OMG NSV

I took my daughter to Old Navy today and impulsively decided to try on some jeans because my current jeans are all baggy and weird. 

HOLY CRAP I FIT INTO A SIZE 18. I haven't worn a size 18 jeans since I was 21 or 22 (early 90s). Six months ago, I was wearing a size 28 in jeans. This is surreal. 

I also looked at shirts while at ON and the fact that there exist sizes there that are TOO BIG FOR ME just blew my mind. 

I FIT INTO CLOTHES AT A "NORMAL PEOPLE" STORE :D

That's so exciting...way to go! I can't wait till I am at that point.

I think that has to be one of the best parts of losing weight.  I have been obese since age 11, so clothes shopping was always a nightmare for me.  Never once was something "too big" for me.  Then after I had gone from 364 to 250 I decided to go clothes shopping, dreading it and I couldn't believe that I fit in 2x shirts and size 22 pants from like a 32 in stretchy pants.  Be careful though with buying clothes because you go through sizes pretty quickly.  When I did my big clothes shopping it was in October and I've already had to go buy new clothes a couple of times because they get big fast, which is a good problem to have, albeit an expensive one lol

Oh yeah, it could definitely get expensive. Fortunately, I've been able to get all of my clothes from either Ebay or thrifting and this pair of jeans is the only new (rather than "new to me") piece that I've purchased during this time. I'd love to go crazy and shop for a billion things in my latest size, but I know it wouldn't be practical at all. :)

Yes yes yes!!!!! Sizes that are now too big are the most wonderful things ever lol having to go back and get a smaller size because i'm still in denial that i need that bigger size is also fantastic. I'm glad you have restraint with the clothes buying. I hadn't worn a pair of jeans in 20 years and when i got to a size 26 i lost my mind and had 27 pair of jeans at one point lol i remember feeling like if i never lose another pound this is good enough LOL I found some deserving people to give the jeans to and then tried to have more self control lol
Congratulations!!!!!

Yay!  Terrific NSV.

Yay! That was a huge day for me, too. Now I'm totally overwhelmed by all of my clothing options. It's a nice problem to have! Congratulations!

OMG!!

Last weekend I went to the mall with my cousin, first time I went to a mall with anyone besides myself since surgery. It so unreal to me still. Three years since surgery and still so unreal. I felt great but at the same time so out of place. To just walk into any store and pick up something off the rack and go try it on. To walk into the store and have the help say, can I help you find what you are looking for? I stopped and thought... I am just in here because I wanted to see what is out here in the malls. No specific reason... just to see, touch, and put on what I have never been able to put on. I almost feel guilty... but yet so excited. I still go to the big girl stores cause I feel at home there or most comfy there. When I go there I still get giddy cause three years ago I could not even shop there. I have been thrift store clothes shopping since I have lost weight. Now the price of new clothes just seem ridiculous, lol. However, we went to dress barn and I got lost in there in amazement. Then my best store was Old Navy! They have an amazing clearance rack or at least it was last weekend. I must have tried on the whole rack of clothes... and had fun hanging them back up to... just because I was able. My cousin pulled clothes in a large, I was pulling XL and XXL... (I did not know she was doing this)... when I was trying on and she was laughing at me as I showed her the outfits... she then says... are you done! I said uh.. yes! She then said... Sherrie, go try these on. I was like no way.. she said some of those were not right... just to big. Shocking the way my brain just goes for the bigger. I ended up with larges and they did fit. The shoulders look so different and shows my butt... lol! She said... Sherrie, you need to take me shopping with you from now on.

Have fun with your new experiences! Each NSV is so thrilling! Still 3 years out... and they still keep happening! I know I am not done and so for that they will continue!
I WILL EMBRACE THEM AS THEY COME!!

hugs,
Sherrie

I love these stories!  I've been shopping in my closet and resisting the urge to go to the mall "just to look". I have things all the way down to 14 in there, so I won't have to buy anything for a while. Dang it. I just looked at a bunch of coats I'd put away in a closet and they're close to fitting again. So many lovely things. 

Keep the shopping stories coming!  I'll shop vicariously through you!

Jen