Life After Lane Bryant's

That's a great idea!!

This is great advice Jen as we don't have a clue what size we are while losing weight and once we get to goal I hear good things about Soma

OH but what a sweet problem to have Partlypollyanna (Jen)

I honestly didn't have any "goal" stores, I just wanted to be able to shop at more than just two of the stores in the mall. (Lane Bryant and Ashley Stewart.)

Of course, when I got to that point I was quickly overwhelmed by all the options.

I'm honestly nervous about having too many options also. Like shopping will be an overwhelming experience for a whole new set of reasons.

Exactly! At the advice of my therapist, I took a few hours one day and just wandered around the mall looking in all the stores to get a feel for the style of each one. That was helpful, but exhausting.

It's funny, but I still do the majority of my shopping online :P

Is likely that I will too only because I get annoyed and "peopled out" in malls and department stores.

To be honest, i still don't have a good handle on this. i sound so ungrateful when i say shopping has become a bit if a chore sometimes. I finally figured out where to get good office pants that suit my shape (banana republic Logan cut for the win!!) and so that's where i buy dress pants now (clearance ).

The hunt for jeans continues... Just yesterday my husband went to the mall and i tagged along just to wander and see whats out there.

Going from Not even fitting in Lane Bryant clothes, to being able to shop pretty much any place is.... a lot...

also, im kind of cheap. One of the things i was looking forward to with losing weight was not feeling like i was being held ransom in order to look half decent! when you find something in a size 32 that is nice, you will literally pay ALLLLL the money. Now, im like, hmmm its nice, but do i 24$ like it?

It's a challenge! And one thing I've realized with losing weight is that every woman I know has problems finding clothes that fit well. I always just thought it was SMO women and that if you were normal weighted buying clothes would be a breeze.

right?! i have been in more than one locker room and listening to normal weighted women complain about how their clothes didnt fit, and etc. and if my eyes had rolled any further they would have fallen right out of my head!

But now, i'm literally that person who, if i see someone wearing something i think might suit me, i stop and ask where they bought it haha