Elasticated waistbands and other fashion statements
My clothes are starting to get more than a little uncomfortable. I come home at night and the first thing I do is dash upstairs to rip off my trousers/skirt and put on a pair of nice, roomy tracksuit bottoms. Armed with the knowledge that this will only get worse, I ventured into a maternity clothing shop over the weekend. I know it's a rather expensive one from having visited it with pregnant friends in the past, but they were having 50% off everything and who can resist that? I was hunting around for "normal-looking" clothes because there is no way I'm going to spend the next 6 months in kaftans and stretchy polyester trousers.
A shop assistant approached me and I explained what I was looking for. She produced a pair of smart black trousers with a HUGE stretchy bit where the waistband should be. I laughed and said it would be a long time before I needed something that size. She pointed at her own trousers and told me she was wearing them too. Now, she was horribly slim with the tiniest of tiny bulges around the belly area. She lifted her shirt to show me how she has simply folded the stretchy bit down to make a wide waist band which was allegedly comfortable and warm. Partially convinced, I took the trousers with me into the fitting room.
I never want to take them off again. They are the most comfortable, wonderful trousers in the world. I can breathe, I can sit down without feeling like my stomach is in a vice, I can relax my stomach muscles completely and the folded down stretchy bit is fabulously warm. Buoyed by this magical discovery, I trawled the rest of the shop and ended up with a long, purple tie-front cardigan, a black top and, of course, The Trousers. My trousers. All that for less than the price of the cardigan alone!
As I have spent the whole week in The Trousers, my mum suggested I might want to go back and take advantage of the sale again. Tonight I popped back in and got another pair of a sort of tweed trousers. It's funny to have to buy new clothes already when almost nobody knows about the pregnancy yet. I'm currently combining them with baggy jumpers to hide my bulge, but I'm looking forward to showing off our good news! In any case, it's nice to know that maternity clothes can actually be nice - they're almost like normal clothes...
A shop assistant approached me and I explained what I was looking for. She produced a pair of smart black trousers with a HUGE stretchy bit where the waistband should be. I laughed and said it would be a long time before I needed something that size. She pointed at her own trousers and told me she was wearing them too. Now, she was horribly slim with the tiniest of tiny bulges around the belly area. She lifted her shirt to show me how she has simply folded the stretchy bit down to make a wide waist band which was allegedly comfortable and warm. Partially convinced, I took the trousers with me into the fitting room.
I never want to take them off again. They are the most comfortable, wonderful trousers in the world. I can breathe, I can sit down without feeling like my stomach is in a vice, I can relax my stomach muscles completely and the folded down stretchy bit is fabulously warm. Buoyed by this magical discovery, I trawled the rest of the shop and ended up with a long, purple tie-front cardigan, a black top and, of course, The Trousers. My trousers. All that for less than the price of the cardigan alone!
As I have spent the whole week in The Trousers, my mum suggested I might want to go back and take advantage of the sale again. Tonight I popped back in and got another pair of a sort of tweed trousers. It's funny to have to buy new clothes already when almost nobody knows about the pregnancy yet. I'm currently combining them with baggy jumpers to hide my bulge, but I'm looking forward to showing off our good news! In any case, it's nice to know that maternity clothes can actually be nice - they're almost like normal clothes...
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