I just went and tried on all of my new clothes. As is typical for me, all the pant legs are a bit wide because I’ve got somewhat skinny legs compared to my wide hips and ass and have to wear a larger size than what fit my legs nicely. They’re also long, since I’m only 5′3″ (even the petites I bought were long!). I kind of figured that I’d be hemming pants this weekend anyway, so that’s really not too surprising; two out of the 3 pairs I bought will be hemmed, the others are some cargo pants that I can just tie up.

What was surprising is the fact that the shirts are all a bit big, and make me look very shapeless. And now that I’ve actually got some shirts that do have a shape to them, I want them all to fit well, so I think I’m going to take the whole batch of them, along with my box of pins, and get my mother or her friend Sandy to help me take them in at the waist a little bit. The hips are fine, and the bust is fine, but damn it, I HAVE A SHAPE AGAIN AND I’LL BE DAMNED IF I’M GOING TO HIDE IT.

Yes, that deserved capslock.

So here’s the run down of what I ended up getting, and what might end up getting done to it.

• black blazer - completely new territory for me, but once it’s taken in a little it will look pretty sharp
• white mock turtleneck sweater - not a bulky knit, a really thin, lightweight one
• off-white lacey blouse with attached black lightweight sweater - looks better than it sounds, but the fit is a little off
• purple/gray/blue/silver stripey blouse - definitely needs to be taken in, the stripes make me look even blockier than I actually am
• wine colored blouse and tie - the tie is the exact same color as the blouse, and this blouse is the only thing that doesn’t really need to be changed at all. It’s fantastic.
• charcoal gray/pinstriped tweed pants - they’ve got a very fine white and purple stripe running through them; they just need to be hemmed really, since I don’t know what they’d look like if I took in the legs a bit.
• black pants - the legs are very wide (by design), but as Eddie put it tonight, I look like I could have homeless people living in them and never know it. Being short, I can’t do the whole ginormously-wide-leg-look very well, so I think that if I took them in a bit, they’d look a lot better. Note to self - wide leg pants need a fitted shirt in order to prevent me from taking on a Christmas tree shape.
• a blouse in the most fantastic buttery-gold silk blend. It’s almost glittery, comes down to mid-hip, and it’s so nice. It will look better with jeans than with the black wide-legged pants I wore it with today though.
• dark gray cargo pants - they fit great.

One thing that I find incredibly amusing right now. All the new pants are size 18, and everytime I go to put a pair on and get my legs in them but before I actually pull them up, they always look too small to me. I’m so used to seeing size 22 and 24 that my mind just doesn’t comprehend that I can fit into a smaller size.

Eddie is working his last overnight shift tonight. Tomorrow he goes back to his regular shift, and because one of the techs is on vacation (again) I’m working all closing shifts next week. At least I get my regular days off, though, and pick up an extra 4 hours. Plus, my raise went into effect with this last check, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much of a difference $.50/hour makes. Unfortunately, next week is the beginning of the month, which means it will be insane for half of my shifts, but after about 7pm things usually quiet down and I can stop dealing with the junkies (like the guy today who went through a month supply of Valium in 10 days).

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