So long (for now) to my dreams of having Janet Jackson's abs... *sad face*
The other day, I had scheduled to tutor a student, and as I got dressed, I realized that all... ALL of my jeans are tight in the butt and unbuttonable in the waist. I ended up wearing a pair of pants and looping a rubberband around the button and button hole in order to hold them up. I completed the look with a long shirt.
Just yesterday, I was getting ready for a get together at my neighbor's home, and nothing fit... Not even the beautiful gray silk Ann Taylor skirt I bought two months ago on a mini shopping spree. Oh, I was so hurt because I'd just said, "I will wear this skirt today so that I can at least say that I wore it once."
But nope! I squeezed the skirt over my hips and cussed loudly when I realized that wearing that skirt would become a tragedy.
So what do we do???
Zack and I gather up our garage sale money and attempt to go on a maternity clothes shopping spree...
Long story short... We went to three stores and came home with a pair of khakis, two pairs of jeans, and 4 t-shirts. The selections were piss poor at best! I never knew that the maternity sections at Target, Kohls, and Old Navy were so crappy, but they are!
We bought a "belly band" and will hope for the best... we're also gonna do some shopping online which definitely seems to be the way to go.
I look in the mirror at myself, and although I don't see myself as fat, I do somewhat lament over the fact that I won't have the opportunity to get dancer's abs until the Spring... Zack however, oogles over the fact that my stomach is growing, and he literally lights up like a Christmas tree over the sight. He's now to the point that he rubs my stomach and kisses it... it is horribly cute!
I started showing at about 6 months (I was so sick I lost weight there for a while!) I LIVED by the belly band! I had a black one and it seriously looked like a layered tank under my normal tops. I was worried about my jeans slipping off under it but I never had any problems.
ReplyDeleteWe have a Motherhood Maternity store nearby so I picked up a few tanks and a denim skirt that had the stretchy band at the top and I was covered. Thankfully babydoll tops were all the rage last year so I spent almost nil on the wardrobe. Most maternity clothes are HIDEOUS and expensive to boot! I didn't want to look like a walking flowerpot!
One word of wisdom: My feet were so swollen at the end I had to buy new shoes temporarily! Make sure you have something comfortable and versatile to get you through those last few weeks!
Like Miranda, I also LIVED for the belly band. Hell, I use it now to wear my old jeans (unbuttoned). It worked so well until I was 6 months and then started wearing maternity pants. and yes, the maternity sections of old navy, target, etc... are piss poor. They suck. Especially if you are short. I ended up just wearing regular clothes but large. Sucks. Did you see that forever 21 is coming out (or came out) with a maternity line called Love 21 or something like that... also, old navy has nice maternity stuff online but not in the store.
ReplyDeleteI did not know Love21 had a maternity line!!! I bought a lot of stuff from Oldnavy.com and some other stuff from Motherhood Maternity. I'm sure that belly band will definitely come in handy now and later.
ReplyDeleteI am nervous of how my feet will look going into the winter... hopefully, my feet won't swell too bad :-S
I got some super cheap stuff from Burlington Coat Factory.
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