Friend of Julie: A Strange Woman Kept LOOKING AT ME!!!!

I don’t even know how to begin this post! My SHOCK is making me shake!!

Let me explain:

I went to Savers today with my dear friend Luann. We needed to get some stuff for our upcoming trip. Luann is very patient with me, VERY patient with me!

Today I was trying on jackets and just didn’t like any. I felt fat. There wasn’t a good selection in the rack I was in, and I was just batting zero.

Luann found a whole section with lighter weight jackets so off we went. She found a really nice one and had me try it on. She told me to NOT look at the size so I didn’t. When I zipped it I thought it was to snug but she kept telling me it wasn’t. I argued, so she finally told me to go look in a mirror. I headed to the nearest mirror

I turned around to look in the mirror…

I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE WOMAN LOOKING BACK AT ME!!!

I started shaking and went back to Luann and she could tell I was shook up about something, so I told her that the store must have trick mirrors because there was NO WAY that was ME in that mirror.

She argued of course, and I went and looked again. NOPE, no way was that me in that mirror.

I made Luann go stand in front of the mirror to see what she saw. She went and said it looked like what she sees everyday. So I looked, and yup, sure looked like her.

So I stood in front of it again.

Much as my mind was fighting me, I had to admit it was me looking back at me.

WHO WAS THAT THINNER WOMAN!!! ME!!??? NO WAY!!!!

Luann went in the dressing room to try on stuff and she left me in front of a dressing room mirror. While she was in there I hit every mirror in the place and looked at myself. I was bound and determined to prove those mirrors wrong, but I couldn’t.

It was me looking back at me!!

WOW, OH WOW!!

Well, I bought that jacket and when I got home I put it on and told my husband to look at me. What did he see? Typical hubby, he saw a new jacket! So I yelled, NO, look at me!! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME I LOOK LIKE I LOST WEIGHT!!!

Then my dear husband says, “you wouldn’t have believed me if I did”!!

Oh, and by the way, my new jacket is a MEDIUM!!!!!