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so........... right.
i just wanted to get some leggings.
i wanted to get them because A) my weight has skyrocketed (thanks meds! thanks anxiety! thanks, feelings! you're delicious!) and B) i've been doing active-lifestyle things that would be easier if i wore leggings. (ideally this will get me in the shape i should be in to wear leggings while doing active lifestyle things. it's a weird cycle.)
the melodia pants are awesome and wonderous, but i did not want to spend that type of money on one pair of pants. i thought about going to lucy activewear, lorna jane, and lulululuelyememon, but again, $$$$ for one pair of pants. no.
the plan then was walk through sports chalet, go to target. if nothing spectacular was at target, go back to sport chalet, which would be double the price but A) still under the L / L / L pricing, and also higher quality. (pretty much everything i've ever bought at sports chalet has been awesome.)
target was crowded and my anxiety today was not cooperating. all ideal states of being for trying on "Active Lifestyle Wear". in the look-at-my-butt section there were 900000 pairs, all decorated in the brightest and wackiest colors. not solid black, not solid grey but like... hey, did you want some 80's bike-short style extra neon with your neon? how about raindrop patterns? what are your thoughts on zebra stripe?
not to mention they're all cut like hammer pants.
high waisted, neon, pretend-to-be-a-skinny-exotic-italian-model, cheap material'd hammer pants. they should just give away a free crop top, flower crown, and wayfarers to go with each pair.
for fuck's sake, just bring back zubas and have done with it.
note - the bullshit pictured will not be going on my body. no matter what shape i'm in, ever.
so, i tried on three pair. all size L because i can't wear sizes that are numbers. one was cut hammer-pants-style and i didn't realize it until after trying it on. nope. big solid nope. tried on the second pair and could barely get them up my thighs. extra nope. third pair went on but ... ugh. hope i didn't care about my circulation. i mean... if i were just going to stand around, no biggie, but i could sense the first time i bent over at a bellydance workshop and ripped out the entire ass seam, and none of my goals include having THAT tragedy happen.
note - trying on ANY clothes after lunch and one day before GirlTime(tm) is always a horribly masochistic idea. (i am not a masochist.)
went back out, sweating, and picked up 3 pair to replace first selections. two XLs (which made me sad because dammit i am still a medium) and one L in a non-legging-yet-still-workout-style-pant. they fit though, so... there you have it. because i can be a M sometimes but am typically an L, which also means they're cutting these things crazy small now.
grand total: $98 dollars later, i have acquired three pairs of workout pants, cat litter, lemons, and aquaphor. that is everything on my list for the day which means i have been successful in today's ventures PLUS i didn't buy anything extra while in target, which means i can high five myself. now if tomorrow morning brought me back my body i had when i originally thought i was out of shape, that'd be cool.