{shopping}

I finally broke down yesterday and went and bought some maternity clothes. I've been fortunate enough to have been lending some clothes from some friends, but I thought I needed a few items of my own and you know what, a little retail therapy always seems to cheer me up. I haven't bought myself some new clothes in so long that my Kohls charge has had a zero balance on it for the last three months. That NEVER happens, haha! And rest assured, as soon as we find out if baby is a girl or a boy, there won't be a zero balance on it again for a long time. Sorry hun!

 

So, what's a women with no jeans that currently fit to do?! Go buy some, that's what! And so, I headed off to Kohls and Target yesterday to get out of the house for a little while during my day off and spend some of my hard earned money. Lol! After scouring the Kohls store and thinking for a bit that they didn't even have any maternity clothes there, I found them back in the corner of the baby section. I have to say I was mildly disappointment in their seemingly small selection given the vast amounts of other women's clothing options they had (of which I cannot wait to fit back into), but I didn't leave the store disappointment or emptied handed. I found myself two pair of skinny jeans and two pair of bootcut jeans. I have to say that it felt rather nice to slip into a pair of skinny jeans that were comfortable. I'm more of a skinny jean and boot or high heel kind of person versus regular jeans and sneakers and I haven't been able to comfortably wear ANY jeans for the last several weeks. That, coupled to just generally not feeling great enough to get dolled up to go places equates to lots of days at home in sweats and no makeup. Thus, when I am at home, I'm typically in sweats/pj pants, and when I've been on photo shoots, I've donned the tunic top and legging apparel (sometimes deemed inappropriate on certain individuals, but can you blame the preggo lady?!)... In any case, it just felt nice to pull on a pair of skinny jeans, put on a cute top and be able to flash the growing belly in the dressing room mirror. Even on the days that I need to get dressed up for work I've gotten to the point of just brushing my hair and letting it air dry. I used to put lots of product in it and blow dry it... not so much anymore! At least I'm still donning make up to work... it makes me feel somewhat better!

 

I'm certainly not outwardly trying to hide the belly these days, but I think subconsciously I do it. I'm proud of the bump and I wanted some clothes that I felt good in to show that bump off! After Kohls, I went to Target and found a few more shirts. I have to say that in Target it was VERY hard to walk past all of the cute fall/winter workout clothing and not buy any of it. I did proudly stay out of the baby section though. Oh how I wanted to add to my collection of cute bright workout clothes, but I knew that I shouldn't. I can next fall at this time!

 

I also got my atrocious eye brows waxed yesterday. It was DEFINITELY time! I had been meaning to get them waxed BEFORE the wedding (which was almost two months ago now), but the timing never worked out quite right and it wasn't on the top of my priority list and then after that they really slipped to the bottom because of generally feeling like crud. So, needless to say, they needed it bad. I've tried in the past to tweeze some strays at home, but I don't have the tolerance to inflict that kind of pain on myself, lol! Dude, plucking your own eye brows sucks! And really, if you thought my eyebrows were bad, you should see my legs! LMAO! Full disclosure here... haven't gone near them with a razor in WEEKS! I think, why bother at this point doing something that is only going to stay smooth for a day or so. No one sees my legs except me right now and I'm not quite bothered with them just yet. At least not enough to actually shave them. I've thought about it once or twice. I should probably at least once before the belly gets too big, lol! It is extra insulation for the winter right now, lets just stick with that. At least I was good with it during the summer months. And baby comes right before then, so no worries for next summer!

 

I get to venture off to the vet with the dog tomorrow. Should be interesting. He's still small enough that it shouldn't be too much of a big deal. Then it's off to Hu Hot for some lunch with my bestie! I cannot wait because I have been craving a good plate of Mongolian grill for the entire week! The only sucky part is that I'll probably only be able to enjoy the one plate. In any case, it shall be good times with my friend and good food!

 

CIAO! LOVE ME!