12/14 remains the Size Black Hole, as I am discovering yet again.
Ayup. Incredibly frustrating.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Sep 12, 2006 2:18:23 pm PDT #7714 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
JZ - Sep 12, 2006 2:18:44 pm PDT #7715 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm not fretting, just baffled. Also mildly annoyed, because I vaguely remember a period in the early '90s when women's sizes seemed fairly stable and it was possible to go to the rack labeled with your size, grab a bunch of stuff, and be reasonably certain it'd all fit when you went into the dressing room. Now there's the long and laborious hunt through "Size I maybe think I am" with additional expeditions into the two or three sizes on either side of the maybe size because the numbers are such a meaningless crapshoot.
Glamcookie - Sep 12, 2006 2:19:15 pm PDT #7716 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I've always been somewhere between a 6 and an 8, though lately leaning more toward a solid 8. I'm about 5'6". I would be okay with this, but I know I need to exercise more and stop eating so much crap. If I were a toned and fit 8, no problem. But I'm so not.
Aims - Sep 12, 2006 2:20:02 pm PDT #7717 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I figure, why work to be a size 10? One day, I'll just buy a whole new body and have mt head attached to it.
flea - Sep 12, 2006 2:20:55 pm PDT #7718 of 10001
information libertarian
I bought 2 pants and 1 skirt at Target recently. All the same brand (Merona). The pants are both 10s and snug, and I bought a 6 in the skirt and should have bought a 4. SAME BRAND!!!
P.M. Marc - Sep 12, 2006 2:20:58 pm PDT #7719 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Seriously. Although my most unfavorite size was busting-out-of-14. "Regular" sized clothes were too small, plus size were too big.
I'm glad I skipped straight to occasionally falling out of 14 in my shopping this time. (Which, seriously, makes me realize I need to actually try shit on. Or buy belts. Or just move slowly and hope for the best.) Because that stage drives me batty.
Glamcookie - Sep 12, 2006 2:22:31 pm PDT #7720 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Aims, you can't be 5'6" cause you're taller than me and PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME BE SHORTER THAN 5'6"!!!!
Aims - Sep 12, 2006 2:23:20 pm PDT #7721 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm 5' 6 1/4"...
Does that help??
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2006 2:24:50 pm PDT #7722 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't mind my size at all, I just wish I could take all my clothes with me as I bounced up and down the size chart. I'm not throwing shit out, because life has taught me nothing if not that I can't stay any given size on purpose, but I hate looking at that red skirt and knowing I'm three months of kettlebell and some Elavil past being able to wear it.
For now.
I do have at least one skirt I bought in a 4 and a 6 (different colours--I figured I'd mix it up), and I may just keep doing stuff like that.
Glamcookie - Sep 12, 2006 2:25:06 pm PDT #7723 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Realistically, I guess I'm closer to 5'5".
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