This evening I went to the mall by my old apartment, and as I was trying on pants I suddenly realized....
(drum roll)
I am down a pants size! And down TWO skirt sizes!
I have been dieting since the end of February, but getting discouraged because I hadn't really noticed appreciable loss. The other day when I weighed in, I saw I'd lost 20 pounds, but as this hadn't seemed to effect how fat I still felt, I wasn't too excited.
Now that I see where 20 pounds = a pants size, I'm pretty thrilled.
When I got home, I went shopping in my cedar chest full of work clothes (from before grad school, when I slaved in fashion) and was able to pull out a whole big pile of skirts that I had heartbrokenly packed away. These are the clothes I wore the summer before I started dating Eric (back in 2004) - wheee!!!
Theoretically, when I begin classes this fall, I will be able to wear the size I wore when I was first out of undergrad (when I worked in Chelsea)... this is very very very good.
As far as what I purchased tonight, I kicked ass. Tired of this whole ill-fitting boxers (often E's cast-offs) and grungy T-shirts as pajamas situation, I bought a pile of pinafore-style nightgowns which are oh-so-feminine. It's almost a little ridiculous how sweet and cute they are - as I was checking out, the cashier commented on how pretty and well-made they were, and I said yes, they remind me of the dresses my mother used to make for me and the things I used to wear as a little girl. My logic (which gave her a big grin) is that since I can't wear ultra-girly pastel pinafores during the day, I might as well get to wear them at night.
I also got a bunch of cropped pants, long shorts, and capris, as I've decided I have too many cute shoes to keep them covered (oh and hiking - I'm wearing them hiking). In celebration of this, I also got a fantastic pair of bronze heels and some silver flip-flops. Combined with a bunch of things I bought at Sports Authority the other night, I'm now pretty much done with everything I need for Costa Rica, as well as going back to school. Freaking sweet.
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