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Wednesday, September 10, 2003

The Too Small Jeans

Remember how I kept telling myself I wasn't going to break out the Too Small For Me clothes for another 7 lb? Well, I lost my resolve. For lack of a better place to keep them, I had stored them in a box, which was sitting in the schoolroom near the pencil sharpener. I was just back there sharpening pencils (there should be a law against putting broken pencils in pen cups!), and saw the the top of a pair of jeans poking out. Lovely nice dark blue size 32 jeans, which my mom gave to me. They'd been given to her by a girl she works with, who'd, um, gotten too slender for them. They are very new, and more expensive than I'd ordinarily buy. When Mom first gave them to me a couple of months ago, I tried them on but couldn't even button them and I was really upset with myself about that. At any rate, as I mentioned, my resolve flew out the window and before I knew it I was pulling them on under my sundress. And buttoning them. And zipping them. WITHOUT ANY EFFORT. They fit! I look great! I keep going and looking in the mirror at myself. Not in a "damn I'm hot" way exactly, but just, "wow, I honestly was not sure I'd ever see myself look that way again." I also pulled on a ribbed knit tank top from the bag. The color (a kind of vivid rose pink) is really not me, but the style looks much better on me than it when I originally tried the shirt on.


OK, back to your regularly scheduled programming. Just had to share before I exploded. :) It is so nice to have my discipline paying off in a tangible way.

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