Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall...

Today Dan and I will be heading to the Niobrara with a group of friends-well, actually we will only know a couple people from our group, but we both are pretty easy going and enjoying meeting new people. Anyway, while I am so excited to do something I have never done before, I dreaded the fact that I had no suit in which to tube in. There are few things in this world I detest more than shopping for this particular garment, although I must say that bra and jeans shopping are a very close second. Humbling, is a word that comes to mind as I think of staring at my pasty, squishy, post-baby body. Really, standing one foot away from a full-length mirror under horrid lights is not my idea of fun. However, it was necessary.

First stop: Old Navy. I figured my anatomy had shifted in such a manner as to make shopping for a suit at your “standard” store impossible. However, I managed to scrape up a couple of suites that I could at least try on. As I entered the dressing room, I hear "Hi! Did you find everything okay” from a salesgirl who maybe wears a size 2 on her fat day. I answered with an embarrassed nod, and then followed her into my designated ‘stall’.

After undressing and then redressing, I looked in the mirror and I actually felt okay-mostly because at this particular moment in my adventure, my attitude took a shift. As I gazed critically at myself in the harsh mirror, two things were very clear in my mind.

1) I was out of the house.

2) I was ALONE! I love Farris, but having the luxury of being indecisive and making many trips back and forth between the sales floor and the fitting room was fantastic!

These two facts jumped to the forefront of my mind and caused me to smile at my unclothed less-than-perfect self in the mirror. Don't get me wrong, I tried on many ill-fitting and less-than-flattering suits. The pain was simply lessened by these small blessings.

I ended up walking out with one suit. I had planned on finding at least two new ones, but lets be honest…I didn’t want to push my luck!

I have no pictures to accompany this blog, but I think that you will not be saddened by that just this once.