I’m looking for a swing jacket.
Okay, I’m looking for a couple of them. Denim, wool, canvas…
Yes, they’re everywhere lately, but not when you’re pushing plus size. Those jackets? Those are difficult to find. I just don’t know that there is a flattering version of this jacket for larger midriff women. Every one that I’ve tried on seems to increase my size about twofold. I am on a mission and I will not fail.
OMG!! Overstock.com is now shipping to Canada! I nearly jumped off the couch when I saw that while googling for the above picture.
*ahem*
So while perusing the malls today looking for said coveted jacket I wandered into a couple plus size stores; checked out a couple pairs of pants and some shirts while I searched and I was shocked to see the price of the clothes. In comparison: a layering t-shirt from Old Navy? About 12 bucks. A similar shirt from the plus sized store? 25 bucks. Granted the stores may be owned by different chains and have different suppliers, blah, blah, blah.. but these shirts were not that different aside from the price.
I came home and vented to Mike about the cost of the clothes and how it’s not fair.
His response?
It’s expensive to be fat.
*blink*
[stare]
*blink, blink*
Well, more material makes the clothes more expensive. We eat more food and our health sucks.
*blink*
Oh, the logic.
EDITED TO ADD: I don’t think he was really referring to me and my fat. Just fat in general.
:::
So, Friday morning – bright and freakin’ early – though, I’ll probably STILL be up from the night before, my girl Karen and Double Agent Girl will be swinging by my pad to pick up Hudson and I and then head out on a road trip to Boston for the BlogHer Reach Out in our swanky sponsored Saturn Hybrid Vue from GM. We’ve planned to race coordinated a safe and quick journey from here to Boston and hope to get there just in time for dinner with our other girls Motherbumper and HerBadMother! who’ve got the Aura.
I’ll let you know who wins the race. I’m banking on us, though those two mothers are quite badass, we may have our work cut out for us.
Good thing we’re travelling in a hybrid or my fat ass just may have brought down our fuel efficiency.
lylah ledner says:
very cute jacket! did you hubs really say that?
oh, dear….
blessings on you! lylah
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October 8th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Karen Sugarpants says:
I`m just glad you`re the only one breastfeeding.
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October 8th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
flutter says:
nordstrom.com
just sayin
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October 8th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
catnip says:
Cute jacket, but that would totally emphasize all the wrong things on me. I’ll be wearing my uniform to blogher, jeans and a black shirt! But I do have cute new shoes!
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:51 am
samantha says:
@ catnip:
HAHAHAHAHA! Uniform.
I am also planning jeans and a black shirt – that’s my uniform too! LMAO!
October 9th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Miss Britt says:
Um, honey?
Rule #1 about dressing bodies that have any sort of disproportion:
Do not wear clothes that stop at your widest point!!!
Those jackets are making you look wider because they STOP at your “problem area”!!
Maybe consider a tailored trench with darts at the waist and a great collar to balance you out?
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October 9th, 2008 at 9:44 am
justmylife says:
My hubby has a knack for saying all the wrong things too. Hope you set him straight.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Karen Sugarpants says:
he’s still alive? wow.
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Devilish Southern Belle says:
Oh wow. Regardless of what my husband meant, I think he’d be sleeping on the couch for the next week or two. Heh. I hope you are able to find the perfect jacket(s), and have fun at the BlogHer event!
October 9th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children says:
Ouch. He sounds like he deserved to be punched.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Vic @ Glowstars says:
Why do men just not understand that words like that down’t go down well with us?!
As for the jacket – you don’t realy want one, it’ll be so last season very soon.
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October 9th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
anna says:
I tried to comment yesterday, but it didn’t work. Suffice to say, your husband seems to be on a roll lately, no? Give him a kick in the crotch for me.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Mrs. Schmitty says:
I guess he’s got a point?
(this coming from a FAT girl)
Anywhoo…have fun in Boston girls!! Have a drink for me!
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
ali says:
please please please don’t get a swing coat.
they are not flattering on ANYONE.
thanks.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:39 am
sizzle says:
Not only is it expensive to be fat, it’s got a limited wardrobe to boot. DAMN IT. I want cute clothes. And not clothes for a grandma.
sizzle´s last blog post..It’s Not You, It’s Me
October 10th, 2008 at 10:43 am
jennydecki says:
I’m learning to sew. I could do it better and cheaper myself. I mean seriously, it isn’t THAT much more fabric and it’s not like the size 0s pay less than the size 10s.
But yeah, it’s a racket. Totally. But my $55 jeans that fit perfectly have lasted three years. Those $12 throwaway pants from Old Navy? Heh. My thighs would burn holes through those in like a minute.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Wendy says:
That’s true about the plus sized stores! I bought 1 shirt and 1 pair of jeans and paid almost $100! And I don’t appreciate the way they size them differently. It does me no good *at all* to know that I’m a size 2 at their store. How does that help me???
As for the jacket, though, they cut you off mid-waist, so unless your abs and hips are perfect, it’s not going to flatter your figure. Honestly it makes the girl in you photo look bigger that she is.
Have fun at Blogher! I was going to go to Atlanta one, but it got cancelled.
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October 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Karen Sugarpants says:
you are hot
October 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
samantha says:
@ ali:
You’re like the millionth person to say so, and since you’re my new personal Stacey London I’ll listen. LOVE!
October 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Karen Sugarpants says:
and sexxay.
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October 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Karen Sugarpants says:
and you have a winning personality.
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October 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
samantha says:
@ sizzle:
Srsly. It’s like all stores have moomoos and uggers horizontal striped shirts. LOL
October 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Karen Sugarpants says:
srsly. hot. HOT, motherfucker!
October 11th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
ali says:
so something my husband would say! Maybe mine isn’t the only one with foot in mouth disease! It was great meeting you yesterday!
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October 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pm