Buying Clothes

Imagine you are almost 400 pounds. You can only fit
into size 4X shirts and size 62 pants. It is that
dreaded time of the season where you have to buy new
clothes. As your walking into target, kmart, Jc Penny,
kohls, etc. you get discouraged because the largest
size you can find in the "normal clothes" section is
2X. You make your way over to the "big and tall"
section only to find UGLY clothes and prices so high
you need to take a line a credit out just to buy one
outfit.

I remember those days, having to buy clothes in the
big and tall section. I always had to pay 3-4 dollars
for extended sizes. In the major department stores, I
ended up paying small fortunes for 1-2 outfits, 3 if i
was lucky. Three outfits at the big in tall store
would run easily $200.00!

It wasn't fun, in fact, it was very embarassing. Big
and Tall stores mainly cater to the tall people,
instead of the short and fat. Most of the larger
shirts i bought ended up handing all the way down to
my knees. The pants I always bought would all bunch up
at the feet because tailoring them would make all my
pants look like bell-bottoms.

I never was able to wear jeans. The Jeans I could wear
were so baggy, it looked like I was wearing a
parachute. I could never tuck my shirts in because it
looked horrible. It also folded down the top of my
pants and it looked like my pants were falling.

A little over a year later, now picture yourself at
168 pounds wearing size 32 pants, size M shirts.
Picture yourself walking into Target, Kohls, Jc Penny,
etc...

This past weekend that is exactly what I did. I went
into Kohl's department store. I couldn't believe the
amount of clothes I walked out with for $200.00. It
was almost like I was stealing. I bought 15 shirts, 4
pairs of short, and 3 hats. It was awesome! For once
in my life, I have a warddrobe of clothes. A warddrobe
that I don't have to worry about if I am going to fit
in a few weeks down the road.

I have added buying clothes to the "positive list" of
things in my life. I always dreaded buying clothes up
until now. I looked forward to buying clothes as much
as I looked forward to getting the flu.

Not only do clothes fit me decent now, I look pretty
damn good in normal clothes. Another benefit to having
this surgery.