And if you're wondering to yourself "it's Saturday night and Ginny is home?!" Yes it's true. I am home on a Saturday night eating pizza and drinking water. I might get crazy and make a cuppa chamomile tea.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Shopping is not good for the ol' self esteem
I went shopping today at the Arsenal Mall, the ghetto mall of my youth. I spent hours trying on clothes and shoes and although I did buy a few things I felt crappy by the end of my shopping trip. Mirrors in dressing rooms are the worst. Usually I feel ok with my body but after clothes shopping I feel fat. I think it's just trying on clothes that I think will look good and they look horrible on me. I feel better now that I'm home and I do like the things I did buy. You know I'm feeling better because I'm eating pizza.
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Clothes shopping goes one of two ways for me. Either everything I try on makes me look like a sausage roll or everything I try on makes me look fabulous. I think that some stores have trick mirrors though. Because sometimes when I buy stuff that I thought made me look fabulous in the dressing room, I end up wondering what I was smoking when I wear it out in the world.
ReplyDeleteI think sometimes we just have "fat days" though. I'm usually ok with my body too, but some shopping trips do put my self esteem in the negative. I always just assume it's water weight or something... not sure if that puts me in denial.
ha ha that happened to Elaine in an episode of Seinfeld. I hate when you bring something home that looks good and then you're all "what on earth this is horrible on me"
DeleteI always get excited to go shopping until I get there.
ReplyDeleteThe dressing room mirrors always seem to point out my flaws way more than any other mirror or reflection and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's just a mind thing.
I struggle with this all the time. Constantly complaining "I have nothing to wear" because I don't feel like anything looks good but always dreading the shopping process of finding things I truly feel good in.
I like the quote:
When a woman says, "I have nothing to wear," what she means is, "There's nothing here for who I'm supposed to be today." - Caitlin Moran
That quote is perfect
DeleteI both love and hate going clothes shopping. I love clothes and desperately want to be stylish and trendy (which I am so not). But then I try on clothes and everything fits me in a different size (I have everything from a size 8 to a size 14 in my closet) and my boobs get in the way of pretty much everything and I end up feeling miserable. iMac has had to cheer me up after more than one shopping trip.
ReplyDeleteIn short: my body is weird and clothes sizes are weird and it makes me sads. So Kudos to you for getting things you like. I end up buying nothing half the time.
yea designers need to get their shit together and make it uniform
DeleteCongratulations on finding stuff you like! Clothes shopping is such a chore. I know I need to get some things, but... ugh. Women come in so many shapes and sizes. None of which seem to belong to me.
ReplyDeleteIt is a chore. I prefer online shopping but then I return 99% of it.
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