shopping spree - kinda

So my boss made a comment that I dress too casually at work. It shit me off that he said it, but once I got over that bit I have decided it was warranted. Now that I am General Manager, I need to look a bit more presentable I suppose. NAd wear what I do currently cause I have stacked on so much weight that none of my nice clothes fit me anymore.

So, last night I went to Myers.... god help me. I HATE shopping for clothes. Firstly I did shoes - I tried on a pair which didn't fit, then I said to the lady just bring me out whatever you have with closed toe and heel in a size 11. Second pair I tried on were perfect. They are made by Planet Shoes, but I can't find a piccy on the net for you. They are very comfy!

Then I went up to the BIB section of womens clothing - you know, the area for bigger women. I got all in a fluster cause it was all kinda overwhelming - I am not a girly girl, so didn't like the fact I had to by girly clothes. I was ultimately looking for a shawl type thingy to wear to an awards dinner tonight - and I ended up with a thing called a mesh cardy in black. It looks great.

Then I ended up asking the saleswomeen to help me - so she loaded me up with about 8 items and sent me off to a fitting room. I tried on heaps of pants and a few tops. Most of the pants were a stretchy type material, so they actually fit and looked good.

In the end I spent $440 on 2 pairs of pants, and 3 tops (incl the cardy). Fucking expensive!! But at least I'll look the part at work now. The brand I bought was TS 14+ and the clothes I got were on pages 26 (the cardy), pg7 (grey groupie pants) and pg4 (sable pants) of their summer colleciton. The tops were green and a bluey purple.

So all in all an expensive, but worthwhile shopping trip - I will get one more pair of pants next week, and then a few shirts and Iw ill be set for a few months... well at least till I drop some kilo's anyways. Thankfully most of what I bought from there was and 18 or 20..... I HAVE to get back to a 16.

Tonight is the Electronics Industry association dinner, and I will be going and dressing up as a girl.... as in skirt, top, cardy (!), highheels, and makeup. Its going to be a long day and a long night - getting up at 5:30am kinda kills me!!