The other day I wanted to wear jeans.  I went to my closet and one by one, tried on all the jeans I owned and one by one they all went in the “to go” pile.  They were all too large.  SO – I went online and ordered some new ones.  Today I got that package.  I immediately went upstairs and tried on the new clothes I had ordered.  They were all too big.  I guess I had gone down more sizes than I had realized.  I debated on returning some of them, because even though they were too big, they weren’t big enough that they’d fall down, but in the end, I figured with the rate I’m losing, if they are as big as they are now, it wouldn’t be long until they WERE fall off big, so I packed every single thing I had ordered back into the bag to send back.  Disappointing.

When Tommie came home today we went to the thrift store.  I ended up finding out that the size I’m now wearing is 18W.  That is two sizes below the size that I ordered from the catalog.

I also learned that I still hate shopping.  After taking an armload of pants to the dressing room to try on, and cutting my finger on a staple, I was SO over shopping and ready to go.  I have never been a big fan of clothes shopping.  I’m more of a order what I want from the catalog and return what I don’t like.  Not the most efficient, but I can avoid going to the stores.  Now that I have a better idea of what size I need, I will give the catalog one more try.

Speaking of sizes.  I did surprise myself by trying on some capri’s we had around here that were size Large and they fit.  I ended up wearing them for one of our walks.  They were a bit tight, but not splitting the seams tight.  Ha ha.  It’s nice to be nearing the “normal size” clothing.  You know they charge twice as much for a piece of clothing that has a “W” behind the size.  It’s just crazy the price difference!  The Larges are a bit tight on me at the moment, but they DO fit.  Soon they will fit comfortably.  This last month, the weight loss has been pretty slow, but I’ve lost about 108 lbs and I have 7 more lbs to lose before I hit my next goal.  Hopefully by this time next month I can hit that.

I have a couple more walks coming up.  The weekend after next we have the Mustache Dash 5k and the Zombie Walk for Hunger (yes, both in the same day).  Thanksgiving Morning we are doing our first 10K.  I’m considering one in December, but haven’t registered for it yet.

Well – my Chromebook keeps crashing on me and I have to end up retyping part of my post, so I’m going to go ahead and end it here.  Hopefully I’ll have more stuff to share at a later date.  Thanks for keeping up with me.