So, this weekend I went shopping. Twice. At a mall. The first time was with Karen and Janet, two women who are ex-FTP folks but not susboids. It was _good_ to be with people who enjoy shopping, and don't look down their noses at a mall. (It seems to me that a lot of susboid women think that shopping at a mall is declasse', and one really ought to shop only at cool ethnic stores or Garment District or thrift shops, if one really must shop at all. This doesn't work for me because I am just short and round enough that none of those options have much that fits me.)
It was also nice to not feel guilty for spending money, since my shopping companions, combined, spent about 15 times as much as I did. Less happily, I _really_ need to not get any larger, because I'm at the upper end of the petite sizes, and clothing for women who are short _and_ fat is hard to come by. And this when so many of my female friends and acquaintances are getting new clothes because they are getting _smaller_.
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argh.
The second time, I got a new full-length raincoat with a hood and a zip in liner, at Filene's, for 40% off. Go me!
It was also nice to not feel guilty for spending money, since my shopping companions, combined, spent about 15 times as much as I did. Less happily, I _really_ need to not get any larger, because I'm at the upper end of the petite sizes, and clothing for women who are short _and_ fat is hard to come by. And this when so many of my female friends and acquaintances are getting new clothes because they are getting _smaller_.
MyweightdoesnotmeanImabadperson MyweightdoesnotmeanImalazyperson MyweightdoesnotmeanImanuncoolperson MyweightdoesnotmeanImanundeservingperson
argh.
The second time, I got a new full-length raincoat with a hood and a zip in liner, at Filene's, for 40% off. Go me!