Disclaimer......this is more of a rant today and an apology than a blog per-say! ( and not about anything green)

A little background info to "set the mood'. I am a HORRIBLE shopper!!! Seriously the worst girly girl ever!! For most of my life I was the fat kid, there were not a lot of clothing options....you took what ever you could get that didn't have cute baby animals and glitter and tried to make it into something similar to what your friends were wearing. This was the way of the world!

These days I wear "regular sized " clothes. I remember longing for the days where I could walk into any store and have so many cute options available to me! Now....I DRED it!!! No Seriously! I hate shopping!! This was proven in spades for 5 hours yesterday while trying to find respectable business attire! Let me give you a few reasons why:

1. I am not "slim" through the hips and thighs.....what woman is??

2. I would like a pair of pants that covers my WHOLE butt area!! ( not having to make sure my underwear are not sticking out when I sit down seems reasonable to me!)

3. I don't want to worry when I bend over that someone can look down my shirt!

4. People shouldn't be able to see through the shirt I am wearing to work!

5. A waist length blazer/jacket on some who is 5'11" looks like I stole it from the kids department!

6. If the pants fit my thighs...they do not fit my waist.

7. Either my arms are REALLY long or all the sleeves are suppose to be 3/4 length.

8. Since when does a standard shoe have a 3-4 inch heel??? ( again I am 5'11" I really don't need heels)

9. Oh yeah.....after 4 shoe stores I found 1...yes 1 pair of size 11 shoes that weren't 3-4 inch heels! (I must amend this statement....today I happen to be brave and try the whole shoe thing again. Thanks to a wonderful lady at a shoe store I was able to find 2 pairs of shoes and 1 of the pairs is actually a 3 in heel that is about as comfortable as my sneakers....so I guess comfy heels do exist....but they do come at a price!!)

10. Just so happens to be my luck that I am an "in between size". For comfort I moved up to the next size after thinking to myself...this would be really uncomfortable to wear all day who would subject themselves to this?? Well the lady we saw getting a bite to eat did! Ladies....GO UP A SIZE... maybe 2! She had a nice outfit but lord it looked like 2 pigs fighting under a blanket as she walked away! ( oh and I love anytime I can quote Steel Magnolias!!)

I have a few ideas to make this a little easier.....

Designers.....could you all have some sort of meeting and decide what a size 12, 14, 6 or what ever is?? It would make it way easier on us to be able to get the same sizes no matter what name is on the label. Should I really have to have clothes that have 4 different sizes in my closet??

Stores.....could we have a few more Mani-quins?? No really I am serious! Us fashion challenged ladies get ideas about how to put outfits together from what is on display!

Back to designers.....I know my size 11 feet are not the norm....but I would like cute shoes too!! And it is a pretty safe bet if I have size 11 feet I am rather tall....a few more options in a small heel would be really nice! ( I look pretty intimidating wearing 3 in heels...it makes me taller than most men!)

SO now for the apologies:

First to my husband......he was great the whole 5 hours! Honest, if it didn't look good he told me! And he even put up with my almost meltdown with in the first 30 minutes of our excursion!

Second to the young ladies out there.....I am sorry that these are the options you have to choose from while trying to look professional!!! Please do not be fooled it is NOT ok to wear see through shirts to the office!! If you happen to be over a size 6, I again apologize that your selection will be limited and DO NOT feel bad...this is not your fault....this is bias!! No, the clothes will not look the same on you as they do on the display....so not let this discourage you! ( in 38 years I have met NO ONE that has a body like the mani-qiuns!)

Hopefully I won't have to go shopping like that again for a while!!!