Being plus-sized, shopping at thrift and vintage has been kind of a challenge for me in the past. Usually there's like two dresses anywhere near my size, and one's gingham and the other one is a florescent paisley caftan. So it's not always an experience I relish. But I figure I'd better give it a try - Lane Bryant is too expensive, and I'm sick of it anyway.
So I go over to the larger size dresses and immediately spot this beautiful robin egg blue dress with a flared skirt and some white trim around the neck. I hoped after hope I could squeeze into it. The nice saleslady came over and picked some other stuff out for me.
So I tried a bunch of dresses on.
The robin egg blue one was actually *too big*. One of the other ones almost fit me, but it was too small in the boobs.
There are worse problems to have. :)
Some of them were too small. I fit into 3, and bought 2. I'm wearing one right now - a pretty navy dress with white buttons.
I'm not sure how this is supposed to save me money, exactly, because it means I just spent $42, but...
I'm sitting at Epoch in my new dress and I am pleased.