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Saturday, April 23, 2005
I am an "older" woman. Even though I've lived through lots of fashion changes, I still enjoy seeing new fashion trends and cutesy-quirky accessory items come out. I want to admit right here, that I love Wal*Mart! It isn't the only place I shop, but it is the most frequent store I shop. A friend recently posted about her bad experiences at Wal*Mart, and I commiserate with her. I am a plus sized lady, and you know some of the items that are available to us are laughable, and even sometimes makes you want to cry!
Are we not still women? Don't we still want to "look our best" for the men in our lives, or just to the outside world in general? Y E S!!! Of course we do. Another thing, just like the size negative 0 girls and those cuties up to size 8, we want to pay less for our favorites!! (I say size eight, because someone that is totally crazy has called size 10 a PLUS size)! I ask you, in what universe? No, don't even say "Hollywood", 'cause those ladies are struggling under that misconception themselves, someone ELSE tells them that a size 10 is a plus-size, and they simply believe it!!
Honey, size 10 is NOT a plus size!! I wouldn't say what is, 'cause most of the average women you see walking around every day are a bit bigger than a size 10, and they still look really nice. All that stuff is in the head of some jealous, probably homosexual, clothes designer. Who wishes he WAS a woman, and since he can't be, he denigrates those that are. It's like Xtina says, "We are beautiful, no matter WHAT they say"......., You go Miss. Aguilera, with your pretty (tiny) self!!!!
I go to Wal*Mart, though, and I see alot of cute clothes, for my size, the only thing that stops me from getting all of them, is my lack of large income!!! One thing I do splurge on is underwear!! The outer-wear, is mostly jeans, (blue and black sometimes tan (khaki), and that's it for colors), and cute blouses, or T-shirts. Oh, I've worn a camisole or two, (out), and gotten compliments, so there. Yet, I usually wear an over-shirt, mostly see-through, with them, I'm still too modest to wear them alone. (Smile).
I scan all the fashion magazines, looking at trends. Then also, me and the girls, Cherokee, Michelle and Charlene, go looking in a lot of shops, Michelle is a total clothes-horse. She has more clothes than the rest of us put together!!! We've found some great looking pieces, at Wal*Mart, Target, and various other small shops with names like, "One price clothing Store", " Suzy's Deals", et'c. You don't always have to go to the speciality shops like Roamans or Lane Bryant, or "Fat-girls only", but on the other hand, my daughter-in-law, Ann (who is by NO means, plus-sized)!!!!, seems to find some great deals at Lane Bryant!! When I say, great deals, I am talking about clothing items priced at $70.00 and up, for well under $20.00. That is a shopping young lady!
She has like an academy award in sniffing out clothing and shoe bargains, and only at the better class stores too, how I admire her that talent. Oh, I benefit often, she gets me things, don't you love it when people pamper you? I totally do!!! *(By the way, I am a perfume ADDICT also! I don't mean the knock-offs you get at the 99cents stores either. I love the real deal, and I have over 50 online discount perfume sites on my favorites list. I really love Musk, and the Vanilla scents, Jasmine is devine oh, don't even get me started. To me, smelling good is right up there with looking good. Never use colognes or perfumes unless you bathe or shower first girls (you guys too)!! You'll only offend LOTS of people by this practice, believe me, I've smelled it, and Uggghh!! It hides nothing, and is Not nice)*.
It's all part of being a W O M A N. Whether you're plus-sized, or under-sized, if you are comfortable and satisfied with how you look and feel? Brava!! If not, do something about it, like my daughter and I have done, try this, stop eating bread!! It has really helped!! Since January of this year, we are both fitting better in all of our clothes. I, for one, don't miss bread that much, I love it, but I am fighting a chronic illness, so giving up bread, was a health decision for me.
I am toying with the idea of giving up pasta, and maybe rice. Not the G R I T S though, never the grits. I crave Grits. I just have to eat smaller portions of them, and go longer in between times, use grits as a treat instead of everyday fare. That would be a good thing to do with bread, or cake, or my own personal weakness, cookies. Only as a treat, and only once in a great while. We don't usually keep that stuff on hand, since it is only Cherokee and I, in the apartment, we just make it a conscious effort not to buy the stuff we know we'll binge on. Cherokee makes some throughly mouth watering cookies too, so now, we only have them every few months, to keep from gorging.
Whatever your plans. I say "good luck, and GOD bless", to you. Amen. Love yourself, and treat yourself with respect! Smooches.
