This afternoon, I found myself on an impromptu solo shopping trip. I wasn't planning on buying clothes, but I popped into the local store for fatties and discovered that they had a schwack-load of sales happening. I loaded up my arms with about twenty shirts, six pairs of pants and headed into the change room.
I don't know about anyone else, but I have a "routine" when I'm in a change room (and, no, I'm not talking about doing a cartwheel and ending it with jazz hands). I make sure to turn away from the mirror while I'm putting on the item of clothing so that it's a bit of a surprise when I turn back around and see it for the first time. I find that if I'm looking in the mirror while getting dressed, I get turned off by the amount of skin jiggling as I put the shirt over my head. Once I do find an item that I like, I always make sure to sit down with it on (the fatty store's dressing room has small benches in front of the mirror) in order to make sure I still like the way clothes look once I'm seated. At the end of my "routine", if I like the shirt/pants, I tend to hear the music from the Reitman's commercials playing in my head (video at the bottom). Oh la la la!!
Today, I managed to score a sweet pair of jeans, a sweater/shirt combo thingy that is tough to describe, but is more than just a preppy sweater with a false shirt popping out underneath it, some socks and couple of bracelets for $54!!! I think the jeans are going to be my favourite pair of pants ever...they're sort of elastic waist without looking like a typical elastic waistband. And they're NOT low-rise (seriously....why make low-rise pants for fat ladies? Nobody wants to see that all that muffin hanging over the top!). At first, I was curious as to how well the pants were going to stay up. But then I realized the waistband had found a comfy little nook between my fat roll #2 and fat roll #3. The mixture of sweat and cellulite acts as a natural no-slip grip.
I love these Reitman's commercials. I love to strut my stuff around the house while singing the tune :)
Oh my god, I do the exact same thing when I try on clothes. If I'm facing the mirror while trying something I'll just get discouraged halfway through, take it off, and not bother. lol
ReplyDeleteAlso, my cousin and I were talking (we just started a biggest-loser type challenge) and came up with a more accurate name for our muffin tops: nuclear bomb, a.k.a. the mushroom cloud. It's depressing. lol
Going to try the "turn away from the mirror" now...why oh why have I not thought of that before?
ReplyDeleteI need to call you about next week. Plese feel free to phone me too. Just want to make sure your ready and still willing.
I love the mushroom cloud comparison, Amarie! And I TOTALLY second the fact that I've NEVER thought to turn away from the mirror, but it's GENIUS! Jyl, once again you have made me howl with your humour and for that I love ya. Hope you have a great weekend!
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