Clothes...ugh.

I started going through my clothes last night and I'm already up to 3 garbage bags for the Salvation Army!  I have nightgowns that I just won't part with and a few sweat shirts that I have to keep. 

My character T's I will be cutting and making rag rugs out of.  My jeans I am cutting all the buttons out of and sewing together to make a cool jean carpet for my daughter's room! 

Luckily I won't be working in another few months, so I can just cinch up my pants and wear baggy shirts until they just fall off. 

Underwear and bras will be a challenge, but for now, since I purchased smaller bras and extensions, I can just get rid of the extensions.  I'm worried about cup size going down:(

My husband is happy...he will be getting some of his closet back!

Goodwill near a wealthy area. I was able to find Gap and Banana Republic and JCrew pants for under $5 a pair, as well as name brand button-down blouses. T-shirts I bought at Walmart or Old Navy when they had a sale.

I dropped a size a month, so at that rate I basically stocked my closet with 2 pairs of work pants, and 2 pairs of jeans in my size, and then shirts that I would wear through 2 sizes. Once I settled down, about 6 months out, I got another pair of nice pants and jeans, and added in a denim skirt. It felt like a whole new wardrobe!

No one at school noticed - for which I was eternally grateful!

I wore my same clothes until I was down about 4 sizes.  I wear a spanx tshirt that I pulled down over my pants and that basically held them up.  Look and see if you live near a Clothes Mentor or good second hand store.  When I finally broke down and bought some things I went there and bought a size smaller than I am, figuring I would just get through winter with what I had and buy some smaller stuff for spring.  I will wear those until I can't stand how big they get and then I will take those clothes to Clothes Mentor and get a little money for them and buy something else.  I got some really cute stuff.

My sister had this surgery a year before me, and once she found out I was going to have it she started keeping the clothes as she lost weight, so once I get down to a 10 I won't have to spend very much.