A New Coat

Well, today I finally had to go out and buy myself a brand new winter coat. I parted with my all time favorite grey and black hounds tooth, cape style coat that was designed to hide an multitude of "sins" (when it came to my figure anyway!!!) and I ventured out to buy a new one. After our H1N1 shots, I took the kids to my favorite store, Pennington's, and we began to look at the coats. I began looking at the coats in a certain size about 1 - 2 sizes smaller than my old coat....but David came across a coat that he said would look great on me. It was black...so that was good, you know, for the whole "uniform" thingee....and it looked roomy enough...so, after trying on a few other coats, I decided to take David's advice and try his coat. I took it off the hanger and glanced at the size tag...twas a little smaller than I thought would fit....but none the less, I slipped it on and to my amazement the zipper went up...even over my HIPS!!!!! I was shocked to say the least....oh and the sleeves and shoulders are "fitted" not baggy and sloppily hanging off me in order to accommodate my chunky midriff....in the end, I wound up with a coat 3 sizes smaller than my old winter coat and I absolutely LOVE it. It was wonderful to walk into the store needing to buy a specific item and not have to compromise or get something that I didn't like just because it was the only thing that fit me. I actually had a wide variety of coats to choose from. It felt sooooooooooooooooo good...and the best part of all was when David said, "Mommy, that coat looks the best on you...it actually makes you look skinny!!!" What a guy...so sincere and sweet and definitely a good boost for my ego when it comes to my body image anyway!!!