{"id":8031,"date":"2013-05-13T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/?p=8031"},"modified":"2013-05-13T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:03:23","slug":"shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/?p=8031","title":{"rendered":"Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8155\" alt=\"IMG_5473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5473-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5473-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5473-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5473-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-media-buttons\" id=\"wp-content-media-buttons\"><a class=\"button insert-media add_media\" title=\"Add Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=8031&amp;action=edit#\" data-editor=\"content\"> Add Media<\/a><\/div>\n<p>For Mother&#8217;s Day my family got me gift cards- which is funny because I have never gotten a gift card in my life from them! Usually Bradley would just go out and fill a bag and I get lots of goodies! But this time with my changing sizes I don&#8217;t think he knew what I needed so he bought me a shopping spree instead. I&#8217;m not complaining at all<br \/>\nLast night we headed out to see what&#8217;s in the store. I tried lots on and settled for a pair of white jeans and two shirts. Tshirts are the one thing that has surprised me- mine all fit me like sails now and I have very few that actually fit me anymore. For some reason I knew I&#8217;d need to get smaller pants, but I didn&#8217;t thing big Tshirts would look that bad. Ahem. They do. I have bought five smaller tshirts over the past two weeks. I think I&#8217;m set now.<br \/>\nThe coolest thing? Instead of fitting between an 18-20, I now fit the 16-18 range and can wear a large or extra large in Old Navy sizes. I was able to try on ANYTHING I wanted in the store. ANYTHING. Do you know how amazing that is for a fat girl? I can shop IN the store, not only online. I can shop ANY rack- not just the ones in &#8216;Women&#8217;s World&#8217; or marked &#8216;plus size&#8217;. The whole place is meant for me now. AMAZEBALLS.<br \/>\nIn my life I&#8217;ve always been so limited- as a vegetarian there are usually 2-3 things on any average menu I can choose from to eat. As a plus sized girl I have very few styles to choose clothes from and few places to buy them at. As a teacher I am censored in my actions and words both in and out of the classroom. To have one of those oppressive things lifted is very freeing&#8230; And just a touch overwhelming but I&#8217;ll take it!<br \/>\nAnyhow, it just occurred to me how to use those gift cards. They are now my reward cards for when I do well or meet a goal. If I do well, Mama&#8217;s getting sumtin&#8217; purdy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add Media For Mother&#8217;s Day my family got me gift cards- which is funny because I have never gotten a gift card in my life from them! Usually Bradley would just go out and fill a bag and I get lots of goodies! 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