We're not talking any of that boring Potomac Mills stuff, either. Reed and I went to Leesburg loaded for bear. (Or at least Williams Sonoma and Gap outlets.)Did you know there are toasters out there that show such amazing designy goodness that people pay 400 dollars for them? I love my husband. Little though I understand him sometimes. Collectible toasters go under the heading of collectible and I can therefore comprehend, but these are NEW and NOT RARE. Well, the great Williams Sonoma outlet sells refurbished ones for prices that are not so ridiculous. Reed got to pick his birthday toaster. There. I am a good wife. I do not understand, but I appreciate his happiness.
Then we went to the Gap outlet and I bought some jeans that were meant to be worn by trendy 14 year olds. My last round were bought 4 years ago at notably unfashionable Eddie Bauer. My big coup? Silly hippie low risers for 7 bucks. Woo. Go me. Helps me feel good about the fact that I am buying jeans when I only had a baby 3 months ago and I'm not yet back with my figure no matter how much like a normal human being I do happen to look. Anyhow, past experience has taught me that wearing uncomfortable clothes is worse for the morale than accepting a numerical size that pains you to admit. For less than 50 bucks I can work on those situps and not hate sitting at a desk all day.
Incidentally, for you vitally interested women out there, (Eva, Nikki) the figure problems I seem to have been dealt and which you may also experience are bust and waist, not ass and hip problems. The bust will, presumably, subside once I stop breast feeding, and is only a problem because clothes I used to think look good are uncomfortable or weird to my eye. The waist is just plain stretched and flabby. Nothing exercise won't come close to totally correcting. Fat is a factor, but it is not THE factor. I could take off at least 4 inches on toning alone. After you've had a baby unless you gained a ton of fat, I think that's the biggest change. You can also find your clothes don't fit because your hip bones have shifted on you and that of course is also not fat. Other oddities -- if your feet are not well supported by your shoes when you're pregnant and you have the tendency, you can wake up one morning and discover that your shoes don't fit. It's not swelling and it is permanent. You can suddenly need allnew shoes.
Anyhow, that's my day. Gotta go feed the sprocket.
Posted by karen at January 4, 2003 12:00 AM