go clothes shopping

Spent 4 hours browsing the shops, looking at clothes and trying them on. Total items bought: 2. One bra from H&M – same size, color and style as one I already have. One blouse from H&M – same style as one I already have, same basic color, but with a different pattern. I bought both without even trying them on, because at this point I was so depressed I couldn’t bother with the whole process. So I bought them because I knew they’d probably fit.

Everything else was a complete disaster. All the tops currently in fashion make me look either like a pregnant woman or like my hips couldn’t go through a door. Lots of clothes are simply unsuitable – what’s with all the short-sleeved winter clothes?? How am I supposed to wear that? Buy extra sleeves and tack them on? Or let my arms freeze? :P

Blah. It’s supposed to be much easier than this.

No more need to say.

I realized my fitness gear is more stylish than my work wardrobe. This actually sort of reflects my current priorities in life, but it shouldn’t be so obvious to people around me. ;)

Anyway, I don’t like shopping, I don’t like things that are in fashion now, I am currently having some body image issues that make clothes shopping uncomfortable, I hate spending large amounts of money on clothes and I hate clothes that turn me into a walking billboard. But I must do this before some freak washing machine incident leaves me wearing only 70s hand-me-downs from my Mum that I usually wear when cleaning the apartment.

Went shopping with my roommate today and bought what I needed, some black dress pants. I also bought three sweaters and a sweatshirt just for fun.

I like clothes. I hate shopping. Strange, I know.