I was on one of my many Target runs when I found this cute t-shirt. The shirt was obviously on the wrong display rack, but I really liked it, so despite it being the wrong size I decided to give it a whirl in the fitting room.
Well, this was one impulse purchase Target would not be getting. Not today Target, not today. I looked like a ghost white crayon dressed in a pink striped potato sack. Reluctantly, I put the shirt back on the rack and headed towards the baby food to get Shelby's formula. SURPRISE!!! I found an entire rack filled with the mysterious t-shirt; it had siblings! Now, remember, the shirt was TOO BIG when I tried it on. Now I found it in the GIRLS department. I ended up buying a medium and in a different color, but the sister shirt fits like a glove. GIRLS! Who knew! Twenty-nine years old and wearing a girls size medium t-shirt. To put my size into perspective, my waist measures 30" and I have a Jennifer Lopez butt, thighs to match. I'm 5'2" so most of my pants are dual purpose, serving as dust mops as well. Finding pants that fit is a lot like playing a game of roulette. If they fit the bum the equivalent of the Grand Canyon can be found between my back and the jeans. Shirts, well that's a whole new ballgame. I measure 34DDD up top so the girls need space, but I like some shape. I don't want to look like a square or a pillowcase with boobs. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of shopping for clothes. Probably why I have such a love for sweatpants and hoodies. This trip to Target has proven to me that size has become subjective rather than definitive. I used to get hung up on the letter that resided on the tag of my clothes, but as I've gotten older I've learned that size doesn't matter; it can't matter. You may be a size "S" in one brand, but an "XL" in another. Different materials will lay differently on different body types, and clothing manufactures clearly do not use a universal sizing chart to begin with. Then there's the fact that not all of us want our clothes to fit like a sausage link stuffed inside its jacket. In fact, I often find myself sizing up simply because I like to have room to breathe in my clothing. I don't like feeling suffocate by the fabric I'm wearing. I may not have my ideal body, especially since I recently had a baby, but whether a shirt is a size "S" or "XL" I should care more about how I FEEL in what I'm wearing than what the tag says. We all should. I might even start cutting the size tags off my clothing!!!
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Beverly Penman
1/11/2018 10:49:36 am
You are SOOOOOOOO RIGHT!!!!!! Comfort is what counts. Great reading on an OH SO SENSITIVE topic. Kudos to you for putting it on paper when we all think it!!!! That's my girl!!!!!
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