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Tonight I went to the Salvation Army Thrift store in Hadley. It was a completely different experience from my last visit there. I'm not even sure when that was, but it was no fun and I'm sure I left empty-handed.
This time, I tried on a lot of blouses and coats, I wasn't in the mood for trying on pants, everything was either way too big or way too small. I found a gorgeous Anne Klein short snow white coat, but it was too big! A beautiful jewel-tone purple jacket from Talbots - too small.
I put on a full length dark chocolate coat with a beautiful fake fur collar, by some designer I can't recall now, which felt a tad snug, but I was seriously considering it. I loved how I felt in the coat, but when I asked a woman what she thought she said "large women should wear clothing that compliments your body - not coats that make you look bigger." Another woman chimed and asked me what colors I like and suggested I go for a coat the right color; "color is important" she said. Both women were very kind, and remember - I asked!
Are you kidding me - chocolate is one of my great colors! That's okay, when in this much doubt, I always leave it behind. Which is exactly what I did tonight.
An hour and a half later, I left the thrift store with one Lands End grey button-down sweater, size large. Total budget $4.99. Today was the great bargain day at this thrift store, special colored tags mean an item is 50% off. I never saw a single red tag item the whole time. Others around me had shopping carts full of stuff.
I hope this gets to be more fun. Tonight was more frustrating than fun. I know you have to keep cruising thrift stores to find the bargains, and hey, there were great labels in the mix, just none in my size; whatever size that is! They say it's hit or miss, so next week I'll give it another try.
Any words of wisdom from those of you who are further along in your journey? Any funny stories? Love to hear from you!
This is so funny! Until you said Hadley I was convinced we must have been in the same thrift shop. But mine was in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Get this, there was a beautiful, 40's era, long brown coat, made in Italy, with a fake fur collar, that was just a bit too snug, which I almost bought. But then I found the Liz Claibourne coat AND a Land's End blizzard coat, so I went with those instead. Maybe we are identical twins separated at birth. AND, I'm planning to go to TJ Max because I don't have any clothing at present that I can use as a measuring stick. My style has always been loose and flowy-even when I wasn't overweight, so I'm thinking of buying one or two cheap pairs of jeans or something, which will give my body some feedback, since I obviously have very little idea of what my size is.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should have a Key Hypnosis fashion show?
Eva
Twins it is! Ha!
ReplyDeleteYes, nothing like a pain of jeans to help us see where we are with our weight. I pulled a pair of jeans out yesterday and they fit me perfect! Today, another pair was too big. They're the same brand and fit, but two sizes apart. Another one for the eBay closet. I moved a lot into that closet last weekend too.