tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924476.post8396013437134001670..comments2023-08-27T13:33:44.588+01:00Comments on Re: Becca: Shop til you DropBechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120967898781835200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924476.post-9258706120324068282009-02-15T03:07:00.000+00:002009-02-15T03:07:00.000+00:00Shopping for me used to be so simple. I was a size...Shopping for me used to be so simple. I was a size 10, and everything in shops that was a size 10 fitted me. It might not always suit my appearance, but it'd fit.<BR/><BR/>Then I went to Italy for my year abroad, came back and finished Uni, and each year, put on a little weight until I was a size 12 for trousers, and a 10-12 on top (usually a 12 for wool things). But jeans? Oy! In GAP, a 30 inch I think is a 12, the 32 inches a size 14. The 30" is a little snug, the 32" is half falling off me. I don't tend to like jeans elsewhere, so pretty much only buy GAP ones (in the sale though, so anywhere from £9.99 to £19.99).<BR/><BR/>What really took the biscuit for me, was trying on a skirt in GAP. A size 12, should have fitted. The zip wouldn't even do up an inch, even when I hitched the skirt up to the top of my ribs (so that the start of the zip was over the narrowest part of my waist). I ended up with a size *16* of that skirt, for it to zip up, and even then, it sits too high on my waist. I have a similar design skirt ALSO form GAP, and that is a 12. Bought maybe last year. How can one store have nearly identical skirts, and I need 2 sizes bigger for it now? I am NOwhere near a size 16!<BR/><BR/>(all these are UK sizes btw, so I'm like a size 8 in US terms).<BR/><BR/>I think you'd like the Next sales here - clothes half price, over the summer and Christmas sales. But it gets way busy for them, the shop's hyped them up a it, and some open at like 4 or 5am.<BR/><BR/>For shoes, I pretty much only shop at Clarks. Not as cheap as some of the cheaper places around here like Barratts, but the shoes fit properly and are better made. You pay for the quality and looking after your feet.<BR/><BR/>Glad you got good shopping this time you went though!Dogearedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765730598721815896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924476.post-65277776996923063192009-02-14T20:06:00.000+00:002009-02-14T20:06:00.000+00:00I'm with you on the jeans thing. Why is it so har...I'm with you on the jeans thing. Why is it so hard to just find plain 'ol Levi's style jeans anymore?? I don't want low rise, show your tush, boot cut, sequined pockets, no pockets, crazy stitching, super tight, bell bottom, crazy jeans!!!!! My favorite place to buy jeans thus far has been Old Navy though it is annoying when you finally find a pair you like, go back and buy the exact same jeans in the exact same size and they don't fit for some reason!!! I have some 6's that fit great and some 6's that I bought later (without trying them on of course because I already had the same jeans) and I can't get them past my thighs!!! UGH!Knit Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10400889613172852942noreply@blogger.com