Clothes Sizing.
Today I decided to take a walk around the shops to see if I could get myself some new clothes since half of my wardrobe is at my parents and the other half doesn’t fit at the moment! Anyway, I spent 3 hours in various clothes shops trying on the same sizes (or they were supposed to be!) I had started to get fed up by the time i’d been in 4 different clothing stores and hadn’t found anything so I thought I would take the plunge and go into Evans. Now as a teenager growing up big, I used to avoid evans like the plague. It was the place where I assumed people (including I) were too fat to shop anywhere else and it was frumpy and old. Today I thought I would have a look inside there then at least I was guarenteed to find clothes that would definately fit. I’m midway between a 16 and an 18 at the moment UK sizes. Bottoms I need at least an 18 to fit around my mammouth waist.
I was quite shocked to find quite a few different tops that I liked the look of, so I carried them all into the changing room looking around to see if everyone was as big as me in the store. I was quite shocked to see a girl who must have been a size 14 maximum trying on clothes. So I take my top off, and try and squeeze into the first few tops and they wont stretch. They are too small. I think to myself, hang on a minute I’m in a plus size store and the tops aren’t fitting, yet in the high street store down the road they do fit in that size! I found a couple of tops I did actually like and that did fit and looked at the price tag. One of my flaws is picking up things to try on before looking at the price until I get into the changing room and i’ve tried it on. So this one top was £30 ! Now I do spend that kind of money on other tops especially from river island but I thought £30 for that!? So not only are evans clothes not stretchy, tight cuts but they are also pricey!
I did buy that top… it was a long sleeved hoodie type top which is perfect for the weather at the moment and all I need is a bright pink stretchy cami to go underneath. I then ventured into new look which is one of my favourite shops. It’s cheap which is perfect for following trends when the clothes only lasts a few months. They also have the inspire range which is sizes 16 to 24 (I think). It might be higher. I found a fantastic waistcoat to wear over my rock chick type tops and another sexy tie back top. See a pattern here? All I buy are tops! lol I hate trying on bottoms but I do actually need some more.
On a happier note I was very pleased with myself. I walked straight past M&S without going into the food hall. I love M&S food. Most of it is actually not bad calorie and fat content wise. My plan however was to go in and buy some of their prepared pasta, chicken, bacon and sweetcorn which is loaded with calories along with some chocolate ring biscuits. I thought about it for a bit and then decided that it was an extremely bad idea and that I would go home and make myself some eggs on toast. Me = 1, Mind Games = 0. Yay!