Doing Things for Myself

It's so hard to get into the habit of spending time on yourself again. It's hard to get back into the habit of spending money on yourself. When you become a mom you want to do all these things for the precious little creations that you made. You want to give them everything. You become wrapped up in being the "best mom ever." It's easy to forget you're not just a mom. You're a wife. You're a lover. You're YOU.

I found it easier to spend money on new clothes if I found deals. I mean I could feel good about buying new clothes if I could get 15 pieces for 45 bucks. So I scoured clearance racks at Lane Bryant and the clearance section online at Old Navy. I bought all my shirts new but for new pants I went to Goodwill. I found lots of pants. Seriously like 5 pairs of slacks and 2 pairs of jeans for 30 bucks. They all looked like new. My theory for this is us overweight women don't like going into the store and trying things on, so we'll go in and grab things we think will fit. We then take them home and if they're too big or too small we're too ashamed usually (especially if they're too small) to take them back to the store. So we'll suffer through wearing them two or three times. With the waist band cutting into our flesh or hiking them up all damn day long. They then get pushed to the back of the closet and dug out and donated. Practically new.

Right after Christmas we sold a piece of electronics that was wasting space and my husband told me to take half the money and get whatever I wanted. I went over to Lane Bryant and OMG they had their bras buy two get two for free so of course I got some more bras. I had never had more than 2 or 3 bras that kinda fit at one time. So now I had 8, they were pretty colors, two were lace and they all fit and made me feel beautiful. Oh and I got to go down a band size yay me.