Title: The Horror of Clothes Shopping
I didn't bother trying to buy clothes when I weighed only 40Kg. I was working from home so it wasn't particularly important. Tops were ok - size 8's fitted ok as long as they weren't fitted at the bustline, cos I basically had no boobs.

The scales say I weigh more now, and my friends are no longer too frightened that I'll break if they hug me, and with winter coming I need to buy more clothes as I now work in an office - so off I went to the shops today.

Silly me, to have thought I could buy clothes like 'normal' people. I wanted to get some trousers and skirts for winter and some tops. THe tops, as before, weren't a problem. I now have a wonderful range of winter tops and they're not all black or white! But then I started trying on trousers and skirts ... and that's when things didn't work out.

Size 10's are about 4 inches too big around the waist, the few size 8's I found were also far too big, too big to even allow them to hang on my hips and wear tops over (oh how I long to be able to wear a shirt tucked in!)

Did find a shop selling size 6's but they were for the younger set and really not my style; nor was the price at $100.00 per piece (I'm not a clothes junkie, don't see why I should spend that amount of money when I see perfectly nice stuff in other stores for half that price and less).

Eventually I bit the bullet and went to the jeans store; it's the only place I've been able to find bottoms that come near to fitting. The boss will just have to lump it, and so will it - just doesn't feel quite right to wear jeans to the office. Bought some black ones (don't think I've ever owned black jeans before), some moleskins (also black), some dark blue denims and a greenish-greyish pair of canvas jeans. They'll have to do :(

Thanks to the bastard who started my weight loss. (yes, that's sarcasm)