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
I am an "older" woman. Even though I've lived through lots of fashion changes, I still enjoy seeing new fashion trends and cutesy-quirky accessory items come out. I want to admit right here, that I love Wal*Mart! It isn't the only place I shop, but it is the most frequent store I shop. A friend recently posted about her bad experiences at Wal*Mart, and I commiserate with her. I am a plus sized lady, and you know some of the items that are available to us are laughable, and even sometimes makes you want to cry!
Are we not still women? Don't we still want to "look our best" for the men in our lives, or just to the outside world in general? Y E S!!! Of course we do. Another thing, just like the size negative 0 girls and those cuties up to size 8, we want to pay less for our favorites!! (I say size eight, because someone that is totally crazy has called size 10 a PLUS size)! I ask you, in what universe? No, don't even say "Hollywood", 'cause those ladies are struggling under that misconception themselves, someone ELSE tells them that a size 10 is a plus-size, and they simply believe it!!
Honey, size 10 is NOT a plus size!! I wouldn't say what is, 'cause most of the average women you see walking around every day are a bit bigger than a size 10, and they still look really nice. All that stuff is in the head of some jealous, probably homosexual, clothes designer. Who wishes he WAS a woman, and since he can't be, he denigrates those that are. It's like Xtina says, "We are beautiful, no matter WHAT they say"......., You go Miss. Aguilera, with your pretty (tiny) self!!!!
I go to Wal*Mart, though, and I see alot of cute clothes, for my size, the only thing that stops me from getting all of them, is my lack of large income!!! One thing I do splurge on is underwear!! The outer-wear, is mostly jeans, (blue and black sometimes tan (khaki), and that's it for colors), and cute blouses, or T-shirts. Oh, I've worn a camisole or two, (out), and gotten compliments, so there. Yet, I usually wear an over-shirt, mostly see-through, with them, I'm still too modest to wear them alone. (Smile).
I scan all the fashion magazines, looking at trends. Then also, me and the girls, Cherokee, Michelle and Charlene, go looking in a lot of shops, Michelle is a total clothes-horse. She has more clothes than the rest of us put together!!! We've found some great looking pieces, at Wal*Mart, Target, and various other small shops with names like, "One price clothing Store", " Suzy's Deals", et'c. You don't always have to go to the speciality shops like Roamans or Lane Bryant, or "Fat-girls only", but on the other hand, my daughter-in-law, Ann (who is by NO means, plus-sized)!!!!, seems to find some great deals at Lane Bryant!! When I say, great deals, I am talking about clothing items priced at $70.00 and up, for well under $20.00. That is a shopping young lady!
She has like an academy award in sniffing out clothing and shoe bargains, and only at the better class stores too, how I admire her that talent. Oh, I benefit often, she gets me things, don't you love it when people pamper you? I totally do!!! *(By the way, I am a perfume ADDICT also! I don't mean the knock-offs you get at the 99cents stores either. I love the real deal, and I have over 50 online discount perfume sites on my favorites list. I really love Musk, and the Vanilla scents, Jasmine is devine oh, don't even get me started. To me, smelling good is right up there with looking good. Never use colognes or perfumes unless you bathe or shower first girls (you guys too)!! You'll only offend LOTS of people by this practice, believe me, I've smelled it, and Uggghh!! It hides nothing, and is Not nice)*.
It's all part of being a W O M A N. Whether you're plus-sized, or under-sized, if you are comfortable and satisfied with how you look and feel? Brava!! If not, do something about it, like my daughter and I have done, try this, stop eating bread!! It has really helped!! Since January of this year, we are both fitting better in all of our clothes. I, for one, don't miss bread that much, I love it, but I am fighting a chronic illness, so giving up bread, was a health decision for me.
I am toying with the idea of giving up pasta, and maybe rice. Not the G R I T S though, never the grits. I crave Grits. I just have to eat smaller portions of them, and go longer in between times, use grits as a treat instead of everyday fare. That would be a good thing to do with bread, or cake, or my own personal weakness, cookies. Only as a treat, and only once in a great while. We don't usually keep that stuff on hand, since it is only Cherokee and I, in the apartment, we just make it a conscious effort not to buy the stuff we know we'll binge on. Cherokee makes some throughly mouth watering cookies too, so now, we only have them every few months, to keep from gorging.
Whatever your plans. I say "good luck, and GOD bless", to you. Amen. Love yourself, and treat yourself with respect! Smooches.
