My Afternoon At The Department Store

[Cheles 75]

So, I've been trying to be good on the shopping side. I guess my biggest love of shoes is greater than my love for food....thankfully that one is finally under control...thank you sleeve.

Today I had to return a pair of heels that I really didn't like, and I exchanged them for a pair of sandals since I have lost my other sandals to weight loss.

But, being bored and tired of working and studying I ended up in a department store trying on shoes for 1.5 hours. I finally picked on pair of red stacked heels...the were cute and would go nicely with jeans. Did I mention I love shoes? (yeah, I've probably purchased 8 new pair in the last two months)...bad, bad. But it's such a dream to finally be able to wear beautiful shoes again and not just one's that fit my feet.

But it didn't stop there. I decided to try on some designer jeans. I pulled a size 16 and they were too big. The sales lady kindly brought me a size 14 and oh yeah...they looked fabulous! Then, I walked over the the Calvin Klein's and decided to try my luck. My gosh...the outfit fit and it was on-sale!!!!

I really don't know how to behave having the ability to buy "regular" clothes. For over 20-years I've only shopped the women's section. But now this is just crazy. I have to be careful I could really begin to love shopping for the 1st time in my life.

[ab76307 22]

I know exactly how you feel. I could easily max out a credit card...but I need to wait as I'm still losing. Congrats on your weight loss and have fun shopping!!!!

[Jeni Martin 26]

How many shoe sizes have you gone down?

[Lissa 2,631]

That's a great NSV!! I am really liking clothes shopping these days, although I'm trying to hold out on big purchases until I hit goal or lower.

[Cheles 75]

How many shoe sizes have you gone down?

Jeni, I've gone down from a 9 to an 8-1/2, but it was the widith of my foot that moved from a WW or W to a Med. The narrow stuff I can't do.

[Cheles 75]

That's a great NSV!! I am really liking clothes shopping these days, although I'm trying to hold out on big purchases until I hit goal or lower.

Agreed, Lissa! I'm trying to stay good. I've basically lost all my clothes and most of my shoes. I've had to purchase 3 pair of work pants, 2-pairs of jeans and some tops. I blew past the 18 and basically the 16. Don't think I'll be buying for a bit until I hit the next round of my clothes falling off again.

[sasicas 194]

Losing weight sure can get expensive but it is more fun to shop and knowing we can go for for cute clothes instead of just looking for clothes that will fit Not long ago I figured there was no way I would get below a size large shirt and I was right around goal so I went a little crazy buying shirts. And now I wear a xs-small haha. Yeah so much for that

Keep it up and enjoy the new sections you can shop in

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Happy Shopping

[Jeni Martin 26]

My shoe size is up 3 sizes from where I was at 20... I hope I can lose a couple

[LindaS 316]

Jeni, I was a size 10 in shoes before surgery and yesterday, I was able to buy a size 8.

I had read on here so often about people losing shoe sizes as part of their weight loss, and I was hopeful. But then it didn't happen, and I was thinking it wasn't going to, which is exactly when it happened. LOL

[Amanda 3.0 140]

Congratulations! I was just posting the same thing about shopping this weekend. I promised myself not until I really needed to, but I ended up with two pairs of jeans (size 14 and 12) and a couple of tops, size medium! At least everything was on sale!

How fun!

[Jeni Martin 26]

I look forward to going into a store and buying off the rack again instead of having to special order clothes and shoes.... Just had my first weight check and have lost 25 pounds in about two weeks.