It’s hard enough to be a woman..

Dear Diary;

It’s hard enough to be a fat girl. I don’t understand why companies can’t make clothing in larger sizes that’s actually cute and well made. Is it really that much to ask for?

My day was pretty crappy. I got up early to go with mom to Ottawa. She wanted to go to Costco- and I usually like Costco, so I went. Turns out people in Ottawa are all ignorant morons though, which made the trip that much more fun. *eye roll*

I hate going out into large crowds to begin with, as you may or may not know. I knew from the moment we were almost hit by a car before even getting into the building that this was going to be a disaster. The place was so crowded, it was insane. At one point, I was following mom with a shopping cart and some lady RAN INTO ME almost shoving her cart up my ass. I turned around and what did she say? nothing. No "oh, I’m sorry…" not a word. A little while later we were walking down an aisle and there was a woman coming in the other direction.. we wanted to turn to go down another aisle so we were waiting for this woman to pass us before we turned the cart to go down and what do you suppose happened? She walked right up to where we were, blocked the aisle with her cart and then WALKED AWAY from it to go look at something else across another aisle. Like… wtf? At this point, I was pretty ticked off and about at the end of my rope so I walked over, shoved her damn cart out of the way (like, litterally pushed it hard and let it roll to.. whever it ended up), grabbed ours and pushed through the crowd. Fuck ’em all.

anyway..

I’ve been looking for a coat for a while now- with no luck, of course. I find lots that are super cute and that I like, except none of them come in a size larger than 14. We went to walmart on the way home and I thought maybe my luck was turning because there was a cute coat that actually fit me. I ended up buying it, but when I got home and tried it on again it wasn’t near as cute as I thought. It’s has shoulder pads.. SHOULDER PADS!! What the fuck? How did I not notice that before and why the hell are shoulder pads being used again- especially in a COAT? Ugh. I’m going to return the jacket and try to find something else.

I thought I did find something else- a cute coat on the Lane Bryant website that mom was going to buy me as a Christmas present- but guess what? Lane Bryant isn’t shipping to Canada right now. Hmm, how convienient for them that their "website is being repaired to ship to Canada" right at the time that our Dollar is almost at par with the US dollar. FUCK.

I’m really frustrated today.

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October 17, 2009

i dont know if they a Torrid where you live(torrid.com you can order) has cute plus size clothes-random

I hate, hate, hate that I can’t find cute larger sized clothing in regular clothing stores. It’s better than it was when I was in high school, but nowhere as good as I’d like it to be. Have you tried looking online at places like Woman Within or Catherine’s. I think they both ship to Canada, although I’m not sure. People drive me crazy sometimes. I seriously could become a hermit because when I get out into the world sometimes I truly can’t stand the way people behave to one another!

October 17, 2009

Totally agree – the plus size “fashion” industry is bull ****! Let me tell you it’s even worse being plus sized and pregnant! I’m going to end up sewing towels together or something just to have something to cover up in!

October 17, 2009

Hang on, aren’t you only a short hop from buffalo? Can’t you just go hunting and wear your prize home? Totally with you on the costco crowds though. People are oblivious or worse.

RYN: I hear you. Your Mom is wise. I only purchase from reputable sites that I’ve done business with for a long time or are a big name (like Amazon or Macy’s or whatever). Have you tried http://www.walmart.com? They may have a wider selection. Of course, then you can’t try things on, which is totally necessary ‘cuz pictures just don’t do things justice and don’t tell you how something will fit. Ack!

You can slit the lining on the inside of the coat, using a seam ripper, and cut the shoulder pads out, then just restitch it closed. I bet you it looks better. đŸ™‚ I used to do that with my mom’s old “power suits” when I was a teenager.

-Plus, it’s Walmart. So if it still sucks afterward, they probably won’t even notice when you return it. :p

October 17, 2009

You could always have someone in the US purchase it for you and ship it to you. I’m only in WI i’m sure it wouldn’t be terribly expensive to ship.

October 21, 2009

if you have access to SEARS, I got a plus size pea coat from there, really cute đŸ™‚

October 21, 2009

Yeah, take the shoulder pads out. Or, you know, 80’s fashion is totally in right now…BLEH!!! đŸ˜‰